ECONOMIA E GESTIONE DEL SISTEMA AGROINDUSTRIALE
AGRIBUSINESS ECONOMICS
6 and 9 ECTS
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Undergraduate
Lecturer
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Maria Sassi
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msassi@eco.unipv.it
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Assistant
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Carlo Bernini Carri
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Course Program
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Consumer choice analysis
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Farm decision-making process
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Market structure
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Distribution chain
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Contracts, vertical integration and cooperation
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Farm strategies and market adaptation
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Economic and agrofood policies
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Food safety
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Food security
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Competition and regulation
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Educational Aim
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The course provides the economic analysis of the agribusiness management through the understanding of the relationships across the production units of the system and the state and functioning of the agribusiness market. A specific attention is dedicated to the tools for the management decision making process.
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Reading List
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6 ECTS: Sodano V., Sassi M., Marchini A. (2010), ECONOMIA DEL SISTEMA AGROALIMENTARE: MERCATI E POLITICHE, McGraw Hill.
9 ECTS: Sodano V., Sassi M., Marchini A. (2010), ECONOMIA DEL SISTEMA AGROALIMENTARE: MERCATI E POLITICHE, McGraw Hill and materials about the seminar, “Azienda agraria: strumenti per la pianificazione e la strategia” available on the lecturer’s website
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ECONOMIA E GESTIONE DELLE IMPRESE A-K
Lecturer
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Dario Velo
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dvelo@eco.unipv.it
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Assistant
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Laura Bottinelli
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Course Program
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Introduction to management
The corporate administration
The protagonists of the corporate life
The direction process and the organisational function
Corporate planning
Human resources direction and leadership
Executive control
Corporate information system and knowledge management
Corporate strategies
Strategic trend in management
Corporate growth strategies and paths
Competitive strategies
Operational management
The commercial function and marketing
Production management
Financial management
Innovation management
Human resources management
Management planning and control
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Educational Aim
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The purpose of the course is to provide students with the basic elements of management and entrepreneurship. The analysis would start from the role played by enterprises in the modern industrial systems. Starting from this the course would introduce some reflections on the entrepreneur role, on the strategic approach and on the main corporate functions, such as marketing, finance, production, organization and research. The course will provide students with a general picture of management; more attention on the single specific topics will be paid in the other courses hold by the Faculty in the next years.
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Reading List
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Sciarelli Sergio, Elementi di Economia e gestione delle imprese, Cedam, Padova, 2008, pp. 1-434.
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Assessment
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Written examination
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ECONOMIA E GESTIONE DELLE IMPRESE L-Z
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
9 ECTS
Lecturer
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Enrico Cotta Ramusino
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enrico.cottaramusino@unipv.it
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Assistants
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Stefano Denicolai
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Alfredo D’Angelo
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Course Program
Summary of Contents
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INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCEPT OF STRATEGY: strategy as the general framework for business decisions
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AIMS OF THE FIRMS: definition of corporates’ objectives, stakeholders and their influence in the definition of the corporates’ objectives, stakeholders in the different models of capitalism, the concept of value creation in the firm, the risk in business activity: operative risk, financial risk and measurement of the performance.
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EXTERNAL ANALYSIS: a top down analysis from the general environment to business analysis
The definition of the field of activity of the company: from sector to business analysis
The evaluation of firm positioning:
Horizontal analysis: market structure and competition
Vertical analysis: negotiating power of clients and suppliers
Success factors in the business
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INTERNAL ANALYSIS: Resources and Competencies for the Achievement of Competitive Advantage
Why is it important to evaluate firm’s resources and competencies?
Internal and external resources mobilized for firm’s activity
The analysis of resources and competencies
The impact of resources and competencies on competitive advantage
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THE CHOICE OF THE APPROPRIATE BUSINESS STRATEGY
The need for a long term strategic choice
Basic strategic options
Cost leadership
Differentiation
Focalization
Limitation of the basic scheme and the need for further development
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CORPORATE STRATEGY: DIVERSIFICATION, VERTICAL INTEGRATION AND INTERNATIONALIZATION
Diversification
The reasons for diversification
How to implement diversification decisions (related and conglomerate diversification)
Diversification and corporate performance
Conditions and paths for firm development
Horizontal market development
Growth through vertical integration
International development
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CASE STUDIES
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Educational Aim
Explaining students, through the concept of strategy, how firms take rational decisions in order to obtain competitive advantage in their business.
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Reading List
E. COTTA RAMUSINO, A. ONETTI: Strategia d’Impresa; Il Sole 24Ore; Milano 2007.
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Assessment
written
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ECONOMIA E GESTIONE DELLE IMPRESE INTERNAZIONALI
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
9 ECTS
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(Course activated for the academic year 2010-2011)
Lecturer
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Antonio Majocchi
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Antonio.majocchi@unipv.it
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Course Program
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The activities of multinational enterprises: an historical excursion
Old and new forms of internationalisation
Defining multinational enterprise: facts and theories
The regional model of multinational enterprises
Globalisation and multinational corporation
The internationalisation of the service sector
The international growth of SMEs
The theories explaining the growth of Multinational enterprises
The Hymer theory
The product life cycle theory
The internalisation theories and the theories of transaction costs
The eclectic paradigm
The network approach (the Uppsala internationalisation theory)
Strategy and structure in multinational corporation
The different strategy model: the global, the multi-domestic and the trasnational approach
The different structure according to the different strategy
Strategic planning at the international level
The rise and fall of strategic planning
The financial criteria for the subsidiaries control
From simple financial criteria to the Eva methodology
The balanced scorecard approach
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Educational Aim
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The main goal of the course is to discuss the effects of the globalisation of markets on the management of business firms. The course starts with a discussion of the main data on firms internationalisation and then shows the different strategic options followed by multinational firms.
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Reading List
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For students attending classes the text is International Business, ISBN-13 9780073260716 - By: Charles W. L. Hill, Edition: 07 -McGraw Hill. (please not that the chapters of the English edition to not exactly match those of the Italian edition)
Lectures slides are available at the following internet site: http://economia.unipv.it/pagp/pagine_personali/amajocchi/pavia2.htm (click on: didattica e slides).
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Assessment
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Formal one-hour written examination with 2-3 close questions and 3-4 open questions
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ECONOMIA E ORGANIZZAZIONE INDUSTRIALE
THE ECONOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
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6 e 9 ECTS
Lecturer
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Paolo Bertoletti
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paolo.bertoletti@unipv.it
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6 ECTS
Course Program
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An introduction to industrial organization. Basics of game theory. Perfect competition, monopoly and regulation. The monopolistic competition theory. Oligopoly and collusion. Industrial structure and market power.
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Educational Aim
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It provides an introduction to the essentials of industrial economics.
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Reading List
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Luís Cabral, Introduction to Industrial Organization, MIT Press, 2000, chapter 1-9.
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Assessment
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The exam is written and oral (optional).
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9 ECTS
Course Program
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An introduction to industrial organization. Basics of game theory. Perfect competition, monopoly and regulation. The monopolistic competition theory. Oligopoly and collusion. Industrial structure and market power. Price discrimination. Vertical control. Product differentiation. Advertising. Entry cost, industrial structure and welfare. Entry, exit and strategic behavior.
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Educational Aim
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It introduces the fundamental issues of modern industrial economics (industrial structure and welfare effects of concentration, entry and exit strategic behaviour, price discrimination and product differentiation).
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Reading List
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Luís Cabral, Introduction to Industrial Organization, MIT Press, 2000, chpater 1-15.
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Assessment
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The exam is written and oral (optional).
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ECONOMIA INTERNAZIONALE
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
Course activated by the Faculty of Political Sciences
9 ECTS
Lecturer
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Marco Missaglia
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marco.missaglia@unipv.it
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Course Program
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Module A
• The Ricardian model of International Trade and the Theory of Comparative Advantages;
• International Trade and Factor Endowments: the Specific Factor Model and the Heckscher-Ohlin Model;
• Imperfect Competition, Scale Economies and International Trade ;
Module B
• Trade Policies and Protectionism
• Protectionism vs. Free Trade
• Trade Policies and Industrial Policies
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Educational Aim
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The purpose of the course is to furnish the theoretical bases for the understanding of the international commerce and monetary commerce (international finance) international economy. The course is composed of three forms: the students of Political Sciences must obligatorily develop the first two and only optionally the third one; the students of Economy will have to develop obligatorily all the three forms
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Reading List
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Giancarlo Gandolfo, Marianna Belloc: Introduzione all’Economia internazionale.
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Chapters 12, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 27
Assessment
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Written and oral (optional).
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ECONOMIA MONETARIA E DEI MERCATI FINANZIARI
MONETARY AND FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
9 ECTS
Lecturer:
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Anna Florio (1st part)
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florio@polimi.it
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Mario Maggi (2nd part)
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maggma@eco.unipv.it
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Course Program
First part
a) Money supply
The money multiplier (5.2)
Monetary base control (5.7)
Monetary policy operating procedure (5.8)
b) Banks and financial intermediaries
Functions of financial intermediaries (3.2 and 3.4)
asymmetric information (3.4)
debt contracts (2.6 and 3.5)
Diamond e Dybvig (1984) and bank runs (3.7, app. cap.3);
Credit and equità (cap.7) *;
c) The credit channel of monetary
Modigliani-Miller theorem (1958) (app. A cap.2)*;
The credit view (10.10)*.
Second part
Choices under uncertainty: the intertemporal problem
The Fundamental Theorem of Asset Pricing
Portfolio selection and efficient frontier
The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
The Arbitrage Pricing Model (APT)
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Educational Aim
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The aim of the course is the analysis of the monetary and financial markets from an economic and a financial point of view.
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Reading List
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Pifferi, M., e Porta, M., La Banca Centrale Europea, EGEA, 2003. (P/P)
Pittaluga, “Economia Monetaria” (Capitoli:3, 7 e 15 per intero più riferimenti specifici di cui sopra).
*Ardeni, Boitani, Delli Gatti e Gallegati, “La nuova economia keynesiana: risultati e problemi aperti” da pag.88 in “La nuova economia keynesiana” (a cura di) M. Messori, il Mulino.
Barucci, E. Teoria dei Mercati Finanziari, Il Mulino, 2000.
Cochrane, J. Asset pricing / John H. Cochrane, Princeton University Press, 20
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