Innovation, Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Dynamics
INNOVATION, KNOWLEDGE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL DYNAMICS (ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION)
Innovation, Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Dynamics (MIKE-B) at Aalborg University is a two-year fulltime international MSc specialization programme for Degree Students and Guest/Exchange Students. The MIKE-B programme leads to a Master Degree in Economics and Business Administration with specialization in Innovation, Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Dynamics. MIKE-B enrolls both Danish and international students.
The programme focuses on the relationship between knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurial dynamics in a world characterized by globalization, rapid change and uncertainty. The programme gives the students an opportunity to enhance their knowledge and analytical capability to define and implement sustainable strategies for technological change and global positioning. A special focus is put on theories, methods, and tools supporting knowledge management and innovation in relation to both existing firms (intrepreneurship) and in relation to the establishing of new knowledge based firms (entrepreneurship).
A FEW EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATE TOPICS TO BE STUDIED
The main focus of the programme is the interplay between knowledge, innovation and economic evolution. The following topics are addressed during the programme:
- Strategies and framework conditions for the development of firms and industries
- Analyses of ‘industrial dynamics’, firms, industries, learning processes
- Growth, trade and globalization of firms, industries and economies
- Innovation management and knowledge management in relation to entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship
- Technology – and innovation strategies
- Methods for studies of firms, industries, countries
And a few concrete research questions:
- What role does knowledge play for economic development?
- How is knowledge diffused in the economy?
- How do different types of firms organize their innovation activities?
- Globalization as a challenge for the Danish innovation system?
- How can further interaction between universities and industry be stimulated?
- How do industrial clusters emerge?
- What is the relation between innovation and sustainable development?
- What kind of policy is needed to stimulate sustainable innovation?
Į magistro studijų programas gali stoti visi, baigę universitetą arba besimokantys paskutiniame kurse. Studijos kurias baigei ar tebesimokai turi būti panašios krypties kaip ir tos, į kurias nori stoti, kadangi priėmimas yra paremtas ECTS kreditų suderinamumu.
- ECTS kreditų išrašas - jei dar nesi baigęs aukštosios mokyklos, būtina prisegti ECTS kreditų išrašą, kuriame būtų matyti, kokius dalykus tu mokeisi bei kokius pažymius ir kiek kreditų už juos gavai. Kai siunti anketą paskutiniame kurse, diplomą reikia prisegti vėliau, kai tik jį gausi.
- Bakalauro diplomas – jei jau esi baigęs aukštąją mokyklą, išrašo nereikia, užtenka prie anketos prisegti savo Bakalauro diplomą.
Anglų kalbos testą galite laikyti iki liepos 31 d., tačiau registracijos patvirtinimą su nurodyta data kada tiksliai laikysite testą, privalote atsiųsti mums iki kovo 31 d.
Anglų kalbos žinias gali patvirtinti vienu iš šių būdų:
IELTS – 6.5
TOEFL – 80
A Bachelor degree in Business Economics or Business Administration. Alternatively students with a bachelor degree in another filed combined with significant coursework in business economics or with some relevant practical experience can be enrolled based on an individual assessment.
With a Master degree in Innovation, Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Dynamics you will get a specific and profound knowledge about how knowledge is produced, diffused and used. You will have obtained a specific capability to analyze dynamic processes and to find relevant solutions to essential problems.
The most important competences in the future will be knowledge, problem solving skills, business understanding, the ability to create, use, and manage networks, flexibility and innovation, and service orientation. As a graduate from the Master programme Innovation, Knowledge and Entrepreneurship Dynamics, you will gain valuable competences.
Typical job opportunities are in firms, financial institutes, national and international organizations, and regulatory bodies where analytical work related to regional, national and international framework conditions and strategies for industrial and economic development are in the centre.
THE MIKE-B PROGRAMME PREPARES YOU TO UNDERTAKE A CAREER IN
- The private sector (larger companies, banks and financial institutions, or consultancies)
- Regulatory bodies at the local, regional, national, and international level (municipalities, regional bodies, Ministries of Trade, Industry, Science and Technology, etc.)
- National or international organizations (for instance labour market organizations, industrial associations, European Commission, OECD, the World Bank)
- National or international research institutions and universities (as a Ph.D.-student or research fellow)
