ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION
ECONOMIA DELL'INNOVAZIONE
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2024/2025 | 8 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Giovanni Marin | Wednesday 9.30-11 (contact me by e-mail) |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The objective of the course is to analyse innovation as an economic phenomenon by considering the features of technological change, its role in different economic theories, the mechanisms of innovation, the effect of innovation on economic growth and employment, the role of innovation in firms’ strategies and in the evolution of economic systems.
Program
1- Definitions, basic concepts and technological paradigms; 2 – Innovation in economic theories; 3 – Neoclassical models of innovation; 4 – The innovative firm; 5 – Sectoral technological regimes; 6 – National systems of innovation; 7 – Diffusion of innovation; 8 – Increasing returns from adoption; 9 – Innovation and economic growth; 10 – Innovation and employment; 11 – Public policies for innovation
Bridging Courses
Economia Politica
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Knowledge and ability to understand: the course will provide general knowledge about economic theories of technological change and about innovative activities.
Applied knowledge and ability to understand: the course will provide the basis to be able to apply general knowledge to actual cases regarding innovative activities.
Critical thinking: the ability to critically evaluate issues related to technological change is required.
Communication capabilities: a good ability to report the acquired knowledge is required.
Capability to learn: the course will develop the ability to learn, combining theoretical and practical approaches to innovation activities.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
In-class lectures, seminars
- Attendance
Attendance is not compulsory but is strongly recommended
- Course books
- Jan Fagerberg, David Mowery, Richard Nelson (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Innovation, Oxford University Press, chapters 1, 2, 7, 14, 17, 18, 21
- Grazia Cecere (2013) The economics of innovation: a review article, Journal of Technology Transfer, available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10961-013-9319-6
- Aghion P, Bloom N, Blundell R, Griffith R, Howitt P (2005) Competition and innovation: an inverted-U shape. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 120(2):701-728, available at https://www.jstor.org/stable/25098750
- Denicolò V (1996) Patent Races and Optimal Patent Breadth and Length, Journal of Industrial Economics, 44:249-265, available at https://www.jstor.org/stable/2600997
- Choi JP (1994) Irreversible Choice of Uncertain Technologies with Network Externalities. The RAND Journal of Economics, 25:382-401, available at https://www.jstor.org/stable/2555768
- David P (1985) Clio and the Economics of QWERTY. American Economic Review, 75:332-337, available at https://www.jstor.org/stable/1805621
- Park S (2004) Quantitative Analysis of Network Externalities in Competing Technologies: The VCR Case. Review of Economics and Statistics, 86:937-945, available at https://www.jstor.org/stable/40042980
- Jones CI (2019) Paul Romer: Ideas, Nonrivalry, and Endogenous Growth. Scandinavian Journal of Economics 121(3):859-883 (on Moodle)
- Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (2018) Economic Growth, Technological Change, and Climate Change (on Moodle)
- Edward W. Steinmueller, Economics of technology policy. Capitolo 28 in (eds. Bronwyn H. Hall, Nathan Rosenberg) Handbook of the Economics of Innovation, 2010, Volume 2. Elsevier [on Moodle]
- Cannavacciuolo L, Ferraro G, Ponsiglione C, Primario S, Quinto I (2023) Technological innovation-enabling industry 4.0 paradigm: A systematic literature review. Technovation, 124:102733, available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166497223000445
Further reading will be assigned in class.
- Assessment
The assessment of learning is evaluated by means of a written exam that could be complemented with an oral exam.
Evaluation criteria are: i. mastery of knowledge; ii. ability to argue; iii. ability to be sinthetic.
Each criterion is evaluated by means of 4-levels evaluations.
The final grade is reported in /30.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
In-class lectures, seminars
- Attendance
Attendance is not compulsory but is strongly recommended
- Course books
- Jan Fagerberg, David Mowery, Richard Nelson (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Innovation, Oxford University Press, chapters 1, 2, 7, 14, 17, 18, 21
- Grazia Cecere (2013) The economics of innovation: a review article, Journal of Technology Transfer, available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10961-013-9319-6
- Aghion P, Bloom N, Blundell R, Griffith R, Howitt P (2005) Competition and innovation: an inverted-U shape. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 120(2):701-728, available at https://www.jstor.org/stable/25098750
- Denicolò V (1996) Patent Races and Optimal Patent Breadth and Length, Journal of Industrial Economics, 44:249-265, available at https://www.jstor.org/stable/2600997
- Choi JP (1994) Irreversible Choice of Uncertain Technologies with Network Externalities. The RAND Journal of Economics, 25:382-401, available at https://www.jstor.org/stable/2555768
- David P (1985) Clio and the Economics of QWERTY. American Economic Review, 75:332-337, available at https://www.jstor.org/stable/1805621
- Park S (2004) Quantitative Analysis of Network Externalities in Competing Technologies: The VCR Case. Review of Economics and Statistics, 86:937-945, available at https://www.jstor.org/stable/40042980
- Jones CI (2019) Paul Romer: Ideas, Nonrivalry, and Endogenous Growth. Scandinavian Journal of Economics 121(3):859-883 (on Moodle)
- Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (2018) Economic Growth, Technological Change, and Climate Change (on Moodle)
- Edward W. Steinmueller, Economics of technology policy. Capitolo 28 in (eds. Bronwyn H. Hall, Nathan Rosenberg) Handbook of the Economics of Innovation, 2010, Volume 2. Elsevier [on Moodle]
- Cannavacciuolo L, Ferraro G, Ponsiglione C, Primario S, Quinto I (2023) Technological innovation-enabling industry 4.0 paradigm: A systematic literature review. Technovation, 124:102733, available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166497223000445
Further reading will be assigned in class.
- Assessment
The assessment of learning is evaluated by means of a written exam that could be complemented with an oral exam.
Evaluation criteria are: i. mastery of knowledge; ii. ability to argue; iii. ability to be sinthetic.
Each criterion is evaluated by means of 4-levels evaluations.
The final grade is reported in /30.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
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