Innovations and international technology transfer
Informacje ogólne
Kod przedmiotu: | 2400-ZEWW524 |
Kod Erasmus / ISCED: |
14.3
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Nazwa przedmiotu: | Innovations and international technology transfer |
Jednostka: | Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych |
Grupy: |
Anglojęzyczna oferta zajęć WNE UW Przedmioty kierunkowe do wyboru - studia II stopnia EM - grupa 2 (1*30h) Przedmioty wyboru kierunkowego dla studiów licencjackich EM Przedmioty wyboru kierunkowego dla studiów licencjackich MSEM |
Punkty ECTS i inne: |
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Język prowadzenia: | angielski |
Rodzaj przedmiotu: | nieobowiązkowe |
Założenia (opisowo): | Intermediate micro- macro economics, international economics, |
Skrócony opis: |
The course is focused on the main issues in economics of innovation with regard to international technology diffusion and economic convergence in the knowledge-based economy. Firstly, various models of innovation are presented with emphasis on technology push and demand factors. Further, the course offers a comprehensive review of theories relating innovations to economic growth, trade and international capital flows, in particular FDI. Finally, issues of technology diffusion and international knowledge spillover are analysed in the context of economic convergence across countries. |
Pełny opis: |
1. Theories of innovation: neoclasssical, neoschumpeterian, evolutionary (3 hrs) 2. Models of innovation processes: supply-push and demand-pull (2 hrs) 3. Types of innovations and taxonomy (2 hrs) 4. Innovations and economic growth (3 hrs) 5. Innovations and international trade (3 hrs) 6. Innovations and foreign direct investment (3 hrs) 7. Technology gap theory (3 hrs) 8. International diffusion of knowledge and innovations (3 hrs) 9. Technological and economic convergence (3 hrs) 10. Technology transfer: catching up and comparative advantage (3 hrs) 11. Lisbon strategy and innovation policy for transition economies (2 hrs) |
Literatura: |
C. Antonelli, D. Foray, B.H. Hall, W.E. Steinmueller, New Frontiers in the Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham 2006 D. Archibugi, J. Michie, eds., Technology, Globalisation and Economic Performance, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1997 D. Archibugi, J. Michie, eds., Trade, Growth and Technical Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1998 D. Audretsch (red.), Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK, Northanpton MA USA, 2006 M. Cimolo, G. Dosi, J.E. Stiglitz (red.), Industrial Policy and Development. The Political Economy of Capabilities Accumulation, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2009 G. Dosi et al., eds, Technical Change and Economic Theory, Pinter publishers, London 1988 G. Dosi et al., eds, The Economics of Technical Change and International Trade, Harvester Wheatsheaf, New York 1990 J. Fagerberg, D.C. Mowery, R.R. Nelson, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Innovation, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005 S. Gomulka, The Theory of Technological Change and Economic Growth, Routledge, London 1990 /Teoria innowacji i wzrostu gospodarczego, CASE, Warszawa 1998/ G. Grossman, E. Helpman, Innovation and Growth in the Global Economy, MIT Press, Cambridge 1991 P. Hall, Innovation, Economics and Evolution, Harvester Wheatsheaf, New York 1994 M. Hirooka, Innovation Dynamism and Economic Growth. A Nonlinear Perspective, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham 2006 M. Hobday, Innovation in East Asia, Edward Elgar, Aldershot 1995 N. Kaldor, Causes of the Slow Rate of Growth of the United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1966 P. Krugman, Rethinking International Trade, MIT Press, Cambridge 1990 S. Kubielas, Innowacje i luka technologiczna w gospodarce globalnej opartej na wiedzy, Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego WUW, Warszawa 2009 K. Laursen, Trade, Specialisation, Technology and Economic Growth. Theory and Evidence from Advanced Countries, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham 2000 K. Piech, S. Radosevic (eds.), The Knowledge-Based Economy in Central and Eastern Europe, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke and New York 2006 S. Radosevic, International Technology Transfer and Catch-up in Economic Development, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham 1999 J. Schumpeter, The Theory of Economic Development, Harvard University Press, Cambridge Mass., 1934. J. Schmookler, Invention and Economic Growth, Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1966 W. Świtalski, Innowacje i konkurencyjność, Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego WUW, Warszawa 2005 B. Verspagen, Uneven Growth between Interdependent Economies, UPM, Maastricht 1992 |
Efekty uczenia się: |
Getting acquainted with the up-to-date research on the impact of innovations on growth and international trade and in particuliar on international technology transfer in the knowledge-based economy. KW01, KW02, KW03, KU01, KU02, KU03, KK01, KK02, KK03 |
Metody i kryteria oceniania: |
Grading based on delivered paper covering the selected topic of the course, and final test. |
Właścicielem praw autorskich jest Uniwersytet Warszawski.