COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PUBLIC POLITICS AND R&D

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BIL 7004 PUBLIC POLITICS AND R&D COMPULSORY 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Research-Development and Innovation Management Non-thesis (evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUSTAFA SAKAL

Offered to

Research-Development and Innovation Management Non-thesis (evening)

Course Objective

The main objective of this course is to understand the effects of legal, administrative and bureaucratic structure on R&D by examining the relationship between public interventions, policies, taxation and R&D activities.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to be able to understand the relationship between taxation and R&D activities in economic development process progress.
2   to be able to present R&D orientations comparatively in Turkey and the world.
3   to be able to comprehend the importance of R&D incentives in developing competitiveness in the globalization process
4   to be able to make inferences regarding the current R&D institutional structure in Turkey and the framework affecting this structure
5   to be able to analyze studies about public interventions towards R&D activities

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Taxation and R&D activities in economic development process
2 Changing Patterns and Evolution of Public Interventions
3 Analysis of Public Interventions towards R&D Activities
4 General Framework of R&D Supports in EU Member States
5 Technologic Progress and the effect of technological progress on economic and fiscal structure
6 Review of the current R&D institutional structure in Turkey
7 Tax Incentives towards R&D activities in Turkey
8 Novelties introduced by the law no 5035 (Midterm exam will also be held this week after course hour).
9 The exceptions of income and corporate tax generated by production activities based on software and R&D
10 R&D Trends in Turkey and the world
11 Developments in government support towards R&D systems in OECD and EU countries
12 Evaluation of the efforts towards R&D activities in Turkey
13 The importance of R&D incentives in developing competitiveness in globalization process
14 New Dynamics of R&D expenditures and competitiveness

Recomended or Required Reading

Relevant articles and legal texts.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, weekly readings, class discussions, student assignments and presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are obligated to participate 70% of the lectures
2. All kinds of palagiarism and attept of palagiarism shall be concluded by disciplinary punishment
3. Students supposed to read the materials before lecture and participate the classroom discussions
4. Students are expected to make presentations about the subjects given by the lecturer.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mustafa.sakal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The office hours will be announce at the begining of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 139

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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