Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Assignment for

4th year Management Distance Students

Instruction I: Discuss the following questions in detail by taking real

business organization as an example or a case
1. What factors influence the location of innovation, and how could these
constrain the globalization of innovation?

2. What are the main components of a national innovation system, and how do
these interact?

3. How can firms learn from overseas sources of innovation?

4. How can firms limit the scope for competitors imitating their innovations, and
therefore better appropriate the benefits of their innovations?

5. Beyond formal R&D investment, what types of capabilities and competencies

do firms need in order to innovate?

Instruction II: Create a three-page summary of Learning to Manage

Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Bessant and Tidd's book on
page 483.