Università Roma Tre

The essential topics are:
- Change and environment-strategy-structure relationship in the financial services industry
- Competitive scenario: the relevance of regulation and ICT
- Porter model applied to the financial services industry
- The business strategies of financial institutions: environment, goals, tools
- The diversification strategies of financial institutions: theoretical profiles
- The diversification strategies of financial institutions: principal characteristics and execution
- Supply side analysis. The relationships between concentration, competition, profitability and efficiency in financial institutions: from the S-C-P paradigm to the New Industrial organization
- Demand side analysis in retail banking: segmentation criteria, financial investment decisions, role of financial literacy, social media use
- Operations efficiency analysis: efficiency indicators, scale and scope economies
- The diversification strategies: strategic alliances, M&A, bancassurance
- The Fintech role on the strategic trends in financial services industry
- The managerial roles for strategic management in banking groups

For attending students the texts are:

• D. Previati, Strategie competitive nei Servizi Finanziari, McGraw Hill, 2022
• Articles and other materials put on Moodle

For non attending students the assesment is based on oral test, based on the book D. Previati, Strategie competitive nei Servizi Finanziari, McGraw Hill, 2022
and the following articles (you can find them on Moodle):

• Banca d’Italia, Indagine Fintech nel sistema finanziario italiano, novembre 2021
• Di Antonio M., I processi di valutazione strategica nelle banche, 2022
• Fratini Passi L., Open banking: sfide nel mercato globale e prospettive per l’innovazione finanziaria, 2022
• Lucchini S., Il futuro delle banche, 2022
• Masera R., Nuovi rischi e regolazione delle criptovalute, 2022


• Suggested reading, not compulsory: V. Boscia, C. Schena, V. Stefanelli (a cura di), Digital Banking e Fin Tech, Bancaria Editrice, 2020
https://www.bancariaeditrice.it/digital-banking-e-fintech