Course 2012-2013 a.y.

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CLMG (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/06) - M (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/06) - IM (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/06) - MM (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/06) - AFC (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/06) - CLAPI (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/06) - CLEFIN-FINANCE (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/06) - CLELI (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/06) - ACME (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/06) - DES-ESS (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/06) - EMIT (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/06)

Course Director:
ANDREA MORRISON

Course Objectives

The course concerns the dynamics of growth and sustainable development and the role of innovation in fostering these processes. The first half of the course discusses the issue of growth investigating the conventional neoclassical theory and its main competing paradigm: the evolutionary economic theory. Then it illustrates the interaction of national resources with economic growth at the national and global level, with particular attention on the impact of sustainability on country level competitiveness, as well as on the key dimensions of eco-innovation. The second half of the course adopts an institutional perspective and analyzes the relationship between innovation, competition and growth at the country and regional level in both developed and emerging economies.

Course Content Summary

• Theories of economic growth: exogenous and endogenous growth models
• The role and extent of knowledge spillovers: an empirical evaluation
• Innovation and development
• Innovation and institutions
• Microeconomic aspects of the economics of knowledge, R&D and technology diffusion
• Competing in capabilities: Globalization and industrial development
  

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

Written exam

Textbooks

A complete list of readings is given at the beginning of the course.

Exam textbooks & Online Articles (check availability at the Library)

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