Università Roma Tre

1. The Neo-Institutional Theory of the Firm
1.1 Overview of the neoclassical theory of the firm
1.2 Ronal Coase and the transaction cost theory
1.3 The contribution of Oliver Williamson
1.4 Quasi-Rents: Klein, Crawford, Alchian
1.5 Property Rights Theory : Grossman, Hart e Moore
2. The organization of Italian firms
2.1 From large firms and the economic miracle of the 60's to the industrial discticts of the '80s
2.2 Firms and globalization
3. Main issues
3.1 Productivity
3.2 R&D
3.3 ICT
3.4 Internationalization
3.5 Global Value Chains
4. Laboratory session

Che cosa sa fare l'Italia, di Giunta A., Rossi S. (2017), Roma, Laterza. Chapters 2, 3, 4
Other teaching material is available to students in a shared Dropbox folder on the website of the Scuola di Economia e Studi Aziendali .