Research, Innovation and Global Trends - Iseg

Objectives

(i) This course brings students to the frontiers of knowledge in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship, merging analysis with practice, exploring a series of trends and focusing on strategies. The course familiarizes students with the art of research aimed at responding to concrete challenges. (ii) Emphasis will be given to the actual processing of data (collection, cleaning, processing, use, analysis) in the context of robust and recent conceptual frameworks (hypotheses, theory) with the aim of responding to concrete problems (advice, consultancy). Students must present their own research and develop their analytical perspectives during the course. (iii) Students will be encouraged to enter big-data environments using analytical tools to systematize their data and produce results. (iv) The topics covered in this course are designed to help the student develop their own Master's Final Work proposal.

Syllabus

1. Energy transition and eco-innovation 2. Mobility and smart cities 3. Biosciences and new healthcare technologies 4. Digitalization, IOT and AI: Deepening the ICT revolution 5. Organizational dynamics: the platform firm, Agile approach, projectification 6. The innovative public sector: from new public management to the entrepreneurial state 7. Beyond the Bioeconomy, the Industry 4.0 and the Gigabit society: Trends and turns