MSc Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Manchester Business School

Learn how new innovative products get to market, how companies introduce innovation and how entrepreneurs set up new ventures.

Recent recruiters include:

Bosch, Cap Gemini, Cisco Systems, Deloitte, HSBC, JP Morgan, Panasonic, Procter & Gamble, Technopolis Group, UNIDO, World Bank

Course structure

(all taught course units are 15 credits)

Semester 1

- Financial Appraisal and Investment

Economics

- High Technology Entrepreneurship

- Innovation and the Knowledge Economy

- Innovation Management

Semester 2

- Research Methods

Three course units from:

- Business Creation and Development

- Case Studies in Technology Strategy and Innovation Management

- Developing Enterprising Individuals

- Industrial Leadership and Innovation

- Innovation and Market Strategy

- New Entrepreneurial Ventures

- Regional, National and Global Dimension of Science, Technology and Innovation

- Service Innovation

- Sustainable Innovation Management

- Water and Sanitation Planning and Policy in Developing Countries

By agreement an optional unit from other

Masters courses can be taken.

Note: all optional course units are subject to demand.

Summer research period

Research dissertation (60 credits)

You must complete a satisfactory dissertation to be awarded your MSc. This piece of work, undertaken in your third term and over the summer, gives you the opportunity to apply the techniques and theories you have learned during the taught modules. A list of dissertation topic areas will be presented to you toward the end of the first term: dissertation topics reflect the diverse interests and expertise of research-active academics who teach on the course and other research and teaching staff in the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR) and Manchester Enterprise Centre (MEC). Sometimes there are opportunities to undertake dissertations related to on-going research projects or in collaboration with industry.

In the second term, supervision starts with small groups of students studying similar topics meeting with their supervisors, who then guide students in deciding on the focus for their individual dissertations. Later, more individual supervision is given. The dissertation itself normally consists of a literature review followed by a piece of empirical work, involving either qualitative or quantitative research.

Examples of topics covered include:

• How do green issues affect the IT industry?

• Factors contributing to the growth of on-line gambling in the UK

• Investigating the determinants of success of generational technologies in the video game industry

• The pattern of venture capital firm investment in early stage high technology companies in the UK

• Comparative research on the development of biotechnology SMEs in Taiwan and the UK

• The Rising Silicon Dragon – strategies adopted by high tech non-government enterprises in China

• The importance of aesthetic design in innovation: how much effort do technology-based firms need to put in?

• The application and use of carbon labelling for product development

• Digital convergence and the music industry: the application of ‘music information retrieval’ in media services innovation. There may be opportunities to work collaboratively with a company or within ongoing research projects at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research or the Sustainable Consumption Institute.

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Description:	Learn how new innovative products get to market, how companies introduce innovation and how entrepreneurs set up new ventures. Recent recruiters include: Bosch, Cap Gemini, Cisco Systems, Deloitte, HSBC, JP Morgan, Panasonic, Procter & Gamble, Technopolis Group, UNIDO, World Bank Course structure (all taught course units are 15 credits) Semester 1 - Financial Appraisal and Investment Economics - High Technology Entrepreneurship - Innovation and the Knowledge Economy - Innovation Management Semester 2 - Research Methods Three course units from: - Business Creation and Development - Case Studies in Technology Strategy and Innovation Management - Developing Enterprising Individuals - Industrial Leadership and Innovation - Innovation and Market Strategy - New Entrepreneurial Ventures - Regional, National and Global Dimension of Science, Technology and Innovation - Service Innovation - Sustainable Innovation Management - Water and Sanitation Planning and Policy in Developing Countries By agreement an optional unit from other Masters courses can be taken. Note: all optional course units are subject to demand. Summer research period Research dissertation (60 credits) You must complete a satisfactory dissertation to be awarded your MSc. This piece of work, undertaken in your third term and over the summer, gives you the opportunity to apply the techniques and theories you have learned during the taught modules. A list of dissertation topic areas will be presented to you toward the end of the first term: dissertation topics reflect the diverse interests and expertise of research-active academics who teach on the course and other research and teaching staff in the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR) and Manchester Enterprise Centre (MEC). Sometimes there are opportunities to undertake dissertations related to on-going research projects or in collaboration with industry. In the second term, supervision starts with small groups of students studying similar topics meeting with their supervisors, who then guide students in deciding on the focus for their individual dissertations. Later, more individual supervision is given. The dissertation itself normally consists of a literature review followed by a piece of empirical work, involving either qualitative or quantitative research. Examples of topics covered include: • How do green issues affect the IT industry? • Factors contributing to the growth of on-line gambling in the UK • Investigating the determinants of success of generational technologies in the video game industry • The pattern of venture capital firm investment in early stage high technology companies in the UK • Comparative research on the development of biotechnology SMEs in Taiwan and the UK • The Rising Silicon Dragon – strategies adopted by high tech non-government enterprises in China • The importance of aesthetic design in innovation: how much effort do technology-based firms need to put in? • The application and use of carbon labelling for product development • Digital convergence and the music industry: the application of ‘music information retrieval’ in media services innovation. There may be opportunities to work collaboratively with a company or within ongoing research projects at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research or the Sustainable Consumption Institute.
Teaching mode:	Full Time
Language:	English
Tuition fees:	Home/EU £9,400 Overseas £14,900
Begin:	17 September 2012
Length:	1 Year
Application deadline:	Rolling admission - please apply as early as possible.
Application procedure:	Entry requirements First or upper second class honours (2:1) degree from a UK university or the overseas equivalent, in any discipline.
Entry Requirements:	no academic background in business or economics required
URL:	http://www.mbs.ac.uk/programmes/masters/courses/inno-manage-entrepreneurship/

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