E-Business and Innovation (MSc)

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Birkbeck, University of London

Comments about E-Business and Innovation (MSc) - At the institution - London - Greater London

• Objectives
  The programme is designed for graduates who wish to develop a thorough understanding of the importance of innovation for rethinking management, business strategy, corporate assets, intellectual property rights, institutions, organisations and firms in a globalised e-business world. The programme equips students with theories, principles and tools for analysing and coping with issues of e-business and innovation in a changing environment. It is relevant for those who aspire to become managers, business analysts, industrialists or deal with policy making.
• Entry requirements
  Entry requirements Good honours degree or equivalent. Two references: either from an academic source and a past or present employer, or two from an academic source. Non-native speakers need to provide proof of English language ability (equivalent to 7.0 IELTS).
• Academic title
  E-Business and Innovation (MSc)
• Course description
  The programme combines taught core and option modules. Compulsory and core modules are:
  
  -Research Methods I
  -Principles of Organization and Management
  -The Economics and Governance of Innovation and Institutions
  -E-business: Strategy and Policy
  -Intellectual Capital and Competitiveness
  -Innovation: Management and Policy
  -Innovation Systems, Networks and Social Capital
  -Social Networks in the Information Society
  -Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  -The Creative Industries and the Knowledge Economy
  
  Students are able to choose option modules from a list of 35 postgraduate modules offered by the School of Management.
  
  Teaching
  Lectures and seminars, including some by guest lecturers and speakers. You will also get a chance to go beyond the specialist taught elements through independent project or dissertation research supervised by a member of staff. This will allow you to draw tangible links between theory and practice in e-business.
  
  Assessment
  Coursework and examinations, and also require a substantial piece of independent research in the form of a dissertation, which accounts for one third of the MSc.

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