STPS554 MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
| Course Code: | 8310554 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Science and Technology Policy Studies |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
From a business perspective, the course will focus on the linkage of technology and business strategies, key R&D business processes, issues in global R&D management, methods of measuring and optimizing the return on the R&D investment, commercializing technology and the commercial development process, technology intelligence, organization and human resources issues in the R&D, and leveraging private investors including Venture Capital (VC) and public R&D support programs. Case studies from international benchmark studies and best practices will be discussed. The course will move deliberately between strategic issues (why does business do R&D?) and managerial and organizational issues (how should business do R&D?), though the focus of the course is more on better understanding of private R&D behavior for policy design.