- Docente: Anna Montini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Business Administration and Management (cod. 8842)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Business Administration and Management (cod. 8842)
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from Apr 08, 2025 to May 20, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the students will know the base contents of Industrial Economics to analyse the behaviour of the firm and its effect on the market. Moreover the students will be able to value the strategic interaction among firms and his implications on their beahviour.
Course contents
1. Basic content. Consumers. Firms, market structure, market power. Market failures, externalities and public goods. Pricing strategies and non Pricing strategies.
2. Innovation; process, product and organization. Research and development.
3. Introduction to the Industrial Property: exclusive rights and competition. Patents, trademarks, designs, copyright.
4. Introduction to the eco-innovation, definitions and dimensions. Environmental regulation and eco-innovation. Environmental regulation and effects on competitivity (Porter Hypothesis) and firm location (pollution haven hypothesis).
Readings/Bibliography
Cabral L., Economia industriale. Carocci editore, ultima edizione.
Further readings will be recommended by the lecturer.
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Written exam.
The grade is graduated as follows:
<18 failed
18-23 sufficient
24-27 good
28-30 very good
30 e lode excellent.
Teaching tools
Virtuale, https://virtuale.unibo.it/?lang=en
Slides; regulations; paper.
Office hours
See the website of Anna Montini
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.