ETIC European Doctoral Training Programme

Strasbourg, April 18^th to 30^th, 2005

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Deadline for application: February 20^th, 2005

GENERAL PRESENTATION

OBJECTIVES :

-          To offer younger researchers a specific training in the new developments of the Economics of  Technological and Institutional Change

-          To provide an opportunity for direct interaction between younger researchers and "seniors" known for their  expertise in the field

PUBLIC CONCERNED:

Younger researchers, in particular PhD students at an early stage in their research work

TOPICS COVERED by the programme in general

1.       Micro-Economics of Innovation and Knowledge Management

2.       Evolutionary Modelling of Technical Change and Economic Dynamics

3.       Industrial Dynamics and Growth : Empirical Aspects

4.       History Institutions and Policies

TOPICS COVERED in Strasbourg : 1 and 2

FORMAT OF TRAINING, CALENDAR and PROGRAMME :

Two sessions of two weeks (Spring Session and Fall Session) each year

ORGANIZERS :

·         Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA, Strasbourg, France) - Prof. Patrick Llerena

·         Institute of Production (IKE, Aalborg University, Denmark) - Prof. Bent Dalum

·        Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT, Netherlands) - Prof. Robin Cowan

APPLICATIONS :

Applications should be sent to the e-mail address given below : a letter of motivation, a CV, an abstract of the applicants' doctoral dissertations and a letter of support by their supervisors.

Applications from young researchers in academia or the private sector are also welcome. IN that case no abstract or letter of supervisor are necessary.

FEES and COSTS :

Fees : 400Euros for the session

The training session does not benefit from any European funding; travel and local expenses will therefore have to be covered by participants or their institutions.

Practical Information, Programme Patrick Llerena - BETA - tel : 33 (0)3 90242179 fax : 33 (0)3 90242071; e-mail : flasaquier@cournot.u-strasbg.fr; http://cournot.u-strasbg.fr (2004 programme)

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Very PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME  (January 12^th, 2004)

A more detailed programme with reading list will be finalised soon and made available on our web site : http://cournot2.u-strasbg.fr/users/etic/

Week 1 : Micro-Economics of Innovation and Theory of the Firm

March 22^nd to 26th

- Luigi MARENGO (Terramo) :

1^st Lecture: “Are incentive contracts enough? Empirical, theoretical and experimental criticisms to principal- agent models”

2^nd Lecture: “Problem-solving, division of labour and incentives in organizations

- Patrick COHENDET (BETA) : "Knowledge Intensive communities and the organisation

of firms" (2 lectures)

-          Enrico ZANINOTTO (Trento) :

"Division of labour, infrastructure for coordination and the theory of the firm."

-          Kristine BRULAND (Oslo):

"Knowledge management : a historical perspective"

-          Patrick LLERENA (BETA) :

"Flexibilities and theories of the firm"

-          Fredrik TELL (Linköping) :

1^st Lecture: "Organizational capabilities: History, theory and evidence"

2^nd lecture : "Knowledge-based theories of the firm and beyond: Surveying some recent attempts"

- Markus BECKER (BETA) : "Routines in organisation: theory and empirics"

Week 2 : Evolutionary Modelling of Technical Change and Economic Dynamics

March 29^th to April 2^nd

-          Robin COWAN (MERIT) : (3 lectures): Networks economics (titles to be defined)

-        Gisèle UMBHAUER (BETA) : (2 lectures) : " Evolutionary Game Theories"

-          Rabah AMIR (CORE, Louvain la Neuve): "titles to be defined", 3 lectures

 "Supermodularity and complementarity in economics"

-        Gerald SILVERBERG (MERIT) :

"Dynamical systems and evolutionary economics" (2 lectures)

Joint lectures with the SIME Eurolab Course on Simulation in Evolutionary Economics http://cournot2.u-strasbg.fr/users/etic/SIMEpresentation.html :

-          Stan METCALFE (CRIC, Manchester) :

"Modelling and Simulation in Evolutionary Economics"

-          Esben ANDERSEN (IKE, Aalborg):

"The evolutionary paradigm and the crucial  role of modelling"

"Labour, knowledge and  evolution: From basic problems to Lsd simulations"

-        Koen FRENKEN (Utrecht) : "Applications of NK models"