Adoption of key concepts and specificities of the digital economy and changes in the economic structure of countries through digital processes that transform business models and processes so that students can analyze, evaluate and argue for the economic and sociological effects of innovations on the economic prosperity of countries.
1. Economics of innovation: Concept, characteristics and scope;
2. Technological progress and development;
3. Spread and transfer of innovations – institutions and policies;
4. Economic structure and innovations: Economy based on knowledge and innovation potential;
5. Innovation processes, digitalization and structural transformation;
6. Sources of structural transformation and their impact on the modern economy;
7. Structural transformation and income distribution;
8. Foundations of the digital economy;
9. Structural and digital transformation and global economic leadership;
10. Innovations and global economic trends;
11. Ethical approach and economics of innovation;
12. Designing strategic policies for sustainable transformation.
1. Link technological progress and innovation transfer with the institutional framework and economic policies.
2. Determine the country's innovation potential and review the factors of a knowledge-based economy.
3. Predict the impact of innovation processes and digitization on structural transformation.
4. Compare innovations and global economic trends that enable global economic leadership and identify the degree and consequences of structural transformation of such countries.
