- Docente: Andrea Maria Fumagalli
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Information Science for Management (cod. 8014)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the students will be familiar with the fundamental theories explaining the relationship between market and firms.
Course contents
1 Introduction.
2 The nature of the firm: Coase theory
3 The Structure-Conduct-Performance (SCP) Model
4 Managerial Theories of the Firm: Baumol, Williamson e Marris.
5 Incomplete Contracts and the Theory of the Firm: Alchian-Demsetz e Grossman-Hart-Moore
6 Williamson and Transaction Cost Theory
7 Neo-Schumpeterian Theory of the Firm
8 The Behavioral Theory of the Firm
9 The Evolutionary Theory of the Firm: Nelson-Winter
10 Cognitive Capitalism
Readings/Bibliography
Milgrom, P. R. and Roberts, J. 1992. Economics, Organization and Management. Prentice-Hall.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
The test will be a written exam aimed at the following:
1) assess the knowledge of presented theoretical models
2) assess the ability to produce valuable criticisms of the models
3) assess the ability to elicit managerial implications of presented theoretical models
Office hours
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