Unit ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION
- Course
- Economics and management
- Study-unit Code
- A004825
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- Economia e management dell'innovazione
- Teacher
- Fabrizio Pompei
- Teachers
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- Fabrizio Pompei
- Davide Castellani (Codocenza)
- Hours
- 21 ore - Fabrizio Pompei
- 42 ore (Codocenza) - Davide Castellani
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2024/25
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Economico
- Academic discipline
- SECS-P/06
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- This course deals with innovation, dynamics and evolution across sectors and firms in the economy. After introducing some basic concepts about innovation, we will discuss how innovation is measured and refer to the knowledge production function. We will then move on to understand the nature and evolution of technologies and delve into the geography of innovation. A specific section of the course will look at the economics of patents.
We will also investigate the relationships between innovation and
the dynamics of industries, with a special emphasis to the role firm growth and productivity
international business activities of firms
This course will also highlight the dark side of innovation and the role of policy in supporting innovation. Finally, we will look into the economics of Artificial Intelligence. - Reference texts
- Dodgson, M., & Gann, D. (2018) Innovation: A very short introduction. Oxford University Press.
Fagerberg, J., Mowery, D. C., & Nelson, R. R. (Eds.). (2005). The Oxford handbook of innovation. Oxford University Press. (selected chapters)
Hall, B. H., & Rosenberg, N. (2010). Handbook of the Economics of Innovation (Vol. 1). North-Holland. (selected chapters)
The complete list of reading materials will be communicated at the beginning of the Second Semester. - Educational objectives
- Prerequisites
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, discussion of cases and groupwork activities
- Other information
- Learning verification modality
- Written exam and optional classwork activity
- Extended program
- Basic concepts on innovation
Measuring Innovation
Nature of technologies and the geography of innovation
Economics of Patents
Productivity, firm growth and industrial dynamics
Internationalisation and innovation
Innovation and employment
Economics of artificial intelligence
Innovation and employment