EDUCATIONAL AIM
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The course aims to introduce students to the economic analysis of industries characterised by natural monopolies (energy, telcom, transports and water services) and is focused on privatision and liberalisation of public utilities. Lectures are devoted to the microeconomic analysis of regulation both with perfect and imperfect information, with a lot of examples related to the recent italian experience. Some attention is reserved in the last part of the course to the regulatory mechanisms adopted in practice by regulatory authorities. Liberalisation issues and regulatory mechanisms applied in the natural gas sector will then be considered
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G. Cervigni e M. D’Antoni, Monopolio naturale, concorrenza e regolamentazione, Roma, Carrocci Editore, 2001.
A. Cavaliere “The Liberalisation of Natural Gas Markets: Regulatory Reform and Competition Failures”, disponibile sul sito dell’ Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, www.oxfordenergy.org
A. Cavaliere “Liberalizzazioni e Accesso alle Essential Facilities: Regolamentazione e Concorrenza nello Stoccaggio di Gas Naturale” in Politica Economica, n.1/2007
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Written examination
ECONOMIA REGIONALE
REGIONAL ECONOMICS
6 ECTS
SEMESTER :
Second
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LECTURER:.
Gioacchino Garofoli
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E-MAIL
ggarofoli@eco.unipv.it
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COURSE PROGRAM
A) The spatial patterns of development
1. The territorial distribution of the Italian economic system
2. The plurality of local models of development
3. Bottom-up development and local development policies
4. From regional development policies to local development policies
B) Typology of local patterns of development
1. The explanatory variables for identifying patterns
2. The types of local patterns of development: the international literature
3. Clusters of SMEs, industrial districts and technology centers
4. The structural features of various models of local development
5. The opportunities for the introduction of coherent policies for local development
C) business and local land
1. The local production system: agglomeration and external economies
2. Trayectories of transformation of systems of small Company
3. Rise and decline of industrial districts
4. Endogenous development and the high road to development
5. Organization of production, innovation and territory: the experience of technology centers
D) Local and global
1. Economic globalization: which space for a differentiated development
2. The emergence of new industrial regions in developing countries
3. Clusters of SMEs in developing countries
4. The "global value chain" and the impact on developing countries and advanced economies
5. The agglomeration of firms and metropolitan areas, an overview of international
E) The local development policies
1. The local development policy: objectives and instruments
2. The coordination of actions and strategies of development: the role of intermediate institutions
3. The European Structural Funds and local development programs
4. The programming and the negotiated pacts
5. The integrated planning of local development: Pisla and PIT
F) The local development strategies
1. The territory as a permanent component of the development
2. The meso-level and mobilization of resources and local entrepreneurial initiatives
3. Regions and territories as a laboratory: the regional experimentalism in Europe
4. Strategic planning and public partnerships - private: overview of experiences
5. Programmatic coherence of the sector institutions: the relationship between levels of government
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EDUCATIONAL AIM
The course aims to provide students with the knowledge of spatial patterns of development and on policies and strategies of local development.
READING LIST
Garofoli G., Modelli locali di sviluppo, Franco Angeli, Milano, 1994
Garofoli G. (a cura di), Impresa e territorio, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2003
Scott A.J., Garofoli G. (eds.), Development on the ground, Routledge,
London and New York, 2007
During the course will be the definitive dates for the tests examination.
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Direct involvement of participants with presentation and discussion on the literature and final assessment with oral examination.
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ECONOMICS OF EMERGING ECONOMIES
6 and 9 ECTS
LECTURER
Robert Castley
Course program:
1. Introduction
Global perspective: geopolitics and geography; US, EU and China
Process of neoliberal globalization and supercapitalism
Questionable record of development (1970-2007)
Development approaches; poverty reduction and economic growth
Current crisis: migration, urban poverty, unemployment and social
strike
2. Industrialisation
Importance of manufacturing and industrial policies
Climbing the industrial ladder:
(a) East Asian models; case studies of Korea and Taiwan
(b) SE Asia; case study of Malaysia
3. Key components
Export policy, supply chains and market penetration
Capital (loans and foreign direct investment)
Technology transfer
Industrial organization & regional production networks
Role of Government
External factors (US and Japan)
Industrialization and culture
4. Industrial policies in practice
China (authoritarian capitalism)
India (liberalization)
Middle East (Turkey & Egypt)
Latin America; Brazil (IS strategy), Mexico (and maquiladora)
Russia (resource dependency)
5. International dimensions
WTO and trade policies
Chinese competition
Impact on environment & resources
Prospects for emerging economies
Prospects for least developed countries (fragile economies)
Implications for Aid policies
Educational aim
The course aims at highlighting the nature and determinants of
economic development, discussing the motivations behind the
success of some countries and the failure of others.
Reading list:
Will be published in the personal page of Professor Castley.
ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS COMMUNICATION (CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT)
3 ECTS
Lecturer:
Elena Montagna
E-Mail
emont@eco.unipv.it
Educational aim and course program
The aim of the course is to teach students cultural and linguistic skills for effective business communication in general. Specific skills covered will include the management of interpersonal relationships, the avoidance of cross-cultural misunderstandings, and some basic notions of PR.
Reading list:
Handouts and a full bibliography will be given to the students at the beginning of the course.
Assessment:
Oral examination
ETICA AMBIENTALE
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
Course activated by the Collegio Borromeo
3 ECTS
YEAR
First
LECTURER
PALMIERI FELICE.
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PROGRAM COURSE
Available on: www.collegioborromeo.it
Related topics:
Culture Environment and distortion of information; comprehensive needs assessments and general economic conditions; temporary and irreversible environmental damage
Educational aim
The teaching of environmental ethics aims to :
- Examine some of the most significant environmental emergencies in the light of the major scientific and technical issues;
- Outline a framework on the principal considerations of contemporary ethical reflections
- Consider some of the guidelines and operational arrangements in the process of claim within the legal, economic, institutional and professional;
- Assess the distortions imposed by inadequate cultural environment
ETICA ED ECONOMIA
ETHICS AND ECONOMICS
Course activated by the Collegio Borromeo
3 ECTS
LEVEL
Graduate
The program is available on: www.collegioborromeo.it
EDUCATIONAL AIM
The course will examine the ethical basis of economical discourse, increasingly necessary in times of globalization.
ETICA FONDAMENTALE
FUNDAMENTAL ETHICS
Course activated by the Collegio Borromeo
3 ECTS
LEVEL
Graduate
YEAR
FIRST
SEMESTER
FIRST
LECTURER
Vigna Carmelo
PROGRAM COURSE AND READING LIST
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The program is available on: www.collegioborromeo.it
EDUCATIONAL AIM
The course introduces topics like the nature of the problems and ethical dilemmas and the nature of practical action, especially around the key issues of moral philosophy. Therefore, in addition to the great words of ethics (and good desire, freedom and law, virtue and happiness, etc..) will be presented references of the so-called "applied ethics"
FINANZA AZIENDALE PROGREDITO
ADVANCED CORPORATE FINANCE
6 e 9 ECTS
LECTURER
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Pietro Gottardo (1st part)
Salvatorangelo Loddo (2nd part)
Enrico Cotta Ramusino (3rd part)
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E-MAIL
pgottardo@eco.unipv.it
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salvatorangelo.loddo@eco.unipv.it
enrico.cottaramusino@unipv.it
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6 ECTS: (PRINCIPLES)
COURSE PROGRAM
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Financial derivatives:
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derivative markets
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derivative securities
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hedging and trading
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case studies
International corporate finance:
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international financial instruments
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international financial system
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exchange rate market
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exchange rate exposure management
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interest and exchange rate risk
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EDUCATIONAL AIM
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The course of Advanced Corporate Finance completes the theoretical arguments seen in the basic finance course and gives the foundations of specific issues as derivatives usage, international financial complexities and firm valuation methods with the objective of preparing the student for careers of financial nature in corporations or for careers in the investment banks or consulting firms that advise these corporations.
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