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Technological Change & Innovation
| Faculteit | Economie en Bedrijfskunde |
| Jaar | 2021/22 |
| Vakcode | EBB141A05 |
| Vaknaam | Technological Change & Innovation |
| Niveau(s) | bachelor |
| Voertaal | Engels |
| Periode | semester I b |
| ECTS | 5 |
| Uitgebreide vaknaam | Technological Change & Innovation | ||||||||||||||||
| Leerdoelen | 1. Discuss the role of innovation in the performance of firms, industries and economies. 2. Explain how innovation policies affect the pace and direction of technological change, dependent on the economic and institutional context. 3. Analyze the relationship between technological change and labor market outcomes. 4. Analyze the relationship between technological change, innovation policy and inequality across regions in the world. 5. Apply the insights on measuring innovation to compare country’s innovation performance. |
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| Omschrijving | Technological change is the main source of increases in our standards of living. Yet what determines the success of firms and countries in a world where innovation plays a central role? This course takes an economic view to the topic of innovation, by considering how and why firms choose to innovate and how the government and research organizations can affect these decisions. We will analyze how intellectual property rights policies (e.g. patent law) and antitrust policy affect the rate and direction of technological change. Furthermore, we will discuss the consequences of innovation for labor markets (e.g., does the emergence of robots lead to higher unemployment and lower wages?), and for inequality in the world (e.g., to what extent can African countries benefit from new technology developed in the United States?). | ||||||||||||||||
| Uren per week | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Onderwijsvorm | -hoorcollege , -werkcollege | ||||||||||||||||
| Toetsvorm | -groepsopdracht, -schriftelijk tentamen (open vragen) | ||||||||||||||||
| Vaksoort | bachelor | ||||||||||||||||
| Coördinator | prof. dr. B. Los | ||||||||||||||||
| Docent(en) | dr. J. Canello ,prof. dr. B. Los , E.B. Mensah, BA. MSc. , I. Shaheen | ||||||||||||||||
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| Entreevoorwaarden | A basic knowledge of economic concepts, such as supply/demand, production functions and GDP. A strong math basis is not required but an outright fear of equations and graphs is problematic. | ||||||||||||||||
| Opmerkingen | Secretariat GEM: e-mail gem.feb@rug.nl, phone +31(0)50 36 33458, room 5411.0538 | ||||||||||||||||
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