ECON 4680 American Economic History . An intensive study of the development of the American Economy with an emphasis upon the changing structure, institutional pattern, and performance of the system. ECON 4700 Innovation and Entrepreneurship . The purpose of this course is to introduce to upper level undergraduates the analysis of innovation and entrepreneurship. This course will emphasize the shift in economic activity away from the traditional inputs of natural resources, unskilled labor, and capital, to a knowledge-based economy.
Innovation is examined from a number of unique perspectives.
The first is at the macroeconomic level and involves both traditional growth theory and the new growth theory. Innovative activity is then analyzed in the context of internationally linked markets in a global economy. The second perspective is at the microeconomic level. Theories of the firm are analyzed in the context of generating innovative activity. The third perspective is at the spatial level.