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CODE 64635
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SECS-P/12
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 1° Semester
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

Course description

In this course, the origins, the development, and the growth of businesses are studied. The course traces the beginnings of business enterprise and describes its development from the Industrial Revolution to nowadays, focusing on some significant issues such as globalization, entrepreneurship, corporate governance, technology, innovation, and economic theory.

 

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

- Knowledge and understanding 
Students must acquire adequate knowledge and effective understanding of the main business models in a comparative and long-term perspective. 
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding 
Students must learn to apply acquired knowledge and understand problems related to business management as a result of its historical evolution. 
Judgment Autonomy 
Students must be able to use both conceptual and operational skills acquired with autonomy of judgment and skills in different contexts of application. 
Communication Skills 
Students must acquire the technical language of the discipline to communicate clearly and unambiguously to specialists and non-specialists. 
Learning Abilities 
Students must develop adequate learning skills so they will be able to elaborate autonomously the key issues of the discipline, especially in the working contexts where they will operate.

TEACHING METHODS

Modalità didattiche

Frontal lectures, case studies, small groups works, seminars on specific themes

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SYLLABUS/CONTENT

In this course, the origins, the development, and the growth of businesses are studied. The course traces the beginnings of business enterprise and describes its development from the Industrial Revolution to nowadays, focusing on some significant issues such as globalization, entrepreneurship, corporate governance, technology, innovation, and economic theory.  Focus and case studies on italian firms and their history and on digital transofmation and innovation in historical perspective (prof. A. Iodice)

 

 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

F. Amatori, A. Colli, Business History: Complexities and Comparisons, Routledge, 2011

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LUISA PICCINNO (President)

MARCO DORIA

ANTONIO IODICE

MARINA ROMANI

ANDREA ZANINI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

First semester

 

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written examination (during the sanitary emergency due to Covid 19 see info updated in Aulaweb page of the course)

ASSESSMENT METHODS

 Written examination with open questions

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
13/01/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto
26/01/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto
09/02/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto
09/05/2023 13:30 GENOVA Scritto
08/06/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto
22/06/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto
06/07/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto
11/09/2023 10:00 GENOVA Scritto

FURTHER INFORMATION

http://www.economia.unige.it/index.php/english/incoming-erasmus-students