- Docente: Luigi Alberto Franzoni
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/03
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Business Administration (cod. 0897)
Learning outcomes
This course provides an introduction to some important economic topics relevant for business students.
Course contents
1. Intellectual property
a) patents
b) trade secrets,
c) copyright and trademark
2. Economic theories of the firm
a) the firm as authority
b) the firm as a nexus of contrats
c) the firm and specific investment
3. Law and finance
4. International perspective: Italy, Germany, UK, USA,Japan
Readings/Bibliography
Franzoni - Marchesi, Economia e politica economica del diritto, cap. 3, 6, 7.
Hart, Imprese contratti e struttura finanziaria, Giuffrè, cap. 2
(or Nicita e Scoppa, Economia dei contratti, Carocci, cap.8)
Denicolò-Franzoni: Weak Intellectual Property Rights, Research Spillovers, and the Incentive to Innovate , «AMERICAN LAW AND ECONOMICS REVIEW», 2012, 14/1, pp. 111 - 140
Teaching methods
Lectures + students' s presentations
Assessment methods
Written exam. 1 hour.
Office hours
See the website of Luigi Alberto Franzoni
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.