Industrial Dynamics is a short module (6 hours) which both provides a general introduction to relevance of innovation and productivity for economic growth and a review of the specific role played by ICTs in industrial and corporate change.
Upon successful completion of this module, students: (i) will be aware of the role of innovation and productivity in economic growth, from both a theoretical and empirical perspective; (ii) will know the main elements of the debate on the effects of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on the firm, industries and the economy of countries.
The course has an applied orientation: the introduction and discussion of the empirical evidence on each topic will be central and only few fundamental models will be presented as the theoretical backbone of the analysis.