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WS 2013/14 - SS 2014

English

Sustainable Innovation

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Blind, Knut

benotet

Portfolioprüfung

Zugehörigkeit


Fakultät VII

Institut für Technologie und Management

37335100 FG S-Professur Innovationsökonomie

Betriebswirtschaftslehre

Kontakt


H 47

Essoun, Brigitte

brigitte.essoun@tu-berlin.de

https://www.tu.berlin/inno

Learning Outcomes

Innovation has been proved to be an important source of economic growth. Very recently, this onedimensional perspective has been developed further towards challenging driven innovations. Most of these great challenges can be attributed to the three dimensions of sustainability: environmental, financial and social. Especially with regard to a proceeding scarcity of resources and a growing awareness of environmental aspects it is crucial to understand the far reaching impacts of these changes on innovation. The following lecture offers a broad approach of micro-, macroeconomic, policy, but also business related approaches for the analysis. Owing to the manifold dimensions of both sustainability and innovations, the lecture is divided into the following five parts: Part 1 gives a short introduction and discusses the growing importance of the interrelationship between sustainability and innovation. Part 2 explains why sustainable innovation has become a fundamental topic for our society and which implications of this paradigm shift from growth to sustainability driven innovation arise. Part 3 analyses sustainable innovation from an economic point of view. In a macroeconomic perspective, the neoclassical approaches, the economics of natural resources and evolutionary innovation models will be introduced. In a microeconomic perspective, externalities, game theoretical approaches, the market for sustainable innovation and the shift in business models regarding sustainable innovation will be introduced. Part 4 discusses social sustainability and innovation with a focus on generational equity, social innovation, innovation and generational equity. Part 5 discusses how policy can foster sustainable innovation. Within this part the economic legitimation, evolution of sustainable innovation policy and the governmental possibilities to foster sustainable innovation, including the social aspect, will be broadly discussed. The lecture gives the students the opportunity to gain knowledge about important micro- and macroeconomic models and theories, the management of sustainable innovation on the company level and sustainability driven innovation policy. This broad theoretical framework will be supplemented by a tutorial, where the students have to solve case studies regarding to the theoretical context of the lecture.

Content

1. Introduction 1.1. Definitions 1.2. Indicators 2. Environmental sustainability and innovation 2.1. Dematerialized growth 2.2. Waves of innovation 2.3. Sustainability as a driver for innovation 3. Economic sustainability and innovation 3.1. Macroeconomic perspective 3.1.1. Neoclassical approaches to sustainable innovation 3.1.2. Natural capital and the maintenance of natural capital 3.1.3. Evolutionary models 3.2. Microeconomic perspective 3.2.1. Externalities 3.2.2. Game theory: Tragedy of commons 3.2.3. The market for sustainable innovation 3.2.4. A shift in business models 4. Social sustainability and innovation 4.1. Generational equity 4.2. Social innovation 4.3. Innovation and generational equity 5. Policy: How can the government foster sustainable innovation 5.1. Economic legitimation to foster sustainable innovation 5.2. Evolution of sustainable innovation policy 5.3. Instruments of sustainable innovation policy 5.3.1. Supply driven instruments 5.3.2. Demand driven instruments 5.3.3. Sustainability standards 5.3.4. Systematic sustainable innovation policy

Module Components

Pflichtgruppe:

All Courses are mandatory.

Course NameTypeNumberCycleLanguageSWSVZ
Sustainable InnovationVL73 51 L 18WiSeEnglish2
Sustainable InnovationUE73 51 L 19WiSeEnglish2

Workload and Credit Points

Sustainable Innovation (VL):

Workload descriptionMultiplierHoursTotal
Class attendance15.02.0h30.0h
Exam preparation1.030.0h30.0h
Preparation and revision15.02.0h30.0h
90.0h(~3 LP)

Sustainable Innovation (UE):

Workload descriptionMultiplierHoursTotal
Class attendance15.02.0h30.0h
Exam preparation1.030.0h30.0h
Preparation and revision15.02.0h30.0h
90.0h(~3 LP)
The Workload of the module sums up to 180.0 Hours. Therefore the module contains 6 Credits.

Description of Teaching and Learning Methods

The theoretical and empirical findings of the lecture are supplemented by a tutorial, where the students have to solve micro- and macroeconomic case studies.

Requirements for participation and examination

Desirable prerequisites for participation in the courses:

Basic skills have to be in accordance to all Business and Economics courses and, if necessary, have to be certificated.

Mandatory requirements for the module test application:

This module has no requirements.

Module completion

Grading

graded

Type of exam

Portfolio examination

Type of portfolio examination

No information

Language

English

Test elements

NamePoints/WeightCategorieDuration/Extent
Exercise (case studies)40No informationNo information
Lecture (written test)60No informationNo information

Grading scale

No information

Test description (Module completion)

The portfolio examination consists of the following elements, adding up to a maximum of 100 credits. The grading follows the joint conversion key of the School of Economics and Management (decision of the school's council dated May 28, 2014 - FKR VII-4/8-28.05.2014).

Duration of the Module

The following number of semesters is estimated for taking and completing the module:
1 Semester.

This module may be commenced in the following semesters:
Wintersemester.

Maximum Number of Participants

This module is not limited to a number of students.

Registration Procedures

The registration for the lecture and the tutorial takes place by visiting the first lecture in term. For further information, please visit our website.

Recommended reading, Lecture notes

Lecture notes

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Electronical lecture notes

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Additional information:
www.isis.tu-berlin.de

 

Literature

Recommended literature
A current edition of the references, lecture notes, and time schedule are available on our website.

Assigned Degree Programs

This module is not used in any degree program.

Students of other degrees can participate in this module without capacity testing.

Miscellaneous

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