International Trade and Business (English) | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | UNI245 | ||||
Course Name: | Economics of Technology & Innovation | ||||
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Fall Spring |
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Course Credits: |
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Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
Type of course: | University Elective | ||||
Course Level: |
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Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
Course Coordinator: | Doç. Dr. AYFER USTABAŞ | ||||
Course Lecturer(s): |
Doç. Dr. AYFER USTABAŞ |
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Course Objectives: | The aim of the course is to provide students with a general comprehension about the crucial impacts of technical and technological progresses on economic development. |
Course Content: | Innovations and inventions in the waves of technical change, Schumpeter’s theories on technical and technological changes, contemporary theories of innovation in relation to firm behaviour. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Comprehend the crucial impacts of technical and technological progresses on economic development. 2) Have a comprehensive knowledge of Schumpeter's theories. 3) Learn the difference between inveentions and inovations. 4) Learn the modern theories on the economics of technology. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Schumpeter’s Theories | |
2) | Schumpeter’s Theories | |
3) | Theories of Entrepreneurship | |
4) | Theories of Entrepreneurship | |
5) | The Rise of Technology, Industrial Revolution | |
6) | The Age of Electricity, Innovations in Oil and Chemicals-Synthetic Materials | |
7) | Mass Production and Automobile | |
8) | MIDTERM | |
9) | Electronics and Computers | |
10) | Success and Failure in Industrial Innovation | |
11) | Innovation and Firm Strategies | |
12) | National Systems of Innovation | |
13) | Technology and Economic Growth | |
14) | International Trade Performance, Diffusion of Technology |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | The Economics of Industrial Revolution, Chris Freeman and Luc Soete 3rd Ed. Cassel, London, 1997 |
References: | Yenilik İktisadı, Chris Freeman and Luc Soete, Trans. Ergün Türkcan, Tübitak, Ankara, 2003 |
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Program Outcomes | |||||||||||||
1) Has a broad and interdisciplinary perspective on international business and trade by the use of social sciences and mathematics, | |||||||||||||
2) Possess the knowledge and skills related to different functions and interactions of international business and trade. | |||||||||||||
3) Possess the knowledge and skills to interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of international business and trade with scientific and technological methods. | |||||||||||||
4) Use different theoretical approaches to understanding and solving various business and trade problems. | |||||||||||||
5) Explains the competitiveness of the countries with the requirements of international competition and interprets the functioning of the actors and regulatory structures in the international environment. | |||||||||||||
6) Understands the value of developing new trade projects and generating strategies within international market needs. | |||||||||||||
7) Solves complex business and global trade problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and makes analyzes by using statistical programs effectively. | |||||||||||||
8) Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. | |||||||||||||
9) Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills. | |||||||||||||
10) Possess the knowledge of universal ethical values, social responsibility and sufficient legal and regulatory knowledge. | |||||||||||||
11) Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them. | |||||||||||||
12) Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms. | |||||||||||||
13) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Using License required by the field. |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Has a broad and interdisciplinary perspective on international business and trade by the use of social sciences and mathematics, | |
2) | Possess the knowledge and skills related to different functions and interactions of international business and trade. | |
3) | Possess the knowledge and skills to interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of international business and trade with scientific and technological methods. | |
4) | Use different theoretical approaches to understanding and solving various business and trade problems. | |
5) | Explains the competitiveness of the countries with the requirements of international competition and interprets the functioning of the actors and regulatory structures in the international environment. | |
6) | Understands the value of developing new trade projects and generating strategies within international market needs. | |
7) | Solves complex business and global trade problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and makes analyzes by using statistical programs effectively. | |
8) | Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. | |
9) | Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills. | |
10) | Possess the knowledge of universal ethical values, social responsibility and sufficient legal and regulatory knowledge. | |
11) | Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them. | |
12) | Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms. | |
13) | Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Using License required by the field. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 60 |
total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Preparation for the Activity | Spent for the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | Workload | ||
Course Hours | 14 | 1 | 3 | 56 | |||
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 0 | 2 | 28 | |||
Midterms | 1 | 15 | 1 | 16 | |||
Final | 1 | 25 | 1 | 26 | |||
Total Workload | 126 |