| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Master's Degree With Thesis |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 10 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | . Servıs Servıs
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) are provided with a comprehensive and advanced understanding of the origins, dynamics, and consequences of innovation from an economic perspective.
2) can understand the design of incentive mechanisms such as prizes and intellectual property, patent values and the return on R&D investment, intellectual property issues arising from direct and indirect network externalities.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | None |
| COURSE DEFINITION | The main purpose of the course is; to learn innovation strategies and analyze the connection of innovation to economic variables such as growth and employment. |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | What is innovation? | | 2nd Week | Innovation and economic growth | | 3rd Week | Incentives to innovate and market failure | | 4th Week | Incentives to innovate and market failure | | 5th Week | Market structure and innovation | | 6th Week | Market structure and innovation | | 7th Week | Diffusion of innovation | | 8th Week | Midterm | | 9th Week | Strategic management of innovations in network markets | | 10th Week | Strategic management of innovations in network markets | | 11th Week | Labor market effects of innovation | | 12th Week | Labor market effects of innovation | | 13th Week | Intellectual Property Law basics | | 14th Week | Intellectual Property Law basics |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | S. Scotchmer, Innovation and Incentives, MIT Press, 2004.
Adam B. Jaffe and Josh Lerner, Innovation and Its Discontents: How Our Broken Patent System is Endangering Innovation and Progress, and What to Do About It, Princeton University Press, 2006.
Patent Reform Act 2011
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| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion,Problem Solving |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 40 | | Quiz | 1 | 10 | | Total(%) | | 50 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 50 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 50 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Preparation for Quiz | 1 | 55 | 55 | | Individual or group work | 14 | 5 | 70 | | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 70 | 70 | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | 1 | 60 | 60 | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Homework | | | | | Total Workload | | | 301 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 10,03 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 10 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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