- Docente: Vincenzo Denicolò
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Blended Learning
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Law, Economics and Governance (cod. 5811)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Law and Economics (cod. 5913)
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from Feb 15, 2024 to Mar 15, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of the module, students: - have an understanding of types of intellectual property rights, innovation and market failures, private and social value of innovations, and models of R&D investment, and are familiar with the economic policy debate undergirding the reinforcement or weakening of intellectual property; - know how to analyze the drivers of companies’ strategic choices concerning innovation protection.
Course contents
1. Patents, copyrights and trade secrects
2. Market failures: Knowledge as a public good
3. Private and social value of innovations
4. Models of investment in R&D
5. Optimal life of intellectual property right
6. The optimal combination of breadth and length
7. Sequential innovations
8. Complementary innovation
9. Prizes v. intellectual property
10. Trade secrets
Readings/Bibliography
S. Scotchmer, Innovation and incentives, MIT Press, 2004
Teaching methods
Lectures and classes
Assessment methods
Closed-book, written exam
Meaning of the final mark:
<18 failed
18-23 sufficient
24-27 good
28-30 very good
30 e lode excellent
Teaching tools
Lecture slides and lecture notes
Office hours
See the website of Vincenzo Denicolò