Open only to students accepted to the special program Florence Center & University of Florence (courses taught in English).
Taught in English by the University of Florence and open to Syracuse University students. Economic systems all over the world are involved in a global dynamics, which has been triggered by what has been called permanent innovation on a global scale. Innovation dynamics is particularly relevant in studying and understanding economics processes so that evolutionary trajectories at national and regional levels can be focused on and analysed. The course aims at looking into the analysis of decision processes of economic units by introducing information and knowledge processes within the economic evaluation. At the same time it is directed at reinforcing the analytical and theoretical framework by developing the awareness of importance of concepts relating to system thinking.
Prereq: Introductory economics course and introductory statistics course
Department: Economics
Locations: Florence, University of Florence
Semester: Fall
Credits: 3