ECTS - University of Pisa
Scheda programma d'esame
ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION
GIOVANNI DOSI
Academic year2016/17
CourseECONOMICS
Code370PP
Credits6
PeriodSemester 2
LanguageEnglish

ModulesAreaTypeHoursTeacher(s)
ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATIONSECS-P/08LEZIONI42
GIOVANNI DOSI unimap
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge
The course introduces the economics of information and the economics of technological innovators, together with their implications in terms of theory of production, theory of the firm and industrial dynamics.
Assessment criteria of knowledge
During the oral exam the student must be able to demonstrate his/her knowledge of the course material and be able to discuss the reading matter thoughtfully and with propriety of expression.

Methods:

  • Final oral exam
Teaching methods

Delivery: face to face

Learning activities:

  • attending lectures
  • preparation of oral/written report
  • participation in discussions
  • individual study

Attendance: Advised

Teaching methods:

  • Lectures
  • Seminar
Syllabus
- The economic properties of information. Analogies and differences between information and (technological) knowledge. - Technologies as bodies of knowledge, as ‘recipes’ and as input/output relations. - The structure of innovative knowledge: technological paradigms and trajectories. - Intersectoral differences in the sources of innovative knowledge and in the innovation process. - Patterns of innovation diffusion. - Firms as repositories of problem-solving knowledge. - Innovation, imitation and industrial competition. - The features and drivers of industrial evolution.
Bibliography
• Dosi G. and R.R. Nelson (2010), “Technical Change and Industrial Dynamics as Evolutionary Processes”, In B.H. Hall and N. Rosenberg: Handbook of the Economics of Innovation - Vol. I, Burlington: Academic Press, pp. 51-128. • Dosi G. (1982), “Technological Paradigms and Technological Trajectories. A Suggested Interpretation of the Determinants and Directions of Technical Change”, Research Policy. • Pavitt K. (1984), “Patterns of Technical Change: Toward a Taxonomy and a Theory”, Research Policy. • Nelson R., Winter S. (1982), An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change, Harvard Univ. Press, Parts I-IV. • Dosi G., O. Marsili, L. Orsenigo, R. Salvatore (1995), “Learning, Market Selection and The Evolution of Industrial Structures”, Small Business Economics, vol. 7, pp. 411-436. • Dosi G. (2007), “Statistical Regularities in the Evolution of Industries. A Guide through some Evidence and Challenges for the Theory”, in F. Malerba and S. Brusoni (eds.) Perspectives on Innovation, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Optional reading: Freeman, C. (1982), The economics of industrial innovation, 2nd ed., Pinter: London; Rosenberg, N. (1982), Inside the Blackbox, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge/New York
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