Course description:
The primary goal of this course is to introduce advanced students in economics to economic analyses of innovation. Coursework will provide students with a solid understanding of theoretical models of innovation, with a particular emphasis of firms’ incentives to innovate. Topics include the link and interplay between incentives to innovate and the market structure product and process innovations, and technological spillover.
Preliminary outlook:
• Introduction
• Market structure and innovations
• Product and process innovations
• Technological spillover
• Patents
Course requirement:
Depending on the curriculum of your study there will be either an exam of 60 minutes in the upcoming semester break or a module exam together with the lecture ‘market and industrial dynamics’ in the semester break after the summer term.
Literature:
The readings will be provided for each topic separately.
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| Degree programme/academic programme | Validity | Variant | Subdivision | Status | Semester | LP | |
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| Bielefeld Graduate School in Theoretical Sciences / Promotion | |||||||
| Economic Behavior and Interaction Models / Promotion | |||||||
| Economics and Management (BiGSEM) / Promotion | |||||||
| Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Master | (Einschreibung bis SoSe 2012) | Modul 10; Modul 12 | Themengebiete: 10b, 12c |