8494 - TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
MM-LS - AFC-LS - CLAPI-LS - CLEFIN-LS - CLELI-LS - DES-LS - CLG-LS - M-LS - IM-LS - ACME-LS - EMIT-LS
Department of Management and Technology
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 31
MM-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - AFC-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLAPI-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLEFIN-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLELI-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - DES-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLG-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - M-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - IM-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - ACME-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - EMIT-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI)
Course Director:
FRANCO MALERBA
FRANCO MALERBA
Course Objectives
Technology and international competitiveness are key drivers of economic growth and of the changing advantages of firms, industries and countries.
Some questions that will be tackled in the course are the following: What is the role of technology in the competitiveness of industries and countries? Do patents matter for innovation? What are the IPR strategies of companies? Why are some countries able to catch up though innovation and others not?; Why do firms persistently differ in terms of their innovative capabilities and profits, much more so than would be predicted from standard economic theory?; What technology and innovation policies are needed in a changing dynamic and global context?
The course approaches these questions by examining the forces that drive technological change and industrial dynamics and their relationship with the international competitiveness of firms and countries. Particular attention is paid to technological and organisational innovation, which represents the main engine of growth in capitalist economies and one of the main factors at the base of the catching up of countries and of the inter- firm and international competitiveness. This course will be taught by Franco Malerba and Bronwyn Hall (Berkeley- USA).
Course Content Summary
- Technology and industrial dynamic: a truly dynamic perspective
- Technology and international competitiveness
- The evolution of industries
- Sectoral systems of innovation
- The productivity paradox: the US vs. Europe
- Caching up of emerging countries
- Stock prices, venture capital and innovation
- Patents and innovation
- Intellectual property rights and economic development
- Public policy in favour of growth and competitiveness
Detailed Description of Assessment Methods
Evaluation: Choice between (a) a written exam or (b) short written exam and paper presentation during the course
Textbooks
Specific readings are indicated at the start of the course
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