Corso di studio in Economia e Management

Micro and Macroeconomics, Industrial Economics, basic Math for Economics.

In a changing world in which globalization leads to the emergence of new powerful nations, while scholars, politicians and public opinion share growing concern about environment protection, first of all it is necessary to discuss the notion of progress and development to state the right notion of technical change. These topics prepare the scenarios in which a manager will act, judge efficiency performance of his firm, and exercise an innovative function. On the other hand the starting point to properly understand firms’ choices is the character of imperfect market, defining the complexity of an economic system. Firms innovate because their main goal is to differentiate each one from the others. So firms’ variety is the second step toward the analysis of production processes, measures of technical change, and managerial decisions

First of all a consciousness of complexity through the dynamic of a constantly changing environment in which the firm operate.
Second: methods to analyse production processes, define and measure productivity and technical change, assess efficiency gaps between firms.
Third how to cope with some management decisions: investment choices, pricing and human resources use.

The course presents the idea that firms are basic agents of development and efficiency in a complex economic system. So main contents are:
- complexity and the theory of the firm;
- the analysis of productive processes, through neoclassical model, activity analysis, supply chain and network management;
- productivity measurement and technical change;
- fields of decision making: investment decisions, pricing, labour resource management

Slides and teaching material; suggested papers and books to choose (list in Moodle).