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CODE 60902
ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SECS-P/08
LANGUAGE Italiano
TEACHING LOCATION
SEMESTER 1° Semester
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

Course description

The course will provide the concepts, frameworks and techniques useful in order to analyze and implement the strategic decisions. In particular, the focus of the course are the corporate strategy and the corporate governance.

  • The concept of value creation;
  • The concept of corporate strategy;
  • The role of resources and competencies;
  • The fundamentals of strategy implementation: mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and strategic alliances;
  • The strategic process.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of the course is to provide the students with detailed knowledge about strategic management and corporate governance. Specific topics will be:

Value creation

Business strategies and corporate strategies

Strategy implementation

Methods for the evaluation of the strategy

Corporate governance issues (relationships between ownership and management)

Characteristics of the national systems of governance

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures, case studies and seminars.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

"The course will provide the concepts, frameworks and techniques useful in order to analyze
and implement the strategic decisions. In particular, the focus of the course are the corporate
strategy and the corporate governance."

 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

If foreign students choose to study the ordinary syllabus in Italian, they can refer to the above sections in this document. Otherwise, an English syllabus is available, based on the following textbook:

 

Title: Corporate Strategy: A Resource-based Approach

Authors: David J. Collis and Cynthia A. Montgomery

Publisher: Irwin

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LARA PENCO (President)

PIETRO GENCO

GIORGIA PROFUMO

GIOVANNI SATTA

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Sem:II

27 febbraio - 1 giugno 2017

EXAMS

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Written exam with open-ended questions

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
30/06/2017 09:00 GENOVA Scritto
14/07/2017 09:30 GENOVA Scritto
12/09/2017 09:30 GENOVA Scritto

FURTHER INFORMATION

Attendance

The course will be taught in Italian. The attendance is not compulsory