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For information regarding the dates and procedures of upcoming assessments, please refer to this webpage.

How it works

► Structure of the assessment: ten written open-ended questions on the topics listed below

► Duration: one hour

► Location: at the Department of Economics, Via Vivaldi 5, Genoa

► Failure to pass: precludes admission to the EMMP program

► Retaking the assessment: without any limit on the number of attempts until you pass it

► Compensatory tools and/or dispensatory measures: if you hold certification pursuant to Italian Law no. 104 of 5 February 1992, a disability certificate, or a diagnosis of a Specific Learning Disorder (SLD), and have submitted the relevant documentation to the Settore servizi per l‘inclusione degli studenti con disabilità e con DSA, you may request compensatory tools and/or dispensatory measures. Requests must be submitted by email to the Chair of the Committee and to the Department Delegate at least 7 working days before the date of the test. The use of the requested tools and/or measures is subject to authorisation by the Chair of the Committee.

Preparing for the assessment

Test content

  1. Introduction to decision models: formulation, solution, validation. Linear programming models: main components
  2. Linear programming problems. Graphical solution of a linear programming problem. Fundamentals of the Simplesso method. The planning problems of production activities and services. The problems of transportation. Assignment problems.
  3. Optimization problems on network. Basic definitions. The minimum path problem. The support tree problem.
  4. Sources of transportation law
  5. Ports and port services
  6. Contracts for the use of the ship: bareboat, time and voyage charters, carriage of passengers and goods, multimodal transport
  7. Package travel contract
  8. Definitions of: voyage, scheduled and demand service
  9. Production costs in the short run and long run
  10. Price formation
  11. The transportation infrastructure
  12. The interpretative tools of economic-financial balances: the reclassification of the income statement and balance sheet and financial statement ratios
  13. Management planning and the corporate budgeting process
  14. The classification and measurement of costs and major cost configurations
  15. Corporate reporting
  16. Competitive strategies and business models in the shipping industry
  17. Demand analysis, market segmentation and transport service supply
  18. Value-added services in transport
  19. Containerization and naval gigantism
  20. Working capital management and relevance of cash flows for shipping companies
  21. Key investment evaluation criteria (NPV, IRR, and PBP)
  22. Short- and long-term financing sources in the shipping sector
  1. Introduction to decision models: formulation, solution, validation. Linear programming models: main components
  2. Linear programming problems. Graphical solution of a linear programming problem. Fundamentals of the Simplesso method. The planning problems of production activities and services. The problems of transportation. Assignment problems.
  3. Optimization problems on network. Basic definitions. The minimum path problem. The support tree problem.
  4. Sources of transportation law
  5. Ports and port services
  6. Contracts for the use of the ship: bareboat, time and voyage charters, carriage of passengers and goods, multimodal transport
  7. Package travel contract
  8. Definitions of: voyage, scheduled and demand service
  9. Production costs in the short run and long run
  10. Price formation
  11. The transportation infrastructure
  12. The interpretative tools of economic-financial balances: the reclassification of the income statement and balance sheet and financial statement ratios
  13. Management planning and the corporate budgeting process
  14. The classification and measurement of costs and major cost configurations
  15. Corporate reporting
  16. Competitive strategies and business models in the shipping industry
  17. Demand analysis, market segmentation and transport service supply
  18. Value-added services in transport
  19. Containerization and naval gigantism
  20. Working capital management and relevance of cash flows for shipping companies
  21. Key investment evaluation criteria (NPV, IRR, and PBP)
  22. Short- and long-term financing sources in the shipping sector

Reference texts

► For points 1 to 3: F.S. Hillier, G.J. Lieberman, "Ricerca Operativa. Fondamenti", MC Graw Hill, 2010, chapters: 1, sections 1.4 (pages 5-13); 2, sections 2.1-2.3 (pages 17-35), it is useful to read section 2.4 for additional examples to linear programming problems (pages 35-51); 3, sections 3.1, 3.2 (pages 63-77), 3.4 (pages 83-87); 6, sections 6.1-6.3, 6.5, 6.6 (pages 217-233, no 224-225, no 247, 248) or alternatively F.S. Hillier, G.J. Lieberman, "Introduction to Operations Research", MC Graw Hill, 2016, Chapters: 2, 3, 4 (4.1-4.3), 8 (8.1-8.3), 9 (9.1-9.4).

► For points 4 to 7: material available on Aulaweb in the course "Diritto dei trasporti".

► For points 8 to 11: E. Musso, "Trasporti. Economia, storia, imprese, ambiente", Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, or alternatively U. Marchese, "Lineamenti e problemi di Economia dei Trasporti”, ECIG, Genova, 2000, or alternatively K. Button, "Transport Economics", Elgar, 4th ed., 2022, or alternatively G. Blauwens, P. De Baere, E. Van de Voorde, "Transport economics", De Boeck, Antwerpen, 3rd ed., 2008.

► For points 12 to 15: L. Fadda, R. Garelli, "Il controllo di gestione nelle imprese di shipping" - Giappichelli Editore, 2010 (excluding par. 6.7). Topics can be explored or studied in depth on the material available on Aulaweb in the course "Controllo di gestione delle imprese di trasporto".

► For points 16 to 22: R. Midoro, F. Parola, “Le strategie delle imprese nello shipping di linea e nella portualità”, Franco Angeli, 2nd ed., 2013 (Chapters 1 and 2, Chapter 3, Sections 4.5–4.6); slides available on Aulaweb in the course "Gestione degli investimenti e dei finanziamenti delle aziende di trasporto (GIFAT)"; M. Stopford, “Maritime Economics”, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 3rd ed., 2009 (Chapters 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8).

► For points 1 to 3: F.S. Hillier, G.J. Lieberman, "Ricerca Operativa. Fondamenti", MC Graw Hill, 2010, chapters: 1, sections 1.4 (pages 5-13); 2, sections 2.1-2.3 (pages 17-35), it is useful to read section 2.4 for additional examples to linear programming problems (pages 35-51); 3, sections 3.1, 3.2 (pages 63-77), 3.4 (pages 83-87); 6, sections 6.1-6.3, 6.5, 6.6 (pages 217-233, no 224-225, no 247, 248) or alternatively F.S. Hillier, G.J. Lieberman, "Introduction to Operations Research", MC Graw Hill, 2016, Chapters: 2, 3, 4 (4.1-4.3), 8 (8.1-8.3), 9 (9.1-9.4).

► For points 4 to 7: material available on Aulaweb in the course "Diritto dei trasporti".

► For points 8 to 11: E. Musso, "Trasporti. Economia, storia, imprese, ambiente", Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, or alternatively U. Marchese, "Lineamenti e problemi di Economia dei Trasporti”, ECIG, Genova, 2000, or alternatively K. Button, "Transport Economics", Elgar, 4th ed., 2022, or alternatively G. Blauwens, P. De Baere, E. Van de Voorde, "Transport economics", De Boeck, Antwerpen, 3rd ed., 2008.

► For points 12 to 15: L. Fadda, R. Garelli, "Il controllo di gestione nelle imprese di shipping" - Giappichelli Editore, 2010 (excluding par. 6.7). Topics can be explored or studied in depth on the material available on Aulaweb in the course "Controllo di gestione delle imprese di trasporto".

► For points 16 to 22: R. Midoro, F. Parola, “Le strategie delle imprese nello shipping di linea e nella portualità”, Franco Angeli, 2nd ed., 2013 (Chapters 1 and 2, Chapter 3, Sections 4.5–4.6); slides available on Aulaweb in the course "Gestione degli investimenti e dei finanziamenti delle aziende di trasporto (GIFAT)"; M. Stopford, “Maritime Economics”, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 3rd ed., 2009 (Chapters 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8).

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