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Contemporary Economic issues - II - Innovation and firms

2 crédits Elisa DARRIET EPN03 - Electroniques, électrotechnique, automatique et mesure (EEAM) Unité spécifique de type cours

Publié Du 01-09-2024 au 31-08-9999

Prérequis

"Contemporary Economic Issues" forms part of the International Masters in Engineering. Students from different countries and contexts are welcomed in Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers (Paris) after a Master selection. No specific other conditions are expected to attend to this course.

Objectifs pédagogiques

  • Understand that technical progress and innovation. 
  • Understand that sustainable economic growth comes up against ecological limits (in particular the depletion of resources, pollution and global warming) and that innovation can help to push back these limits. 
  • Understand the extent of income inequality in our economies. 
  • Understand international trade and the concepts of absolute and comparative advantage

Contenu

  1. Innovation and technical progress 
  2. Enterprise and corporate social responsibility 
  3. Globalization and international trade: absolute and comparative advantages 
  4. Income inequality

Modalités de validation

  • Contrôle continu

Description des modalités de validation

  1. Students are invited to give a short presentation on a theme, concept or economist chosen by the teacher. 
  2. A written examination will take place at the end of the semester. 
  3. Course attendance will be assessed.

Bibliographie

TitreAuteur(s)
MacroeconomicsMankiw, N. G.

Thésaurus du Cnam :

  • Economie
  • Développement durable
  • Commerce international
  • RSE
  • Croissance économique
  • Inflation

Thésaurus Formacode :

  • 12522 - développement durable
  • 13154 - économie
  • 34254 - commerce international

Secrétariat

Libellé
EPN03 - Easy
Nom du contact
Virginie Dos Santos Rance
Adresses email
virginie.dos-santos-rance@lecnam.net
Numéros de téléphone
01 40 27 24 81
Adresse postale
292 rue Saint-Martin 11-B-2
Paris Cedex 03 75141