CODE 60902 ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017 CREDITS 9 cfu anno 2 AMMINISTRAZIONE, FINANZA E CONTROLLO 8706 (LM-77) - 9 cfu anno 1 MANAGEMENT 8707 (LM-77) - 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 LARA PENCO Ricevimento: http://www.economia.unige.it/index.php/il-dipartimento/personale/docenti-ad-economia/153-lara-penco Exam Board LARA PENCO (President) PIETRO GENCO GIORGIA PROFUMO GIOVANNI SATTA LESSONS LESSONS START Sem:II 27 febbraio - 1 giugno 2017 Class schedule STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 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