Information Package / Course Catalogue
Innovation Economy
Course Code: ECN531
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is to examine the concepts of technology and innovation, to explain the importance of technology and innovation policies in economic growth and development. In addition, it is to analyze science, technology and innovation policies comparatively.

Course Content

The place of technological development in different economics schools, the microeconomic and macroeconomic nature of technological development, the effects of technological development on economic growth and industrialization processes...

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Kurtuluş BOZKURT
Learning Outcomes
1.Comprehends the limits of the concept of technological development.
2.Defines the concept of innovation.
3.Analyze the microeconomic and macroeconomic dimensions of innovation.
4.Knows science and technology policies.
5.Analyzes innovation policies.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Chris FREEMAN, Luc SOETE - Yenilik İktisadı, TÜBİTAK Yayınları.
2.Şiir Erkök YILMAZ - Yenilik Ekonomisi, Efil Yayınevi.
3.William H. JANEWAY - Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Markets, Speculation and the State, Cambridge University Press.
4.Richard M. LOCKE, Rachel L. WELLHAUSEN - Production in the Innovation Economy, The MIT Press.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Conceptualizing Technology and Technological Development
Week 2 - Theoretical
Technological Development and Its Place and Importance in Different Schools of Economics
Week 3 - Theoretical
The Micro-Economic Nature of the Technological Development Process
Week 4 - Theoretical
Technological Development and Its Macroeconomic Nature
Week 5 - Theoretical
Technological Development and Economic Growth
Week 6 - Theoretical
Technological Development and International Competitiveness
Week 7 - Theoretical
National Innovation Systems
Week 8 - Theoretical
Underdevelopment and Technology: Technology Transfer, Appropriate Technology Problem
Week 9 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Examination
Week 10 - Theoretical
Industrial and Technology Policies- Aims-Means
Week 11 - Theoretical
R&D Supports as a Technology Policy
Week 12 - Theoretical
Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights as a Technology Policy
Week 13 - Theoretical
Indicators of Technological Capability and Cross-Country Analysis
Week 14 - Theoretical
Development of Industrial and Technology Policies in Turkey
Week 15 - Theoretical
Science, Technology and Industrial Policies of the European Union and Turkey's Adaptation Process
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Examination
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Individual Work140228
Midterm Examination123225
Final Examination128230
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
PÇ-15
OÇ-1
3
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
OÇ-2
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
OÇ-3
3
4
3
4
3
4
3
2
3
OÇ-4
4
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
3
OÇ-5
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
2
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026