Università Roma Tre

The course program includes the discussion of the following topics:
- ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND THE MARKET (Introduction to: The economic problem, Business economics, Microeconomics and Macroeconomics; The analysis of economic issues; Market forms: The degree of competition; Perfect competition; Monopoly; Monopoly competition; Oligopoly);
- MICROECONOMY (The supply-demand model: The market; The market supply and demand; The determination of the price; The market equilibrium; The elasticity of supply and demand; The Theory of the consumer: The preferences of the consumer; The budget constraint; The marginal utility; The utility function; The production: costs, revenues and profit; The production function; The short-run costs; The long-run costs; The revenues; The maximization of profit );
- BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND THE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM (The company; The company as an economic institution; General characteristics: object of the company and subjects of the company ("legal entity" and "economic entity"); Types of company; The company in the more general economic characteristics; The purposes of the company, The economic equilibrium as a fundamental condition of life of the company; Economics and Indices; Accounting principles: the double entry method; management, settlement and closing records; Organization Business, Business Strategy);
- INVESTMENT ANALYSIS AND PROJECT FINANCING (Choices and principles of equivalence and systems of choice; Capital and Interests: discounting and capitalization; Investments and Inflation; Profit, profitability and investment choices; The role of public administration in support of companies: financial relations and real services; Types of public-private investment partnerships; Definitions, characteristics and stakeholders involved; Project financing models and risk management; Sectors, types of works and economic-financial sustainability; project: viability test, economic-financial analysis and indicators; Profitability in project finance; Hints on ethical finance and non-conventional finance models);
- ECONOMIC CONTEXT OF COMPANIES OPERATING IN THE MARINE SECTOR (Environmental economics and sustainable development; The blue economy and the marine supply chain; Corporate governance and risk management of maritime enterprises; Environmental degradation and market failures; Environmental technologies - the marine environment and its protection; Waste management and circular economy; European policies and national transpositions; Exploitation and economics of marine resources (maritime transport; port logistics; shipbuilding; the importance of submarine cables, regasifiers and hydrocarbon exploration; resources ocean mining; renewable energy from the sea).
As part of the course, seminars and testimonials from authoritative industry representatives will be held.

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