31403 - Principles of Business Economics and Innovation T

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Docente: Rosa Grimaldi
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: ING-IND/35
  • Language: Italian
  • Moduli: Federico Strollo (Modulo 1) Rosa Grimaldi (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Energy Engineering (cod. 0924)

Learning outcomes

Competencies relating to quantitative tools for financial and economic analysis. 

Tools for decision making

Intellectual property tools

Development of capabilities relating to knowledge transfer, entrepreneurship and commercial exploitation of academic knowledge and research results

Course contents

FIRST PART

Firms and their competitive environments

Balance sheets 

Cost analysis for decision making

SECOND PART

Technological innovation 

Intellectual property and innovation protection 

Entrepreneurship and business plan

The evaluation of an entrepreneurial idea

Readings/Bibliography

R.N. Anthony, D.M. Macrì, L.K. Breitner, Il Bilancio. Analisi economiche per le decisioni e la comunicazione della performance (6° edizione), McGraw-Hill, Milano (escluso cap. 9)

R.N. Anthony, D.F. Hawkins, D.M. Macrì, K.A. Merchant, Sistemi di controllo: analisi economiche per le decisioni aziendali (5° edizione), McGraw-Hill, Milano. (capp. 1, 2, 3, 4, 14, 15, 16, 17).

M. Shilling, Gestione dell'Innovazione (seconda edizione), McGraw-Hill, Milano (capp. 2,3,9).

Teaching methods

The course is structured in 2 parts. For both of them the course encompasses:

- Frontal lectures (60%)

- Inspirational speeches by entrepreneurs (10%)

- Practical sessions with cases and problems to solve (30%)

Students will work in teams to solve problems and will be invited to join a distribution list at the beginning of the course 

Assessment methods

A final written exam at the end of the course

The exam will be structured in 2 quantitative problems + 4 open questions addressing arguments of both the first and the second part

The formal enrollment to exams will be through almaesami

To interact with instructors, please check on their website 

Office hours

See the website of Rosa Grimaldi

See the website of Federico Strollo