Selected Chapters of Innovation Management B-1

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Institute of Management Studies

Synopsis:

Students are able to understand and analyze the distribution of resources as an important factor of European integration. They are able to examine the cohesion impact of the main European Union policies. Areas covered include the single market, external trade policy, competition and enterprise policies, research and technological development, social and employment, structural policies. The module emphasizes the relationships that exist between European Union policy interventions and their final impact in different countries, and competitiveness and cohesion.

Requirements:

Bachelor level of university program in economics or business management.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. REGIONAL INEQUALITY

1.1 Definition of cohesion.

1.2 The tendencies of regional inequality in EU.

2. SINGLE MARKET PROGRAMME

2.1 The integration of products, services, capital and labour markets.

2.2 The economic impact of common market programme.

3. EXTERNAL TRADE POLICY

3.1 The impact of trade policy for regional and social integration.

3.2 The development of trade policy in EU.

4. COMPETITION, COMPETITIVENESS, AND ENTERPRISE POLICIES

4.1 The impact of competition policy for cohesion.

4.2 The competitiveness of industry.

5. RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT

5.1 The impact of research and technological development for integration.

5.2 The development features of the policy of research and technological development.

5.3 The impact of research programmes for regional cohesion.

6. SOCIAL AND EMPLOYMENT POLICY

6.1 Social and cohesion policies as main instrument stimulating cohesion.

6.2 The development of social policy in EU.

7. STRUCTURAL POLICY

7.1 The reasons arising of EU structural policy.

7.2 The strategic functions of structural policy.

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Study Objective:

At the end of the course students will be able to analyse the impact of integration into European Union (EU) common market and common policies, to assess relations between the common policies of European Union and their impact on regions.

Study materials:

Dyduch J., Klimowicz M., Michalewska Pawlak M. Selected Policies of the European Union: Evolution in the Context of the Treaty of Lisbon and the Europe 2020 Strategy. Oficyna Wydawnicza ASPRA, 2012.

Baldwin R., Wyplosz Ch.The Economics of European Integration. McGraw-Hill, 2015

Miroslav N. Jovanovic. The Economics of International Integration. Edward Elgal Publishing, 2007.

Dumčiuvien D. Europos ekonomin integracija. Technologija, 2010.

Maria Joao Rodrigues. European Policies for a Knowledge Economy. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009

Ali M.El-Agraa. The European Union. Economics and Policies, 2004

Mercado S., Welford R., Prescott K. European Business. London, Prentice Hall, 2001

Europos integracijos aktualijos: www.euro.lt

European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/

GMID sistema http://www.portal.euromonitor.com/portal/default.aspx.

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• N-PRI-prez.forma od 15/16 (compulsory elective course)
• N-RRP-prez.forma od 15/16 (compulsory elective course)
• N-PRI-prez.forma od 16/17 (compulsory elective course)
• N-PRI-prez.forma od 17/18 (compulsory elective course)
• N-PRI-CP prezenční navazující studium od 18/19 (compulsory elective course)
• N-PRI-CP prezenční navazující studium od 19/20 Project management (compulsory elective course)
• N-PRI-CP prezenční navazující studium od 19/20 Financial Management (compulsory elective course)
• N-PRI-CP prezenční navazující studium od 19/20 Process Management (compulsory elective course)
• N-PRI-CP prezenční navazující studium od 19/20 Regional Studies (compulsory elective course)
• N-PRI-CP prezenční navazující studium od 19/20 Logistics (compulsory elective course)