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Teacher Cristina Boari
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Credits 6
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SSD SECS-P/08
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Teaching Mode Traditional lectures
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Language Italian
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Campus of Bologna
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Degree Programme Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and Accounting (cod. 0900)
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.



Academic Year 2021/2022
Learning outcomes
The course intends to provide frameworks, methods and tools that can be useful to understand:
- what is corporate strategy and which are its tools and frameworks
- how firms are created and managed in their start up period
- how diversified and international firms are managed
- Why and how acquisitions are implemented
- Why and how alliances are created and managed
- Why and how restructuring and divestment are implemented
- How value is created at the corporate level
Course contents
Business strategy and corporate strategy
New firms' creation and entrepreneurship
Start up creation and growth in geographical clusters
Firms' growth models
Internationalization and "born global"
Management of acquisitions
Management of alliances
Rationalizations and divestments
Corporate-level value creation: Coordination and control systems
Readings/Bibliography
The reading list will be provided at the beginning of the course.
Teaching methods
Lessons, analysis and discussion of case-studies, presentations by guest speakers
Tutor: Andrea Lo Verso, email andreacarlo.loverso2@unibo.it
Assessment methods
Modalita: esame scritto finale, analisi scritta dei casi , costruzione e presentazione casi , partecipazione in classe, peer review
Criteria for grading:
-Identification of key problems/strategic issues
-Appropriate use of theoretical frameworks and analytical tools of the course
-Realistic, workable and well supported recommandations
-Good communication skills
The assessment grid will be as follows:
· <18 insufficient
· 18-23 sufficient
· 24-27 average/good
· 28-30 very good
· 30 cum laude excellent/outstanding
Office hours
See the website of Cristina Boari