Enrollment year
2014/2015
Academic discipline
SECS-P/12 (ECONOMIC HISTORY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
Course
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (22/02/2016 - 21/05/2016)
Lesson hours
44 lesson hours
Learning outcomes
The course examines the fundamental themes of business history, considering contemporary firms in the light of their socio-economic, institutional, and cultural framework.
Course contents
The course examines the fundamental themes of business history, considering contemporary firms in the light of their socio-economic, institutional, and cultural framework.
A short summary of the main topics to be covered in the course includes:
The theory of the firm
The firm in its socio-economic, institutional, and cultural context
Scale and structure
Management and governance
State-owned enterprises
Teaching methods
Lectures
Reccomended or required readings
Pier Angelo TONINELLI, Storia d’impresa, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2012
Magda BIANCO, L’industria italiana. Numeri, peculiarità, politiche della nostra economia industriale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2003
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Further information
During the course, a few seminars will be held by Prof. Giovanni Vigo
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