GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MARKETS/2110045
Course Title: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MARKETS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Dr. S. Alev Söylemez
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/soylemez
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  soylemez@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
This course examines economic analysis of technological change.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
-better understanding some ıssues as productivity, growth,and development, the interaction between technological change and industrial structure, diff
-to identify and analyze key challenges of innovation and entrepreneurship processes,





 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week   An historical interpretation of technical change, Kondradiev waves
2. Week  Key concepts:Knowledge, technology, inventions and innovations.The importance of entrepreneurial environment and for institutionalization.
3. Week  Key issues: the nature of technological change and its economic implications,the diffusion and adoption of new technology, and industrial competition
4. Week  Macroeconomic Dynamics and Innovation;Growth theories, technology included growth models, endogenous growth theory
5. Week  Innovation and employment, productivity, real business cycle theories
6. Week  The growing importance of knowledge and human capital; increasing returns and path dependence
7. Week   Micro approach:Comparative perspectives and innovations of market structure, price behavior and the impact on costs.
8. Week  Included innovations in the theory of industrial organization. Schumpeterian Competition, Market Failures. Private and social benefits
9. Week  The relationship between market structure and innovation, the organization of industrial Research,the effect of industrial R&D
10. Week  Patenting and intellectuel properaty, tradeoffs under uncertainty, debates
11. Week  The influences of information technology in the financial sector of the economy
12. Week  Technology Policies and Globalization;The process of globalization,the digital gap between countries the national innovation systems,performance indic
13. Week  Presentation
14. Week  Presentation
15. Week  Presentation
16. Week  Presentation
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  William J. Baumol (2004) The Free Market Innovation Machine, Analyzing the Growth Miracle of Capitalism, Freeman Soete (1997) Yenilik İktisadı Dominique Foray, The Economics of Knowledge, 2004, The MIT Press, Cambridge 3-7. Bölümler Carl Shapiro,& Hal R.Varian Information Rules, A Staretegic Guide to the Network Economy, 1999, Harvard Business School Pres, Boston Chris Freeman & Luc Soete, Yenilik İktisadı, 2003, çev. Ergun Türkcan, TUBİTAK Yayınları, Ankara Colin A. Ronan Bilim Tarihi, Dünya Kültürlerinde Bilimin ve Tarihin Gelişmesi, 1983, çev. Ekmelleddin İhsanoğlu, Feza Güngören TUBİTAK Yayınları 7- ve 8 . Bölüm Ergun Türkcan, Dünyada ve Türkiye’de Bilim Teknoloji ve Politika, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları Ocak 2009 Graham Dawson ve diğ. Economics and Economic Change, 2006, Prentice Hall, The Open University, 3 – 4. Bölümler Charles Jones, İktisadi Büyümeye Giriş, çev. Sanlı Ateş & İsmail Tuncer, Literatür Yayınları Alev Söylemez Yeni Ekonomi, Boyu
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  None
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
15
3
45
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
15
3
45
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
2
30
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
15
2
30
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
15
15
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
1
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
185
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.4
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To have theoretical knowledge in the field of International Economics at the proficiency levelX
2To have detailed knowledge about the Foreign Trade Theories, the rules, institutions and process of world trade, and the effects of international capital movementsX
3To conceive the interaction between economics and other disciplinesX
4To analyze theoretical knowledge and to be able to use practical knowledgeX
5To develop solutions for economic problems by using research methodsX
6To have the experience of using information technologies and basic computer programs at the high level in order to share their accumulated knowledge and problem solving ability
7To communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language
8To have the ability to interpret economic and social events through the acquired capability to think analytically and critically, and to be open for innovative ideasX
9To have a sound knowledge of the quantitative and qualitative methods that will help to examine the premises of different theoriesX
10To be compatible for teamwork in order to use their accumulated knowledge in research projectsX
11To be able to work on matters that require expertise in economics independentlyX
12To be aware of professional and scientific ethical codes at stages of economic data collection and interpretationX
13To be able to use their leadership skills by taking responsibility in the face of complex economic problemsX