Unit GROWTH AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
- Course
- International economics and management
- Study-unit Code
- 20A00060
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Francesco Venturini
- Teachers
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- Francesco Venturini
- Hours
- 42 ore - Francesco Venturini
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- SECS-P/01
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- ENGLISH
- Contents
- Theory and evidence on economic growth, innovation and international competitiveness
- Reference texts
- Lecture notes and scientific readings
- Educational objectives
- The present course is aimed at providing the basic tools to understand growth dynamics of the most industrialized countries and identify the sources of their international competitiveness and
productivity performance. The focus will be posed on innovation, defined in terms of deliberate research activities and investment in technologically advanced assets such as ICT, AI and robots - Prerequisites
- It is highly advised to have knowledge of principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics
- Teaching methods
- Face-to-face
- Other information
- None
- Learning verification modality
- Written exam
- Extended program
- Exogenous and endogenous growth theories. Solow (1957), Romer (1986), Aghion and Howitt (1992). Productive and technological specialization (high- and low-tech sectors), global R&D leaders. ICT and 3rd Industrial Revolution industrial. AI, robots and 4th Industrial revolution