Economics of Technical Change and Innovation

3 credits · Graduate

This course focuses on technological change, its determinants and consequences. Our objective is to understand the economic determinants and consequences of technical change. However, technical change needs to be understood in a historical context, and consequently, the readings cover both historical description and economic analysis. Though an economics course, it is designed to accommodate students from a range of disciplinary backgrounds. We will highlight the implications of the economics of technological change for the study of corporate strategy, entrepreneurship and public policy.