Industrial Innovation and Research Policy

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

The classes are of theoretical-practical na-ture, combining expository sessions with the presentation of cases-studies and debate among students, researchers and teaching staff involved in the PhD programme.

Learning Outcomes

The objectives of this UC are as follows:
1) Analysis and reflection on the role of the State in industrial development, creation of mechanisms to promote innovation and scientific and technological research.
2) Analysis and reflection on the basic principles and philosophies of industrial, innovation and research policies.
3) Analysis and reflection on the main historical landmarks at national and international levels Industrial, innovation and research policies.
4) Analysis and reflection on the main axes of interception between industrial, innovation and research policies.
5) Analysis and reflection based on specific cas-es of programs and measures of industrial, innovation and research policies in Portugal.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The course’s contents are structured around the following axes:
1) The scientific and technological performance of Nations
2) Economic development and the State: the role of public policies in the areas of structural change, innovation and research
2.1. The National Systems of Innovation approach
2.2. The "Developmental State" approach
2.3. The Political Economy of National Sys-tems of Innovation and Developmental States
3) Industrial, innovation and research policies: main concepts, perspectives and trends at the international and national levels
3.1. Industrial policy
3.2. Innovation policy
3.3. Research policy
4) Programs and measures of industrial, innovation and research policy in Portugal
4.1. Main programs and measures
4.2. Policy assessment

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 20.0%
Participation in classes: 20.0%
Research work: 60.0%

Bibliography

Breznitz, D., & Ornston, D. (2016). “The politics of partial success: fostering innovation in innovation policy in an era of heightened public scrutiny”. Socio-Economic Review, mww018.
Chan, S., Lutz, H., Lam, D., & Clark, C. (Eds.). (2016). Beyond the developmental state: East Asia’s political economies reconsidered. Springer.
Fagerberg, J. (2017). “Innovation Policy: Rationales, Lessons and Challenges”. Journal of Economic Surveys, 31(2), 497-512.
Godinho, M.M. & Mamede, R.P. (2016). “Southern Europe in crisis: industrial policy lessons from Italy and Portugal”. Economia e Politica Industriale/ Journal of Industrial and Business Economics 43(3), pp.331-336.
Pinto, H.; Santos Pereira, T. (2013). “Efficiency of innovation systems in Europe: an institutional approach to the diversity of national profiles”, European Planning Studies, 21(6).
Veloso, L. e Carmo, R.M. (eds.) (2011). As estruturas sociais da economia. Lisboa: Mundos Sociais