PARCOURS - Economics of Innovation for Sustainable Development

PARCOURS - Economics of Innovation for Sustainable Development

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The aim is to train teacher-researchers in the field of the economics of innovation and sustainable development, as well as industrial and financial managers capable of helping companies meet the challenge of the current dual digital and ecological transit Read more

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Ecole Universitaire de Recherche Economie et Management
GREDEG

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Introduction

The EISD Master's degree, supported by Université Côte d'Azur and University of Turino, is a joint degree awarding a multilingual diploma recognised by the French and Italian governments.

It is a Europe-wide course that ensures articulation between all university cycles, in particular those of the Master-PhD. It focuses on sustainable development, with a strong emphasis on eco-innovations and the analysis of firm, regional and urban dynamics, giving rise to multidisciplinary thinking and insights (economics, management, law). This is an international relevant domain of study, that leverages existing skills and at the same time requires the combination of new competences to support the governance of future innovation projects, with close links between training and research.

The aim of the joint Master's programme is threefold:
  1. to provide students with high-level skills in analysing the economic dynamics underlying innovation processes in private and public organisations, with a particular focus on strategies linked to new technological challenges such as digital transformation and the ecological transition;
  2. to provide students with statistical and econometric tools and methods useful for analysing data and technological trends and necessary for informed coordination and planning of corporate innovation strategies compatible with sustainable development objectives;
  3. to provide students with activities conducive to developing and strengthening their language skills.
The aim of this joint Master's programme is to help bridge the growing gap between supply and demand for the high-level skills needed to face the increasingly uncertain and urgent competitive environment in which companies operate. The course is therefore designed to provide advanced knowledge in the various subject areas (economics, management, law) through the involvement of lecturers with recognised scientific and research profiles. In this way, the Masters programme trains professionals with the skills needed to occupy high-level positions in companies, with a strong ability to analyse contexts and trends. With the skills they acquire, graduates should be able to help companies proactively seize the opportunities offered by the profound changes underway.
 

The main objective of the joint EISD Master is to provide students with the necessary skills to diagnose and interpret the main changes affecting the competitiveness of private sector organisations (start-ups, SMEs, ETIs and large groups), in close connection with the innovation process introduced as part of the challenge of sustainable development. The transformation of businesses is part of a more global dynamic that takes account of environmental, social and economic concerns. It involves changes in occupations and employment that need to be supported.

To better integrate these changes and enter the era of Industry 4.0 and sustainable development, companies need managers who can take decisions in an uncertain environment and implement appropriate operational and managerial solutions. Companies are therefore looking for managers who have a global vision of the changes taking place in industry and who are able to:
  • Process and analyse large amounts of data
  • Develop strategies in a context of change
  • Analyse and manage the main industrial risks
  • Design and implement responsible value chains
  • Develop sustainable corporate financing
  • Design and implement new business ideas

In addition to these specific skills that the joint EISD master's degree aims to train, there are also transversal skills related to the use of tools and software for data processing and analysis, the different methods of study and analysis, or the ability to work in teams under constraints.

The new course will open in September 2024, with the first intake of graduates expected in 2026.

 

Training accessible to disabled people.
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Admission

Prerequisite

The joint EISD Master is open to holders of:
  • Bachelor's degree in Economics or Business Administration (obtained through initial training or validation of prior learning);
  • Another diploma at L3 level after consultation with the Pedagogical Commission.
English language skills (C1) are required.

The profile of the expected students supports the Campus d'Excellence project to which Université Côte d'Azur is committed, in that the joint Masters course aims to attract a user public that the institution is currently unable to attract due to the lack of an equivalent training offer.
On the one hand, French students with proven academic qualities who are interested in the economics, law and management of environmental innovations and who wish to: either advance to senior management positions in companies of international scope, in order to guide their development by providing them with the keys to sustainable growth; or carry out a doctoral thesis (based on multiple funding: ministerial, European, CIFRE, regional exchange, etc.) at GREDEG, by feeding the skills and resources of the laboratory teams on issues that are at the heart of its current and future concerns.
On the other hand, Italian and foreign students with high academic potential could be attracted and, as the second year of the Masters is planned in Nice, selected to complete a doctorate within GREDEG, in close collaboration with EUR ELMI and in conjunction with the DESPEG doctoral school (ED 513).

Conditions of applications

Dematerialized application files.
Applications are submitted on the Mon Master platform for M1 students, and on the ecandidat platform for M2 students.
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An initial selection based on the candidate's application (eligibility) will lead to an interview with members of the teaching team. This interview is an opportunity to assess the applicant's qualities (interpersonal skills, oral expression, clarity and coherence of the professional project) as well as their motivation.
 

Conditions of specific applications

The application procedures for French and foreign students are the same as it is a joint intetrnational Master programme.
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Conditions of admission / Conditions of successful application

What is expected at the start of Master 1 :

  • Demonstrate social skills and a professional attitude
  • Know how to mobilise oral expression
  • Demonstrate a high level of editorial skills
  • Have analytical and synthesising skills
  • Be able to use critical thinking skills and justify arguments
  • Demonstrate a proven command of English
  • Demonstrate intellectual curiosity to gather and structure relevant information
  • Demonstrate sufficient basic knowledge and skills in business management
  • Have an advanced level of quantitative skills
  • Demonstrate a satisfactory grounding in innovation economics
  • Demonstrate sensitivity to and interest in sustainable development issues

Selection is based on the following criteria:

  • Knowledge of general economics, mathematics, quantitative techniques, English (CEFR C1 level: test or certificate to be issued)
  • Coherence between the course followed and the degree envisaged
  • Coherence between the planned degree and the professional project

Program

Master 1 

Semester 1 (270 hours)

Unité 1 - Innovation and Sustainable Development (18 ECTS)
Economics of innovation and sustainable development
Entrepreneurship and local development
Innovation, labour market dynamics and inequalities

Unité 2 - Statistics and Econometrics (12 ECTS)
Statistics
Econometrics
Semester 2 (486 hours)

Unité 1 - Economics of innovation in the energy sector (6 ECTS)
Economics of innovation in the energy sector

Unité 2 - Finance, strategy and new business models (6 ECTS)
New technologies, business models and sectoral challenges
Finance for innovation and new technological challenges

OPTION 1 : ONE COURSE TO CHOOSE
Min 1 Max 1
Informatics (Python Coding)
Innovation and technology policies

OPTION 2 : ONE COURSE TO CHOOSE
Min 1 Max 1
Business data analytics
Management of innovation in the agrofood sector
Ethics of technology
Social impact reporting or private public and hybrid organisation
Master 2 (680 hours)

Unité 1 - Research design in economics (6 ECTS)
Research design in economics

Unité 2 - Academic presentation and writing (6 ECTS)
Academic presentation and writing

Unité 3 - Finance and sustainable development (6 ECTS)
Finance and sustainable development

Unité 4 - Regulation in the digital era
Regulation and the digital era

Unité 5 - Green Innovation, Knowledge and changes (6 ECTS)
Green innovation, knowledge and changes

Unité 6 - Artificial intelligence and industrial strategies (6 ECTS)
Artificial intelligence and industrial strategies

Unité 7 - Professional and research project (PPR 4) (24 ECTS)
CHOSEN 2 BY STUDENTS 
Industrial dynamics
Advanced economics of innovation
Quantitative methods
Data analysis for practicionners
Research workshops "Firms, Innovation and Territories"
Agent-based modelling
Knowledge base and innovation

ONE EXAM CHOSEN BY STUDENTS (1)
Any courses offered by the University of Turin

OPTION : ONE ACTIVITY TO CHOOSE (1)
Innovation complexity Lab
Data analytics for the twin transition
Internship
Professional skills and corporate culture  2
Dissertation (research or professional thesis + defense)
 

The confirmed members of the teaching team are :

· University of Torino:
Francesco Quatraro, Full Professor of Economics
Alessandra Scandua, Associate Professor of Economics
Valeria Di Cosmo, Associate Professor of Economics
Roberto Zotti, Associate Professor of Economics
Gianluca Orsatti, Assistant Professor of Economics
Fabrizio Fusillo, Assistant Professor of Economics
Massimiliano Coda Zabetta, Assistant Professor of Economics
Paola Pisano, Associate Professor of Management
Dario Peirone, Associate Professor of Management
Paolo Biancone, Full Professor of Management

· Université Côte d’Azur :
Cécile Cezanne, Lecturer-HDR of Economics
Simone Vannuccini, Full Professor of Economics
Marco Baudino, Lecturer of Economics
Michele Pezzoni, Lecturer-HDR of Economics
Nathalie Lazaric, Research Director of Economics and Management
Patrice Bougette, Full Professor of Economics
Jackie Krafft, Research Director of Economics and Management
Adel Ben Youssef, Lecturer-HDR of Economics
Godefroy De Boiscuille, Lecturer of Private Law
Guilhem Lecouteux, Lecturer-HDR of Economics
Annie Lefebvre, Associate Professor in English

· External professors :
Sandra Rigot, Full Professor of Economics, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord.

Students can make an optional internship from April to September.

Full time

Courses are primarily face-to-face. If necessary (health crisis or extreme organisational difficulties), the courses can be held at a distance.
The first year of the Master will be at the University of Turin and the second year at the Université Côte d'Azur.
Classes take place continuously between October and April each year. The period from April to September is dedicated to the writing and defence of the thesis (research or professional).

EISD Master's degree is evaluated on the basis of continuous assessment. These procedures determine the method of compensation between units, semesters and years, as well as the possibility of an elimination mark.
Acquisition of credits Each credit is definitively acquired once the student has obtained the overall average (average greater than or equal to 10/20). Within each teaching unit, there is a compensation between the components of a teaching unit.

Validation of the year : Each year of the Master program is validated once the student has obtained the overall average (average greater than or equal to 10/20). During each year, there is a compensation between the teaching units.

Eliminatory mark / Threshold mark : A grade lower than 8/20 is eliminatory for PPR 4 (Professional and Research Project 4, Semester 4).

Repeating a Master's degree: "At the end of the first year of the Master's course, the yearly jury decides whether the student should be admitted to continue the specialization, specifying the course of study.

Decision : Admitted to continue in the IES... specialization in specialization(s): 1 or 2 (if several options are offered)".

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Target activities / attested skills

The activities targeted are :

  • Manage innovative projects, from design to operational implementation
  • Define how to finance the project
  • Understand of industrial security issues and techniques
  • Manage digital technologies and innovation in relation to their environment and regulatory framework
  • Coordinate the implementation of a socio-economic study

Target skills :
  • Analyse vast amounts of data
  • Develop strategies in a context of change
  • Analyse and manage the main industrial risks
  • Design and implement responsible value chains
  • Develop sustainable corporate financing
  • Establish survey techniques and conduct quantitative or qualitative surveys
  • Interpret quantitative and qualitative economic and social data
  • Analyze and situate academic literature
  • Identify and formulate research problem
  • Suggest and develop research methodology
  • Promote your work to the scientific community through communications and publications

The joint EISD Master's programme is supported by the GREDEG laboratory (UMR CNRS 7321), composed of teachers and researchers in economics, management, law and sociology.

It offers the opportunity to students who wish to build a research experience of excellence and paves the way for further studies at doctoral level, in particular through the realisation of a thesis funded by doctoral grants of all kinds (EUR ELMI, Italian Ministry, etc.).

Business sector or job

The professions covered are diverse (non-exhaustive list):
  • Risk manager
  • Environmental finance specialist
  • Head of innovation
  • Research and development manager
  • Business analyst
  • Data manager
  • Digital manager
  • Innovation and sustainable development strategy consultant
  • Business manager
  • Economic studies officer
  • Digital researcher
  • Researcher in the field of ecological transition
  • Consultant for regulatory bodies, public authorities or local administrations
  • Researcher or teacher – researcher...

Submission

Students who plan to enroll full-time in a public institution of higher education must pay the Contribution to student and campus life (Contribution de Vie Etudiante et de Campus - CVEC).

Students must also pay tuition fees, which are set by ministerial decree for national degrees. They are indexed to the national consumer price index.

More information about tuition fees is available on this webpage.

If you are returning to school after a professional experience, you can find more information about tuition fees on the website of the Université Côte d'Azur Continuing Education Department.

After receiving the authorization to enroll, students must register online.

Information about the application process

Find more information for new students in the student booklet.