The curricular unit of Blue Economy and Entrepreneurship aims to provide students with the ability to identify the potential of the oceans and their role for the economy. In this context, they should be able to identify the sea as a cluster due to the relationships it establishes with the various economic activities. Students will be provided with the theory and concepts on the economic management of the oceans, with emphasis on the role of entrepreneurship and innovation. The course develops several basic themes and applies them whenever possible to different marine resources. The common thread throughout the course is the potential of the oceans and the optimal use of their resources. At the end of the course, students should be able, based on the knowledge acquired, to comment on concrete cases and situations, as well as to solve practical exercises.
1. Ocean resources: an overview;
2. The oceans and their economic potential;
3. The cluster of the sea;
4. Externalities, public goods, common resources and property rights;
5. Quotas, concessions, licenses and sustainability;
6. Optimal use and of marine resources and the role of entrepreneurship and innovation;
7. Methods for economic and financial evaluation of marine resources.
Teaching is composed by a mix of theoretical and practical classes. Each chapter begins with one or even more questions put to the students, where the teacher listens to some minutes their opinion and tries to drive them, if such is necessary, towards a thought nearly to what will be taught in the theoretical class. The exposition of the chapter is then done by the teacher after this previous auscultation. Practical cases are aimed at solving exercises, commenting on cases and discussing specific situations.
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Hartwick, M. & Olewiler, D. (1998). Economics of Natural Resource Use. Prentice Hall.
OCDE (2016). The Ocean Economy in2030. OECD Publishing, Paris.
Senaratne, M., Zimbroff, A. & Stevens, J. T. (2021). An instrument to assess Blue Economy entrepreneurship ecosystems: a case study from the Seychelles. Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, 17(6), 1-19.
Artigos e outra informação a serem fornecidos ao longo da lecionação da UC.
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