INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION ECONOMICS

ECON375

Course Code: ECON375
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Teaching economic principles and tools and training the required qualified workforce, necessiate bussiness activiies of our economy.
To develop the ability to think systematically and independently and to provide students with scientific proficiency in economic subjects.
To explain to the students that the condition of continuity of innovations is the basic feature of innovation economy.
Explaining knowledge-based technological innovations and applications
To be informed about the economic basis and relation of causality of growth and to gain the ability to evaluate.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

To ensure that students understand and internalize the effect of scientific knowledge and technology on innovation/innovation process and its connection with economic growth.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Innovation Economics and Basic Charecteristics
2^nd Week	Knowledge as Production Factor
3^rd Week	Knowledge Spillover, R&D and Innovation Associations
4^th Week	R&D, Innovation and Economic Growth
5^th Week	Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights; Patent, Utility Model, Industrial Design, Geographical Indications
6^th Week	Two-Sector Economy; Knowledge and Capital-Intensive Sectors
7^th Week	Midterm Exam
8^th Week	Structural Change in Production and Trade-Global Value Chains (GVCs)
9^th Week	Escape from Middle Income Trp; Structural Problems, Policy Implications
10^th Week	Neoclassical Economic Growth Theories
11^th Week	Endogenous Growth Theories
12^th Week	E 4.0; 4 th Industrial Revolution, Digital Transformation, Digital Technologies
13^th Week	Circular Economy; Climate Change, Green Transformation, Zero Carbon, Sectoral Developments
14^th Week	Circular Economy; Climate Change, Green Transformation, Zero Carbon, Sectoral Developments

Recommended or Required Reading

Acemoglu, Daron, Gino Gancia and Fabrizio Zilibotti (2010), Competing engines of growth: Innovation and standardization, NBER Working Paper 15958, April.
Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Nicholas Bloom ve William R. Kerr (2013), "Innovation, reallocation and growth", NBER Working Paper Series 18993, April.
Aghion, Philippe ve Peter Howitt (1992), "A Model of growth through creative destruction", Econometrica, March, 60 (2), 323?351.
Bowman, Kevin James (2008), "Endogenous human capital investment and the interaction of frontier and adoptive knowledge on growth and wage inequality, Economics of Innovation and New Technology", Vol.17(6) September, pp.571- 592.
Çapar Bengü (Başkent Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi), "Bilgi: Yönetimi, Üretimi ve Pazarlanması". (Knowledge: Menagement, Production and Marketing) received from www.bilgiyonetimi. org. on 7th December, 2005.
Dervişoğlu, Gökçe H.(2004), Stratejik Bilgi Yönetimi, (Strategic Knowledge Management)Dışbank Kitapları-8, 1.Basım, Rota Yayın Yapım Tanıtım Tic.Ltd.Şti.(The Publisher), Eylül 2004.
Ertuğrul Murat (Anadolu Üniversitesi), Bilgi Çağında İşletmelerin Yeni Kaynağı:Entellektüel Sermaye, (New souce of corporations in knowledge age: Human Capital) received from www.bilgiyonetimi.org. on December 8, 2005.
Gökovalı, Ümmühan (2005) Contribution of Knowledge Stock to Productivity: An empirical Investigation for Turkey, Ekonomik Yaklaşım, Gazi Üniversitesi İktisat Bölümü, Üç Aylık Dergi, Sayı 54, Cilt 16, 2005.(Quarterly Periodical of
Gazi University/Economics Department, in Ankara, Turkey, Number 54, Volume 16, 2005
Kurtoğlu, Yusuf (2014a), Orta Gelir Tuzağından Çıkış Turkish Economic Association, International Conference on Economics, 18-20 December, Antalya, TÜRKİYE, Ekonomik Yaklaşım, Gazi Üniversitesi İİBF İktisat Bölümü süreli yayını
Ekonomik Yaklaşım, 25(90) 71-90.
Kurtoğlu, Yusuf (2014, 2019), İnovasyon Bilgi ve Yenilik, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Yayın No:928 İktisat/Ekonomi No.168, Haziran,, Gazi Kitabevi Ankara.
Kurtoğlu, Yusuf (2015), "Teknolojik Düzey ve Faktör Donanımının Ekonomik Büyüme ve İstihdama Etkisi", Journal of Economics, Finance and Accounting, Cilt 2, Sayı 4.
Kurtoğlu, Yusuf (2019), Ekonomik İstikrar ve Büyüme, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara.
Kurtoğlu, Yusuf (2019), Orta Gelir Tuzağından Çıkış, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara.
Kurtoğlu, Yusuf (2015c), Structural Change in Production and Trade: A Panel Data Analysis,Journal of Global & Scientific Issues, Sept., Vol.3, Issue 3.
Kurtoğlu, Yusuf (2015d), China, From Catch-up Growth to Innovation-Driven Economy, Chinese Business Review, Oct., Vol.14, No.10, 499-512
Öz, Sumru (2014), Diffusion of technology: Convergence implications of FDI, Koç University-Tüsiad Economic Research Forum Working Paper Series, 1407, March.
Ülkü, Hülya (2004) "R&D, Innovation and Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis",International Monetary Fund Working Paper Research Department, September 2004.
Ünsal, Erdal M. (2007), "İktisadi Büyüme", İmaj Yayıncılık, Ankara.
Yeldan, Erinç (2011), İkitisadi Büyüme ve Bölüşüm Teorileri, 2. Baskı, Efil Yayınevi, Ankara.
Yeldan, Erinç, Kamil Taşçı, Ebru Voyvoda, Mehmet Emin Özsan (2012), "Orta Gelir Tuzağı'ndan Çıkış: Hangi Türkiye" Cilt 1: Makro/Bölgesel/Sektörel Analiz, TÜRKONFED Türk Girişim ve İş Dünyası Konfederasyonu, İstanbul, Aralık.
Yeldan, Erinç, Kamil Taşçı, Ebru Voyvoda, Mehmet Emin Özsan (2013), "Orta Gelir Tuzağından Çıkış: Hangi Türkiye" Cilt 2: Bölgesel Kalkınma ve İkili Tuzaktan Çıkış Stratejileri, TÜRKONFED Türk Girişim ve İş Dünyası Konfederasyonu, İstanbul,
Kasım. www.imf.org.
Yeldan, Erinç, Kamil Taşçı, Ebru Voyvoda, Mehmet Emin Özsan(2013), "Dualite Tuzağından Çıkış: Türkiye İçin Bir Bölgesel Genel Denge Modeli", EY_Ekonomik Yaklaşım- International Congress on Economics I, Europe and Global Economic Rebalancing, Ankara, 24-25 Ekim.
Zaim, Halil (İ.Ü. İktisat Fakültesi, Çalışma Ekonomisi ve Endüstri İlişkileri Bölümü) "Bilgi Yönetimi Süreçleri" (Knowledge Menagement Stages)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Attendance	1	10
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	3	42
Preparation for Final exam	1	2	2
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	1	1
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework	1	2	2
Total Work Load			92
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			3.06
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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