Course

Economic development and sustainable innovation (BØK224)

This course will first introduce meso-level foundational concepts and theories relating to innovation and sustainable innovation. Afterwards, it will delve into more specific topics closely related to sustainable innovation from firms, users, systems, and governance perspective. The main topics that form the basis of lectures, assignments and other content will include:

  • Innovation in modern economy
  • Sustainable innovation and green transition
  • Sustainable innovation at the firm level
  • Users and practices of sustainable innovation
  • Sustainable innovation as systems change
  • Governance and policy of sustainable innovation

Please note that these topics may change from semester to semester.

NB! This is an elective course and may be cancelled if fewer than 15 students are enrolled by August 20th for the autumn semester.


Dette er emnebeskrivelsen for studieåret 2025-2026

Fakta

Emnekode

BØK224

Vekting (stp)

10

Semester undervisningsstart

Spring

Undervisningsspråk

English

Antall semestre

1

Vurderingssemester

Spring

Timeplan

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Litteratur

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Content

This introductory course will first introduce meso-level foundational concepts and theories relating to innovation and sustainable innovation. Afterwards, it will delve into more specific topics closely related to sustainable innovaiton. The main topics that form the basis of lectures, assignments and other content will include:

  • Innovation in modern economy
  • Technological progress and growth
  • Geography, networks and platform economy
  • Innovation systems
  • The role of the state
  • Theory of the environment
  • Path dependence
  • Sustainability as a chance or a threat
  • Responsible business and innovation

Please note that these topics may change from semester to semester.

Learning outcome

If the course is completed, the student will have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

The student has

  • in-depth understanding of the importance of innovation for value creation and sustainable development
  • knowledge of central theories and concepts within the research literature on sustainable innovation
  • Insight on understanding the micro, meso, and macro-level of sustainable innovation
  • knowledge of innovative companies, organizations and regions from a sustainability perspective

Skills

The student will have skills in:

  • apply and critically reflect on theories and concepts to propose innovative solutions to current grand challenges
  • discuss different strategies to increase sustainable innovation and creativity in a company and society as a whole
  • reflect on innovation and change processes in accordance with ethical standards and principles

Forkunnskapskrav

Ingen

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid
Written school-exam 1/1 4 Hours Letter grades None permitted


Vilkår for å gå opp til eksamen/vurdering

Group assignment, Quiz test
Students are expected to attend 4 out of 5 seminar discussions and submit relevant assignments/reports in groups.

Fagperson(er)

Study Program Director:

Tarjei Mandt Larsen

Course coordinator:

Huiwen Gong

Course teacher:

Huiwen Gong

Method of work

The instruction for this course will encompass lectures, seminars, self-study, and group work. Students are expected to attend weekly lessons and participate actively in the teaching programme. Expected total work effort in the course is 250-300 hours (according to ECTS standard).

Åpent for

Business Administration - Bachelor's Degree Programme
Exchange programmes at UIS Business School

Emneevaluering

There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital course evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.

Kontakt

Study Program Director:

Tarjei Mandt Larsen

Course coordinator:

Huiwen Gong

Course teacher:

Huiwen Gong

Tilbys av

UiS Business School

UiS School of Business and Law

The course description is retrieved from FS (Felles studentsystem). Version 1