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Since the proliferation of the Internet, advanced telecommunications technologies and information gathering and processing technologies, it is possible to observe the development of a new stage of development: a knowledge-based economy. Not all countries participate in this process to the same extent and the benefits may be different. The course will analyze both the general background of these processes, as well as the cases of individual countries, especially the North and South America region, and the importance of international research and academic cooperation for economic development.

Knowledge, technologies and innovations have been the basis for development and the driving force of change for centuries, but today their importance to the dynamics and directions of development is much larger, if not crucial. Contemporary globalization processes have enabled the dissemination and assimilation of knowledge and the use of technologies at a faster pace and at lower costs than in the past and on an unprecedented scale. Knowledge is no longer created and used locally. Globalization processes release progressive internationalization of research, while the information and technological revolution is constantly spreading and undergoing transformations. The development of information and telecommunications technologies (ICT) is of crucial importance, as it contributes to the intensification of globalization and learning processes, which has worked and continues to act as a driving force for the development of the global economy and initiates subsequent processes. Since the popularization of the Internet and advanced telecommunications techniques as well as information gathering and processing techniques, one can observe the formation of a new stage of development - a knowledge-based economy. Not all countries participate in this process to the same extent and the benefits can be different. The course will analyze both the general background of these processes, as well as the cases of individual countries, especially the North and South America region, and the importance of international research and academic cooperation.

The topics of the classes include:

1. Knowledge, science, technology - theoretical concepts and determinants of development.

2. The development of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the historical perspective. Is there a global village? Internet: the Web 2.0 era. and next stages.

3. The technological and information revolution as the driving force of globalization. The concept of information society and network society.

4. Knowledge-based economy.

5. Innovation and Innovation in the era of globalization. Concept, mechanisms, conditions and dependencies.

6. The role of the state in enhancing technological capabilities and innovation. Mechanisms supporting the development of science, technology and innovation in the modern global economy.

7. Scientific policy, technology policy, innovation policy - theoretical and practical approach. The theory of technological gap. Economic and technological convergence. Examples of Japan, China, South Korea and Singapore. Poland on a global background.

8. National Innovation Systems.

9. The influence of modern technologies on contemporary international relations. Cybercrime and other threats related to ICT development.

10. Developed countries and developing countries. The phenomenon of information divide/exclusion.

11. Science, technology, innovation in the Americas and the challenges of a knowledge-based economy. 12. Case study:

The EU, The United States, South Korea, Japan, Izrael, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Panama. Poland in the global economy.

13. International scientific and academic cooperation. The international diffusion of knowledge, technology and innovation and its importance for economic development.

14. Summary and conclusions (also for Poland).

Bibliography:

Gocłowska-Bolek J. (2017), Ameryka Łacińska w poszukiwaniu nowej strategii rozwoju, Wyd. Biblioteka Iberyjska, Warszawa, chapters: 1-3; 8-10.

Kubielas S. (2009), Innowacje i luka technologiczna w gospodarce globalnej opartej na wiedzy, Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa.

Rodriguez J.C., Gómez M. (2014), Innovation trends in Latin American Countries, "International Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic, Business and Industrial Engineering", vol. 8, No. 3, s. 638-644.

Raports of UNESCO, OECD (indicated on a regular basis during classes).

Futrher reading:

Antonelli C., Foray D. , Hall B.H., Steinmueller W.E. (2006), New Frontiers in the Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.

Archibugi D., Michie J., (eds.) (1997), Technology, Globalisation and Economic Performance, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Audretsch D. (red.) (2006), Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK, Northanpton MA USA.

Cimoli M., Dosi G.,  Stiglitz J.E. (red.) (2009), Industrial Policy and Development. The Political Economy of Capabilities Accumulation, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Bauchspies W. Croissant J., Restivo S. (2005), Science, Technology, and Society: A Sociological Approach, Wiley-Blackwell.

Bógdał-Brzezińska A., Gawrycki M.F. (2003), Cyberterroryzm i problemy bezpieczeństwa we współczesnym świecie, Oficyna Wydawnicza Aspra-JR, Warszawa. 

Castells M., (2012), Networks of Outrage and Hope. Social Movements in the Internet Age, (wydanie polskie: (2013) Sieci oburzenia i nadziei. Ruchy społeczne w erze internetu, PWN, Warszawa).

Castells M., (2000), The Rise of the Network Society, Blackwell, Oxford (wydanie polskie: Społeczeństwo sieci (2007), PWN, Warszawa).

Castells M. (2003), Galaktyka Internetu: Refleksje nad Internetem, biznesem i społeczeństwem, Dom Wydawniczy Rebis, Poznań.

Ching J. (2010), Cyberterrorism. Rosen Pub Group. 

Costigan S. (2012). Cyberspaces and Global Affairs. Ashgate.

Gocłowska-Bolek J. (2017), Polityka naukowa oraz polityka technologii i innowacji w Ameryce Łacińskiej, "Nauka", 3/2017, s. 159-179.

Gocłowska-Bolek J. (2017), Rozwój nauki, technologii i innowacji w Ameryce Łacińskiej w perspektywie historycznej, "Ameryka Łacińska", 3 (97)/2017, s. 18-40.

Gocłowska-Bolek J. (2016), Brazylia w poszukiwaniu innowacyjności gospodarczej, "Ameryka Łacińska", nr 1 (91)/2016, ISSN 1506-8900, s. 43-58.

Gross M. (2010), Ignorance and Surprise: Science, Society, Ecological Design. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (Inside Technology Series).

Laursen K. (2000), Trade, Specialisation, Technology and Economic Growth. Theory and Evidence from Advanced Countries, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.

McLuhan H.M. (2004), Zrozumieć media. Przedłużenie człowieka, Wydawnictwa Naukowo-Techniczne, Warszawa (wydanie oryginalne: 1994, Understanding Media).

McLuhan H.M. (1962), The Gutenberg Galaxy, University of Toronto Press Inc., Toronto (nowe wydanie, uzupełnione: 2011).

Misala J. (2011), Międzynarodowa konkurencyjność gospodarki narodowej, PWE, Warszawa.

Nam Y., Barnett G.A. (2011), Globalization of technology: Network analysis of global patents and trademarks, "Technological Forecasting and Social Change", 8 (78)/2011, p. 1471-1485.

Olejniczak K., Płoszaj A., Rok J. (2012), Organizacyjne uczenie się i zarządzanie wiedzą - przegląd koncepcji, [w:] Olejniczak K. (red.), Organizacje uczące się. Model dla administracji publicznej, Wyd. Naukowe Scholar, Warszawa.

Rolón D.N. (2013), Control, vigilancia y respuesta penal en el ciberespacio, Latinamerican´s new security thinking, CLACSO.

Royal Society (2015), Building a Stronger Future: Research, Innovation, and Growth, February.

Stiglitz J.E. (2008), Wizja sprawiedliwej globalizacji, PWN, Warszawa. 

Vinck D. (2010), The Sociology of Scientific Work. The Fundamental Relationship between Science and Society. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Vinck D. (2003), Everyday engineering. Ethnography of design and innovation. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Werskey G.  (2011), The Marxist Critique of Capitalist Science: A History in Three Movements?. The Human Nature Review. 2011-05-21. 

Worth R. (2016), Terror on the Internet: The New Arena, The New Challenges, "New York Times" 25.06.2016.

Knowledge:

- knows the definitions and characteristics of knowledge, science, technology and the contemporary global economy;

- has knowledge related to the basics of the economic theory of innovative processes and its application to the analysis of international technology transfer in the conditions of a knowledge-based economy;

- knows the basic models of innovation and technology transfer, including in the conditions of a technological gap;

- knows the changes related to the technological and information revolution in the contemporary world economy with particular emphasis on the US, and the Latin American region;

- knows the basic indicators to characterize the American countries in terms of the development of science, technology and innovation;

Skills:

- can characterize and discuss the changes taking place under the influence of technological revolution in the contemporary global economy;

- can analyze the role and the scientific, technological and innovative position of the most important American economies on the global background;

- can characterize and discuss the effectiveness of the tools of the pro-innovation policy on macroeconomic basis;

- identifies problems in the field of international technology transfer to support real convergence processes, especially in the case of Latin American less-advanced countries;

Social competence:

- cooperates in a group, with different roles

- presence is obligatory (two unexcused absences are allowed)

- a mini-research project, with a presentation during classes - a topic set with the teacher (80% of points)

- final written test (20% of points)

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