TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND SHARING ECONOMY

Bruna BRUNO TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND SHARING ECONOMY

0223100015
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
EQF7
ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
640LESSONS
ExamDate
BRUNO18/12/2024 - 09:30
BRUNO18/12/2024 - 09:30
Objectives
THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO GIVE THEORETICAL AND PRATICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOURCES, EVOLUTION AND MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION PROCESSES, WITH PERSPECTIVES IN THE INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK, CONSIDERING THE IMPACT OF REGULATION OF NEW BUSINESS MODELS. STUDENTS WILL LEARN TO APPLY ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC INTERVENTION ON INNOVATION PROCESSES (APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING) AND TO ASSES IN A CRITICAL WAY THE VALIDITY OF ASSUMPTIONS AND SOLUTIONS PROPOSED . STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO EFFECTIVELY ORGANIZE IDEAS BOTH IN WRITTEN AND ORAL FORM, WITH THE HELP OF PRESENTATION OF SHORT REPORTS ON SPECIFIC ISSUES DURING THE COURSE . THIS COURSE WILL ENABLE STUDENTS TO DECIDE ON RELEVANT INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIES IMPACT AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS .
Prerequisites
NONE
Contents
INFORMATION, FIRMS AND MARKETS: ECONOMIC DEFINITION; PROPERTY RIGHTS AND EXTERNALITIES; COMMONS, PUBLIC GOODS AND COPYLEFT; OPEN DATA, OPEN CONTENT AND BIG DATA.
INNOVATION, FIRMS AND MARKETS: ECONOMIC DEFINITION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; OPEN INNOVATION AND CLOSED INNOVATION; DATA-DRIVEN INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL UNEMPLOYMENT; OPENS SOURCE.
NEW MARKETS: NETWORKS AND NETWORK EXTERNALITIES; TWO-SIDED MARKETS; P2P MARKETS; BLOCKCHAIN; SMART CONTRACTS.
SHARING ECONOMY: ECONOMIC DEFINITION; PLATFORMS, PERSPECTIVE AND REGULATION.
ON DEMAND ECONOMY E GIG ECONOMY: TECHNOLOGICAL UNEMPLOYMENT
Teaching Methods
LECTURES (32H) AND PROJECT BASED LEARNING (8H)
Verification of learning
STUDENTS CAN CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO EXAMINATION METHODS:
1° METHOD
STUDENTS ATTENDING THE COURSE CAN PASS THE EXAM THROUGH A WRITTEN TEST AND AN A PROJECT WORK. EACH OF THE TWO STAGES CAN BE PASSED WITH A MINIMUM OF 18/30. THE FINAL GRADE IS SIMPLY THE AVERAGE OF THE TWO PARTIAL RESULTS.
THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION, LASTING APPROXIMATELY TWO HOUR AND HALF, IS AIMED AT DETERMINING IN A CLEAR AND UNAMBIGUOUS MANNER THE STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE AND THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND BOTH THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTENTS AS TARGETED IN THE PROGRAMME. FINALLY, IT VERIFIES HOW THE STUDENTS CAN APPLY THE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE. THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION CONSISTS OF 12 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS, 2 OPEN QUESTIONS.

THE PROJECT WORK AIMS TO VERIFY HOW STUDENTS APPLY THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE TO CASE STUDIES AND CONSISTS IN A WRITTEN SHORT ESSAY ON AN AGREED ISSUE AND AN ORAL PRESENTATION TO THE CLASSROOM.

2° METHOD
ORAL EXAMINATION WITH AN INTERVIEW AIMED AT TESTING STUDENTS’ KNOWLEGE AND ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND ACHIEVED, AND , AT THE SAME TIME, THE EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD.
Texts
READING LIST
1.INFORMATION AND MARKETS
A.HESS, C. AND OSTROM, E. (EDS), UNDERSTANDING KNOWLEDGE AS A COMMONS, 2007, MIT PRESS
I.SECTION 1- INTRODUCTION: AN OVERVIEW OF THE KNOWLEDGE COMMONS, CHARLOTTE HESS AND ELINOR OSTROM
II.SECTION 8 - HOW TO BUILD A COMMONS: IS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONSTRICTIVE, FACILITATING, OR IRRELEVANT?, SHUBHA GHOSH
III.SECTION 10 - FREE/OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE AS A FRAMEWORK FOR ESTABLISHING COMMONS IN SCIENCE, CHARLES M. SCHWEIK
2.INNOVATION AND MAKETS
A.OECD (2017), ALGORITHMS AND COLLUSION: COMPETITION POLICY IN THE DIGITAL AGE WWW.OECD.ORG/COMPETITION/ALGORITHMS-COLLUSION-COMPETITION-POLICY-IN-THE-DIGITAL-AGE.HTM
I.SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION
II.SECTION 2 - ALGORITHMS: HOW THEY WORK AND WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR
III.SECTION 3 - PRO-COMPETITIVE EFFECTS OF ALGORITHMS
3.NEW MARKETS
A.RYSMAN, M. (2009). THE ECONOMICS OF TWO-SIDED MARKETS. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES, 23(3), 125-43.
B.EINAV, L., FARRONATO, C., & LEVIN, J. (2016). PEER-TO-PEER MARKETS. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS, 8, 615-635. (ALSO IN SIEPR DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 15-029)
I.SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION
II.SECTION 2 – MARKET DESIGN: SEARCH, PRICING, AND TRUST
III.SECTION 4 - REGULATION OF PEER-TO-PEER MARKETS
IV.SECTION 5 – CONCLUSION
4.SHARING ECONOMY
A.BENKLER, Y. (2004). SHARING NICELY: ON SHAREABLE GOODS AND THE EMERGENCE OF SHARING AS A MODALITY OF ECONOMIC PRODUCTION. YALE LJ, 114, 273.
I.SECTION 2 – LUMPINESS, GRANULARITY, AND SHAREABLE GOODS
II.SECTION 4 – SHARING AS A MODALITY OF PRODUCTION
III.SECTION 5 – SOME CURRENT POLICY IMPLICATIONS
B.EUROPEAN COMMISSION, COM(2016) 356. A EUROPEAN AGENDA FOR THE COLLABORATIVE ECONOMY
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