Functions of One Variable.
Properties of Functions .
Differentiation.
Derivatives in Use .
Single-Variable Optimization.
Integration .
Matrix and Vector Algebra.
Determinants and Inverse Matrices.
Systems of Linear Equations.

Mathematics for economists Carl P. Simon, Lawrence Blume- W.W. Norton and Company, Inc.
Only:Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Appendix 4 .

Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis
Knut Sydsæter, Peter Hammond, Arne Strøm
Only :Chapter1, Chapter 2,Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5 , Chapter 6 , Chapter 7 , Chapter 8, Chapter 9 , Chapter 15, Chapter 16

Functions of One Variable. Properties of Functions. Differentiation. Derivatives in Use. Single-Variable Optimization. Integration. Matrix and Vector Algebra. Determinants and Inverse Matrices. Systems of Linear Equations.

Mathematics for economists Carl P. Simon, Lawrence Blume- W.W. Norton and Company, Inc.
Only: Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Appendix 4.

or

Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis
Knut Sydsæter, Peter Hammond, Arne Strøm
Only : Chapter1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 15, Chapter 16.

Logic and set theory:
Propositions. Logical operations with propositions. Logical implication. Sets. Operations with sets. Cartesian product. Applications. Injective and surjective applications. One-to-one correspondence. Inverse application.
Numeric numbers and sets: Natural numbers. Integer or relative numbers. Rational numbers. Real numbers and representation on the line. Bounded sets. Upper and lower extreme of sets of rational and real numbers. Intervals and neighborhoods. Accumulation, internal, isolated points. Open sets and closed sets.
Summations and products: Definition of summation. Properties. Special sums. Sum of the first n natural numbers. Arithmetic and geometric progressions and sum of their first n terms. Factorial.
Real functions of a real variable:
Definition of a real function of a real variable. The Euclidean plane and the graph of a function. Injective and surjective functions and graph. Even and odd functions. Increasing and decreasing functions. Concave and convex functions. Bounded functions. Compositin function. Inverse function, monotonicity and invertibility, inverse function graph. Elementary functions. Functions with two laws. Transforming graphs. Domain of a function.
Sequences and numerical series: Definition of a sequence. Converging and divergent sequences. Monotone sequences and regularity theorem (w.p.). Limits of sequnces. Definition of numerical series. NC for convergence (w.p.). Cauchy criterion. Geometric, Mengoli, harmonic and generalized harmonic series.
Limits: Definition of limit. Convergence and divergence. Right limit and left limit. Vertical and horizontal asymptotes. Limit uniqueness theorem (w.p.). Sign permanence theorem in direct and inverse form (w.p.). Comparison theorem. Limit checks. Operations with limits. Indeterminate forms.
Infinitesimals and infinities: Definition of infinitesimal and infinite. Comparing infinitesimals and infinities. Order of infinitesimals and infinities. Propagation of the order. Computing limits with infinitesimals and infinities (w.p.).
Continuity and discontinuity: Definition of continuity. Limits and continuity. Classification of discontinuity points. Continuity of rational functions. Continuity of the inverse. Continuity of composition functions. Theorem of zeros (w.p.). Weierstrass theorem. Darboux's theorem (w.p.).
Differential calculus: Derivative of a function. Geometric interpretation. Derivability and continuity (w.p.) Points of non-derivability. Higher order derivatives. Derivatives of elementary functions. Rules of derivation. Chain rule. Derivative of the inverse function. Differential. First order approximation (w.p.). Taylor and McLaurin polynomial. Approximations of higher order. Stationary points. Local maxima and minima. First order necessary conditions for the existence of local maxima and minima. Fermat's theorem (w.p.). Rolle's theorem (w.p.). Lagrange theorem (w.p.). Lagrange theorem,s corollaries: zero-derivative functions (w.p.). Relations between monotonicity and derivative sign (w.p.). Local concave and convex functions. Relationship between the second order derivative and the concavity (w.p.). Points of inflection. Sufficient second order conditions for the existence of relative maxima and minima (w.p.). Sufficient conditions of order n for the existence of relative maxima and minima or inflections points (w.p.). De L'Hôpital theorem and application to limit calculus.
Graph of a function: Representation of the graph of a function on the Euclidean plane. Oblique asymptotes.
Integral calculus:
Primitive functions. Indefinite integral. Characterization of the set of primitives (w.p.). Properties of the indefinite integral. Integral of elementary functions. Integration by parts (w.p.). Integration by substitution (w.p.). Definite integral. Properties of the definite integral. Integral function. Integral mean theorem(c.d.). Fundamental theorem of integral calculus (w.p.). Corollary to Torricelli-Barrow's theorem: relationship between the definite integral and the indefinite integral (w.p.). Applications.
Linear algebra:
Vectors and vector spaces. Geometric representation of vectors. Linear combination of vectors. Linearly dependent and independent vectors. Rank of a set of vectors. Matrices. Operations with matrices. Product rows by columns. Particular matrices. Transposed matrix. Determinant of a matrix of order n. Properties of the determinant. Rank of a matrix. Rank and linear independence of vectors. Systems of linear equations. Cramer's theorem. Rouché-Capelli theorem. Homogeneous systems. Parametric systems.
(w.p.)=”with proof”

Notes can be downloaded online from the course website

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CORPORATE ORGANISATIONS
1) The firm as an economic entity: General characteristics of the firm. Corporate entities: legal and economic identity. Types of firms.
2) The firm in its broader economic perspective: The enterprise as an individual economic undertaking: private enterprises and state-owned enterprises. The company’s purpose. Financial and economic stability as a prerequisite of a company’s existence. Economic stability and different types of economic operability. Payment for operating and production inputs used by enterprises. Corporate risk and who bears it. Income and company profitability.
3) The organizational structure as part of the decision-making process; management control in modern corporations: Evolution of the corporate organizational models shaping the decision-making structure. Control exercised in corporations by different stakeholders. The planning and control function in modern corporations.
4) Corporate funding: Capital requirements, and how much is needed. Corporate funding: equity and debt capital in their various forms. Funding through cash generation. Capital structure of the company; choice of cost-efficient financing options; the dynamic relationship between equity and debt capital. Short-term capital and long-term financing.
MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT OF COMPANY PERFORMANCE
1) The accounting logic: Rationale. Nature of data to be examined. Methodologies. The corporate record-keeping system in a broad sense.
2) Accounting practice: The theory of double entry bookkeeping. Double entry bookkeeping applied to manufacturing companies. Bookkeeping entries for general business transactions, initiating joint-stock companies, special transactions (wages and salaries, financial transactions etc…), adjusting entries and year-end closing entries. Practical exercises in applying accounting record-keeping systems and measurement principles to business transactions.

Paoloni M., Paoloni P. (a cura di), Introduzione ed orientamento allo studio delle aziende, Giappichelli, 2009
Paoloni M., Celli, M. (a cura di), Introduzione alla contabilità generale, CEDAM, 2012

Alternatively:

David Boddy, Management: an Introduction, Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2011
Leslie K. Breitner and Robert N. Anthony, Essentials of Accounting, Pearson, 2013

Part I: The Economy of the Company: Business Economics and Accounting. The study of the conditions of existence of the corporate body; the personal component and the operating means of the company. Object of the company. Corporate subjects: "legal entities" and "economic subject". Organization. The organizational structures. Various types of company. The institution of the company, its location, its size.
The supply company: general characteristics and management schemes. Production companies for the exchange of goods and services: companies. The aims of the company. The economic balance as a fundamental condition of the life of the company. Economic balance and economy. The possible ways of remunerating the productive factors used by the company. The business risk and the subjects on which it weighs. Business efficiency. The process of forming the company's income. The capital requirement and its determination. Company financing: equity and credit capital in their various forms; corporate self-financing; the choice of convenient forms of financing; the dynamic relationship between equity and credit capital. The financial structure of the company.
The process of dimensional growth of companies: the main characteristics, nature, structure, internal exchange and production operations in groups of companies.
Part II: Accounting elements: Double-entry theory and method. The double-entry method applied to the income system in production companies. The accounting records of the incorporation operations and of the main operations. The accounts for closing and reopening the accounts.

Zanda, Fondamenti di Economia Aziendale, Giappichelli, ultima edizione
oppure
Zanda, Lineamenti di Economia Aziendale, Kappa, ultima edizione

L. MUSERRA, T.ONESTI, Esercitazioni di economia aziendale, Giappichelli, 2013 (ebook, available on the website giappichelli.it).
Please refer to the onestieconomiaaziendale.wordpress.com course page for course material.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CORPORATE ORGANISATIONS
1) The firm as an economic entity: General characteristics of the firm. Corporate entities: legal and economic identity. Types of firms.
2) The firm in its broader economic perspective: The enterprise as an individual economic undertaking: private enterprises and state-owned enterprises. The company’s purpose. Financial and economic stability as a prerequisite of a company’s existence. Economic stability and different types of economic operability. Payment for operating and production inputs used by enterprises. Corporate risk and who bears it. Income and company profitability.
3) The organizational structure as part of the decision-making process; management control in modern corporations: Evolution of the corporate organizational models shaping the decision-making structure. Control exercised in corporations by different stakeholders. The planning and control function in modern corporations.
4) Corporate funding: Capital requirements, and how much is needed. Corporate funding: equity and debt capital in their various forms. Funding through cash generation. Capital structure of the company; choice of cost-efficient financing options; the dynamic relationship between equity and debt capital. Short-term capital and long-term financing.
MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT OF COMPANY PERFORMANCE
1) The accounting logic: Rationale. Nature of data to be examined. Methodologies. The corporate record-keeping system in a broad sense.
2) Accounting practice: The theory of double entry bookkeeping. Double entry bookkeeping applied to manufacturing companies. Bookkeeping entries for general business transactions, initiating joint-stock companies, special transactions (wages and salaries, financial transactions etc…), adjusting entries and year-end closing entries. Practical exercises in applying accounting record-keeping systems and measurement principles to business transactions.

Paoloni M., Paoloni P. (a cura di), Introduzione ed orientamento allo studio delle aziende, Giappichelli, 2009
Paoloni M., Celli, M. (a cura di), Introduzione alla contabilità generale, CEDAM, 2012

Alternatively:

David Boddy, Management: an Introduction, Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2011
Leslie K. Breitner and Robert N. Anthony, Essentials of Accounting, Pearson, 2013

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

Elements of the theory of production
- inputs, outputs and production methods
- the subsistence economy
- the economy with a surplus
The surplus approach to commodity value and income distribution
- the relevance of social and institutional elements to income distribution
- the explanation of the real wage rate
- the "core" of the classical approach
- the link between profit rate and relative prices
- the price equations
- the classical theory of rent
The theory of consumer choice
- budget set and budget constraint
- preferences
- consumer choice
- consumer-good demand curves
The theory of firm choice
- the function of production
- profit maximisation
- isoquants and isocosts
- the output expansion path and long-term cost curves
Production factors and the marginalist explanation of income distribution
- marginal and average productivity of factors
- the demand curves of factors of production
- equilibrium between supply and demand for factors of production
Market forms
- perfect competition
- monopoly
- Cournot oligopoly
- Stackelberg oligopoly
Introduction to the welfare economics
- allocations and Edgeworth box
- Pareto improvements and Pareto optima
- first theorem of welfare economics

i) "Elementi di teoria della produzione", Appunti per il corso di Microeconomia - Dispensa n. 1 (teaching material written by R. Ciccone, S.M. Fratini e A. Trezzini).
ii) "La teoria classica della distribuzione e dei prezzi relativi", Appunti per il corso di Microeconomia - Dispensa n. 2 (teaching material written by R. Ciccone, S.M. Fratini e A. Trezzini).
iii) "La teoria marginalista della distribuzione e dei prezzi relativi", Appunti per il corso di Microeconomia - Dispensa n. 3 (teaching material written by R. Ciccone, S.M. Fratini e A. Trezzini).
iv) R.H. Frank, Microeconomia. McGraw-Hill Libri Italia, Milano.
v) "Glossario ed Esercizi Svolti di Microeconomia" (teaching material written by S.M. Fratini e D. Pignalosa).

An introduction to the fundamental ideas of statistics. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, confidence intervals, and testing hypotheses, as well as the basics of Chi-square tests, regression and correlation.

1) L. PIERACCINI, A. NACCARATO. LEZIONI DI STATISTICA DESCRITTIVA, GIAPPICHELLI, 2003.
2) L. PIERACCINI. FONDAMENTI DI INFERENZA STATISTICA. II EDIZ. GIAPPICHELLI, 2007.

OR ONE AMONG:
- S.M. ROSS. INTRODUZIONE ALLA STATISTICA, APOGEO, 2008.
- D. PICCOLO. STATISTICA PER LE DECISIONI, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, EDIZIONE 2010.
- D.S. MOORE. STATISTICA DI BASE, APOGEO, 2005.

This graduate level course covers the following topics:
An overview of statistics
Data description: scales of measurement, how to describe data graphically for categorical data (pie chart, bar chart) and graphs for quantitative variables (histogram, pie chart)
How to describe data by summary statistics: measures of central tendency, variability and skewness.
How to create a box plot
How probability and probability distributions are involved in statistics
How binomial distributions are involved in statistics
The role that normal distributions play in statistics
Simple random sampling and sampling distribution of sample mean, central limit theorem, normal approximation to the binomial
Differentiation between a population and a sample, how to use a statistic to estimate a population parameter, confidence interval and its interpretation, inferences of population mean and proportion
Confidence interval for population mean, Sample size needed for estimating the population mean with a specified confidence level and specified width of the interval
Hypothesis testing: in terms of how to set up Null and Alternative hypotheses, understanding Type I and Type II errors, performing a statistical test for the population mean
p-value, how to compute it and how to use it
Inferences about μ with σ unknown: the t-distribution and the assumptions required to check in order to use it
How to compare the mean of two populations for independent samples: using pooled variances t-test versus separate variances t-test
How to compare the mean of two populations for paired data
How to compare two population proportions
Using contingency table and the Chi-square test of independence
Understanding concepts related to linear regression models including, least squares method, correlation, inferences about the parameters in the linear regression model

The course the course is taught in Italian so textbooks are in Italian:
- G. Cicchitelli, Statsitica: Principi e Metodi, Pearson Education, 3/Eds
- Sebastiani M. R. (2015) “Esercitazioni di statistica”. Esculapio Editore, 3° edizione.
For English speaking students a textbook is:
Introductory Statistics for Business and Economics by Thomas H. Wonnacott and Ronald J. Wonnacott
John Wiley & Sons Inc; International 2 Revised ed
Notes and handout (in Italian) are available at the web page of the course.

The course is composed by modules. The first two modules include the following legal categories: sources of law; subjective juridical situations; physical and juridical persons; fact, act and trade; obligations; contracts in general. The third part focuses on the forms of transfer of familial property, with particular emphasis on the discipline of family law and succession.

- M. NUZZO: INTRODUZIONE ALLE SCIENZE GIURIDICHE. NORME - SOGGETTI - ATTIVITÀ, 3ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009
- F. MACIOCE: L’OBBLIGAZIONE E IL CONTRATTO, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2007
A SCELTA DELLO STUDENTE: - L. ROSSI CARLEO, E. BELLISARIO, V. CUFFARO, FAMIGLIA E SUCCESSIONI. LE FORME DI CIRCOLAZIONE DELLA RICCHEZZA FAMILIARE, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009, CAPITOLI: I, II, III, IV (SOLO PARR. 1 E 3), VI, VII, IX, XI, XII, XIII
OPPURE
- A. BELLELLI, A.G. CIANCI, BENI E SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE DI APPARTENENZA. TRA DIRITTI REALI E NEW PROPERTIES, GIAPPICHELLI, 2008

IL CORSO È ARTICOLATO IN TRE MODULI DIDATTICI DELLA DURATA DI 20 ORE CIASCUNO.
I PRIMI DUE MODULI, DI BASE, RIGUARDANO LA PARTE GENERALE (FONTI DEL DIRITTO - SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE SOGGETTIVE - PERSONA FISICA E GIURIDICA - FATTO, ATTO E NEGOZIO - OBBLIGAZIONI - CONTRATTI IN GENERALE).
IL TERZO MODULO HA AD OGGETTO LE FORME DI CIRCOLAZIONE DELLA RICCHEZZA FAMILIARE, CON PARTICOLARE RIGUARDO ALLA DISCIPLINA DELLA FAMIGLIA E DELLE SUCCESSIONI. ESSO PUÒ, A SCELTA DELLO STUDENTE, ESSERE SOSTITUITO DALLO STUDIO DELLE SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE SOGGETTIVE AVENTI AD OGGETTO I BENI GIURIDICI, CON PARTICOLARE RIFERIMENTO ANCHE ALLE NEW PROPERTIES E AI BENI IMMATERIALI.

- M. NUZZO: INTRODUZIONE ALLE SCIENZE GIURIDICHE. NORME - SOGGETTI - ATTIVITÀ, 3ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009
- F. MACIOCE: L’OBBLIGAZIONE E IL CONTRATTO, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2007
A SCELTA DELLO STUDENTE: - L. ROSSI CARLEO, E. BELLISARIO, V. CUFFARO, FAMIGLIA E SUCCESSIONI. LE FORME DI CIRCOLAZIONE DELLA RICCHEZZA FAMILIARE, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009, CAPITOLI: I, II, III, IV (SOLO PARR. 1 E 3), VI, VII, IX, XI, XII, XIII
OPPURE
- A. BELLELLI, A.G. CIANCI, BENI E SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE DI APPARTENENZA. TRA DIRITTI REALI E NEW PROPERTIES, GIAPPICHELLI, 2008

The course is structured in three parts:
1) The company and the strategy
2) The functions of company management
3) Operational management

Specifically, the course deals with:
Firms and their roles
Firm and their environment
Stakeholders theory
Theory of the firm
Strategic management of the company
The competitive analysis
Evolution of sectors and competitive structures
The Resource Based View
The competitive advantage
The growth of the company
The roles of corporate management: management, programming, control, human resources, information systems, knowledge management
Operational management: marketing, production, finance, logistics, innovation, administration

Teaching material is as follows:
• textbook: Sciarelli (2014) La gestione dell’impresa. Tra teoria e pratica aziendale, CEDAM
• Slides
• Notes
• Any video used and indicated
• Any case and exercise
• Guest Speeches
• Additional material shared by students for supplementary activities

Students interested in better examining the topics are kindly invited to discuss with the instructor.

1. PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS Money, time and risks. Present and future value, principal and interest. Contracts, exchange, prices. The risks.

2. FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCIAL CONTRACTS EVALUATION
2.1 EVALUATION IN CERTAINTY CONDITIONS Financial laws in certainty conditions. The exponential law. Annuities and mortgages. Internal rate of return on a financial transaction. Theory of financial equivalence laws.
2.2 FINANCIAL OPERATIONS IN THE MARKET. Value function and market price. The term structure. Duration indices and variability indices. Arbitrage valuations of floating rate notes. Interest Rate Swap. Term structure measurement. Term structure evolution. Introduction to financial options. Basic elements on equity options. Basic elements on traditional life insurance contracts.

David G. Luenberger
Investment Science
Oxford University Press (any edition)

Annamaria Olivieri, Ermanno Pitacco
Introduction to Insurance Mathematics
Springer, 2011

1. PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS Money, time and risks. Present and future value, principal and interest. Contracts, exchange, prices. The risks.

2. FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCIAL CONTRACTS VALUATION

2.1 VALUATION IN CERTAINTY CONDITIONS Financial laws under certainty conditions. The exponential law. Annuities and mortgages. Internal rate of return of a financial transaction. Theory of financial laws.

2.2 FINANCIAL OPERATIONS IN THE MARKET. Value function and market price. The term structure. Duration indices and variability indices. Arbitrage valuation of floating rate notes. Interest Rate Swap. Term structure measurement. Term structure evolution. Introduction to financial options. Basic elements on equity options. Basic elements on traditional life insurance contracts.

David G. Luenberger
Investment Science
Oxford University Press (any edition)

Annamaria Olivieri, Ermanno Pitacco
Introduction to Insurance Mathematics
Springer, 2011

the class analyzes the following matters: entrepreneur's general rules; individual and collective entrepreneur; the company; partnership and corporation; cooperative societies; company modifications; auxiliary entrepreneur; the farm; debt securities general principles and promissory note; bankruptcy law general principles.

V. BUONOCORE (A CURA DI), MANUALE DI DIRITTO COMMERCIALE, TORINO, GIAPPICHELLI, LAST EDITION

The course will cover the following topics:
1. The entrepreneur (of any kind).
2. The rules set forth for the commercial enterprises.
2. Companies and other business organizations.
4. The joint-stock company and the limited partnership by shares.
5. Transformation, merger and spin-off.
6. The co-operative companies, the consortia and the joint-ventures.
7. Bankrupcy (general principles).

V. Buonocore (a cura di), Manuale di diritto commerciale, Torino, Giappichelli, ultima edizione:
parte I, cap. I e cap. II
parte I, cap. IV e cap. V;
parte I, cap. VIII;
parte II, tutta;
parte V, sez. I e sez. II, parag. 1 e parag. 2
parte VI, sez. I.

Si consiglia lo studio della materia con l’ausilio di un Codice civile aggiornato, completo di leggi collegate.

INTRODUZIONE: REDDITO E CAPITALE NELL’IMPRESA
PARTE PRIMA. LE ANALISI DEL BILANCIO: INDICI E FLUSSI
SEZIONE PRIMA. LE ANALISI DI BILANCIO PER INDICI
IL BILANCIO DI ESERCIZIO: GLI OBIETTIVI DELLE ANALISI PER INDICI
LA RILETTURA DELLO STATO PATRIMONIALE AI FINI DELL’ANALISI FINANZIARIA/PATRIMONIALE
LA RILETTURA DEL CONTO ECONOMICO AI FINI DELL’ANALISI REDDITUALE
L’ANALISI DELL’ASPETTO PATRIMONIALE: IL QUADRO ORGANICO DEI QUOZIENTI DI STRUTTURA PATRIMONIALE
L’ANALISI DELL’ASPETTO FINANZIARIO: IL QUADRO ORGANICO DEI QUOZIENTI FINANZIARI
L’ANALISI DI REDDITIVITÀ: IL QUADRO ORGANICO DEI QUOZIENTI REDDITUALI
I QUOZIENTI PONDERATI
UN’APPLICAZIONE DELL’ANALISI PER INDICI PER COMPRENDERE IL FINALISMO DELLE DECISIONI DI FINANZIAMENTO NELL’IMPRESA PRIVATA
SEZIONE SECONDA. LE ANALISI DEI FLUSSI FINANZIARI
IL FLUSSO DEI FONDI
IL RENDICONTO DELLE VARIAZIONI DI RISORSE FINANZIARIE TOTALI
IL RENDICONTO FINANZIARIO DELLE VARIAZIONI DI CAPITALE CIRCOLANTE NETTO
IL RENDICONTO FINANZIARIO DELLE VARIAZIONI DI LIQUIDITÀ
PARTE SECONDA - IL CAPITALE ECONOMICO
SCOPI E POSIZIONI SOGGETTIVE NELLE VALUTAZIONI DELL’IMPRESA
I METODI DIRETTI DI VALUTAZIONE DEL CAPITALE ECONOMICO
LE METODOLOGIE INDIRETTE TEORICHE DI STIMA
I METODI REDDITUALI SEMPLIFICATI
I METODI PATRIMONIALI
I ‘METODI’ MISTI DI VALUTAZIONE
APPLICAZIONI DEL CAPITALE ECONOMICO ALLE OPERAZIONI ‘STRAORDINARIE’ NELL’IMPRESA: CESSIONE, CONFERIMENTO, FUSIONE E SCISSIONE.

PER LA PRIMA PARTE DEL PROGRAMMA:
G. FERRERO – F. DEZZANI – P. PISONI – L. PUDDU, LE ANALISI DI BILANCIO E RENDICONTI FINANZIARI, GIUFFRÈ, DA PAG. 3 A PAG. 10; DA PAG. 171 A PAG. 252; DA PAG. 307 A PAG. 506.

PER LA SECONDA PARTE DEL PROGRAMMA
A) G. ZANDA. - M. LACCHINI - T. ONESTI, LA VALUTAZIONE DELLE AZIENDE, GIAPPICHELLI, DA PAG. 1 A PAG. 37; DA PAG. 52 A PAG.195 E DA PAG. 298 A PAG 311; G.PAOLUCCI, LA VALUTAZIONE D’AZIENDA. FONDAMENTI CONCETTUALI E PRASSI APPLICATIVA, FRANCOANGELI
B)M. PAOLONI – F.M. CESARONI, BILANCI STRAORDINARI, CEDAM; G.TROINA (A CURA DI), ARGOMENTI DI TECNICA PROFESSIONALE, EDIZIONI NUOVA CULTURA, CAPITOLI 2, 3, 5 E 6.

Functions of One Variable.
Properties of Functions .
Differentiation.
Derivatives in Use .
Single-Variable Optimization.
Integration .
Matrix and Vector Algebra.
Determinants and Inverse Matrices.
Systems of Linear Equations.

Mathematics for economists Carl P. Simon, Lawrence Blume- W.W. Norton and Company, Inc.
Only:Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Appendix 4 .

Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis
Knut Sydsæter, Peter Hammond, Arne Strøm
Only :Chapter1, Chapter 2,Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5 , Chapter 6 , Chapter 7 , Chapter 8, Chapter 9 , Chapter 15, Chapter 16

Functions of One Variable. Properties of Functions. Differentiation. Derivatives in Use. Single-Variable Optimization. Integration. Matrix and Vector Algebra. Determinants and Inverse Matrices. Systems of Linear Equations.

Mathematics for economists Carl P. Simon, Lawrence Blume- W.W. Norton and Company, Inc.
Only: Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Appendix 4.

or

Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis
Knut Sydsæter, Peter Hammond, Arne Strøm
Only : Chapter1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 15, Chapter 16.

Logic and set theory:
Propositions. Logical operations with propositions. Logical implication. Sets. Operations with sets. Cartesian product. Applications. Injective and surjective applications. One-to-one correspondence. Inverse application.
Numeric numbers and sets: Natural numbers. Integer or relative numbers. Rational numbers. Real numbers and representation on the line. Bounded sets. Upper and lower extreme of sets of rational and real numbers. Intervals and neighborhoods. Accumulation, internal, isolated points. Open sets and closed sets.
Summations and products: Definition of summation. Properties. Special sums. Sum of the first n natural numbers. Arithmetic and geometric progressions and sum of their first n terms. Factorial.
Real functions of a real variable:
Definition of a real function of a real variable. The Euclidean plane and the graph of a function. Injective and surjective functions and graph. Even and odd functions. Increasing and decreasing functions. Concave and convex functions. Bounded functions. Compositin function. Inverse function, monotonicity and invertibility, inverse function graph. Elementary functions. Functions with two laws. Transforming graphs. Domain of a function.
Sequences and numerical series: Definition of a sequence. Converging and divergent sequences. Monotone sequences and regularity theorem (w.p.). Limits of sequnces. Definition of numerical series. NC for convergence (w.p.). Cauchy criterion. Geometric, Mengoli, harmonic and generalized harmonic series.
Limits: Definition of limit. Convergence and divergence. Right limit and left limit. Vertical and horizontal asymptotes. Limit uniqueness theorem (w.p.). Sign permanence theorem in direct and inverse form (w.p.). Comparison theorem. Limit checks. Operations with limits. Indeterminate forms.
Infinitesimals and infinities: Definition of infinitesimal and infinite. Comparing infinitesimals and infinities. Order of infinitesimals and infinities. Propagation of the order. Computing limits with infinitesimals and infinities (w.p.).
Continuity and discontinuity: Definition of continuity. Limits and continuity. Classification of discontinuity points. Continuity of rational functions. Continuity of the inverse. Continuity of composition functions. Theorem of zeros (w.p.). Weierstrass theorem. Darboux's theorem (w.p.).
Differential calculus: Derivative of a function. Geometric interpretation. Derivability and continuity (w.p.) Points of non-derivability. Higher order derivatives. Derivatives of elementary functions. Rules of derivation. Chain rule. Derivative of the inverse function. Differential. First order approximation (w.p.). Taylor and McLaurin polynomial. Approximations of higher order. Stationary points. Local maxima and minima. First order necessary conditions for the existence of local maxima and minima. Fermat's theorem (w.p.). Rolle's theorem (w.p.). Lagrange theorem (w.p.). Lagrange theorem,s corollaries: zero-derivative functions (w.p.). Relations between monotonicity and derivative sign (w.p.). Local concave and convex functions. Relationship between the second order derivative and the concavity (w.p.). Points of inflection. Sufficient second order conditions for the existence of relative maxima and minima (w.p.). Sufficient conditions of order n for the existence of relative maxima and minima or inflections points (w.p.). De L'Hôpital theorem and application to limit calculus.
Graph of a function: Representation of the graph of a function on the Euclidean plane. Oblique asymptotes.
Integral calculus:
Primitive functions. Indefinite integral. Characterization of the set of primitives (w.p.). Properties of the indefinite integral. Integral of elementary functions. Integration by parts (w.p.). Integration by substitution (w.p.). Definite integral. Properties of the definite integral. Integral function. Integral mean theorem(c.d.). Fundamental theorem of integral calculus (w.p.). Corollary to Torricelli-Barrow's theorem: relationship between the definite integral and the indefinite integral (w.p.). Applications.
Linear algebra:
Vectors and vector spaces. Geometric representation of vectors. Linear combination of vectors. Linearly dependent and independent vectors. Rank of a set of vectors. Matrices. Operations with matrices. Product rows by columns. Particular matrices. Transposed matrix. Determinant of a matrix of order n. Properties of the determinant. Rank of a matrix. Rank and linear independence of vectors. Systems of linear equations. Cramer's theorem. Rouché-Capelli theorem. Homogeneous systems. Parametric systems.
(w.p.)=”with proof”

Notes can be downloaded online from the course website

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CORPORATE ORGANISATIONS
1) The firm as an economic entity: General characteristics of the firm. Corporate entities: legal and economic identity. Types of firms.
2) The firm in its broader economic perspective: The enterprise as an individual economic undertaking: private enterprises and state-owned enterprises. The company’s purpose. Financial and economic stability as a prerequisite of a company’s existence. Economic stability and different types of economic operability. Payment for operating and production inputs used by enterprises. Corporate risk and who bears it. Income and company profitability.
3) The organizational structure as part of the decision-making process; management control in modern corporations: Evolution of the corporate organizational models shaping the decision-making structure. Control exercised in corporations by different stakeholders. The planning and control function in modern corporations.
4) Corporate funding: Capital requirements, and how much is needed. Corporate funding: equity and debt capital in their various forms. Funding through cash generation. Capital structure of the company; choice of cost-efficient financing options; the dynamic relationship between equity and debt capital. Short-term capital and long-term financing.
MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT OF COMPANY PERFORMANCE
1) The accounting logic: Rationale. Nature of data to be examined. Methodologies. The corporate record-keeping system in a broad sense.
2) Accounting practice: The theory of double entry bookkeeping. Double entry bookkeeping applied to manufacturing companies. Bookkeeping entries for general business transactions, initiating joint-stock companies, special transactions (wages and salaries, financial transactions etc…), adjusting entries and year-end closing entries. Practical exercises in applying accounting record-keeping systems and measurement principles to business transactions.

Paoloni M., Paoloni P. (a cura di), Introduzione ed orientamento allo studio delle aziende, Giappichelli, 2009
Paoloni M., Celli, M. (a cura di), Introduzione alla contabilità generale, CEDAM, 2012

Alternatively:

David Boddy, Management: an Introduction, Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2011
Leslie K. Breitner and Robert N. Anthony, Essentials of Accounting, Pearson, 2013

Part I: The Economy of the Company: Business Economics and Accounting. The study of the conditions of existence of the corporate body; the personal component and the operating means of the company. Object of the company. Corporate subjects: "legal entities" and "economic subject". Organization. The organizational structures. Various types of company. The institution of the company, its location, its size.
The supply company: general characteristics and management schemes. Production companies for the exchange of goods and services: companies. The aims of the company. The economic balance as a fundamental condition of the life of the company. Economic balance and economy. The possible ways of remunerating the productive factors used by the company. The business risk and the subjects on which it weighs. Business efficiency. The process of forming the company's income. The capital requirement and its determination. Company financing: equity and credit capital in their various forms; corporate self-financing; the choice of convenient forms of financing; the dynamic relationship between equity and credit capital. The financial structure of the company.
The process of dimensional growth of companies: the main characteristics, nature, structure, internal exchange and production operations in groups of companies.
Part II: Accounting elements: Double-entry theory and method. The double-entry method applied to the income system in production companies. The accounting records of the incorporation operations and of the main operations. The accounts for closing and reopening the accounts.

Zanda, Fondamenti di Economia Aziendale, Giappichelli, ultima edizione
oppure
Zanda, Lineamenti di Economia Aziendale, Kappa, ultima edizione

L. MUSERRA, T.ONESTI, Esercitazioni di economia aziendale, Giappichelli, 2013 (ebook, available on the website giappichelli.it).
Please refer to the onestieconomiaaziendale.wordpress.com course page for course material.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CORPORATE ORGANISATIONS
1) The firm as an economic entity: General characteristics of the firm. Corporate entities: legal and economic identity. Types of firms.
2) The firm in its broader economic perspective: The enterprise as an individual economic undertaking: private enterprises and state-owned enterprises. The company’s purpose. Financial and economic stability as a prerequisite of a company’s existence. Economic stability and different types of economic operability. Payment for operating and production inputs used by enterprises. Corporate risk and who bears it. Income and company profitability.
3) The organizational structure as part of the decision-making process; management control in modern corporations: Evolution of the corporate organizational models shaping the decision-making structure. Control exercised in corporations by different stakeholders. The planning and control function in modern corporations.
4) Corporate funding: Capital requirements, and how much is needed. Corporate funding: equity and debt capital in their various forms. Funding through cash generation. Capital structure of the company; choice of cost-efficient financing options; the dynamic relationship between equity and debt capital. Short-term capital and long-term financing.
MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT OF COMPANY PERFORMANCE
1) The accounting logic: Rationale. Nature of data to be examined. Methodologies. The corporate record-keeping system in a broad sense.
2) Accounting practice: The theory of double entry bookkeeping. Double entry bookkeeping applied to manufacturing companies. Bookkeeping entries for general business transactions, initiating joint-stock companies, special transactions (wages and salaries, financial transactions etc…), adjusting entries and year-end closing entries. Practical exercises in applying accounting record-keeping systems and measurement principles to business transactions.

Paoloni M., Paoloni P. (a cura di), Introduzione ed orientamento allo studio delle aziende, Giappichelli, 2009
Paoloni M., Celli, M. (a cura di), Introduzione alla contabilità generale, CEDAM, 2012

Alternatively:

David Boddy, Management: an Introduction, Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2011
Leslie K. Breitner and Robert N. Anthony, Essentials of Accounting, Pearson, 2013

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

Elements of the theory of production
- inputs, outputs and production methods
- the subsistence economy
- the economy with a surplus
The surplus approach to commodity value and income distribution
- the relevance of social and institutional elements to income distribution
- the explanation of the real wage rate
- the "core" of the classical approach
- the link between profit rate and relative prices
- the price equations
- the classical theory of rent
The theory of consumer choice
- budget set and budget constraint
- preferences
- consumer choice
- consumer-good demand curves
The theory of firm choice
- the function of production
- profit maximisation
- isoquants and isocosts
- the output expansion path and long-term cost curves
Production factors and the marginalist explanation of income distribution
- marginal and average productivity of factors
- the demand curves of factors of production
- equilibrium between supply and demand for factors of production
Market forms
- perfect competition
- monopoly
- Cournot oligopoly
- Stackelberg oligopoly
Introduction to the welfare economics
- allocations and Edgeworth box
- Pareto improvements and Pareto optima
- first theorem of welfare economics

i) "Elementi di teoria della produzione", Appunti per il corso di Microeconomia - Dispensa n. 1 (teaching material written by R. Ciccone, S.M. Fratini e A. Trezzini).
ii) "La teoria classica della distribuzione e dei prezzi relativi", Appunti per il corso di Microeconomia - Dispensa n. 2 (teaching material written by R. Ciccone, S.M. Fratini e A. Trezzini).
iii) "La teoria marginalista della distribuzione e dei prezzi relativi", Appunti per il corso di Microeconomia - Dispensa n. 3 (teaching material written by R. Ciccone, S.M. Fratini e A. Trezzini).
iv) R.H. Frank, Microeconomia. McGraw-Hill Libri Italia, Milano.
v) "Glossario ed Esercizi Svolti di Microeconomia" (teaching material written by S.M. Fratini e D. Pignalosa).

An introduction to the fundamental ideas of statistics. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, confidence intervals, and testing hypotheses, as well as the basics of Chi-square tests, regression and correlation.

1) L. PIERACCINI, A. NACCARATO. LEZIONI DI STATISTICA DESCRITTIVA, GIAPPICHELLI, 2003.
2) L. PIERACCINI. FONDAMENTI DI INFERENZA STATISTICA. II EDIZ. GIAPPICHELLI, 2007.

OR ONE AMONG:
- S.M. ROSS. INTRODUZIONE ALLA STATISTICA, APOGEO, 2008.
- D. PICCOLO. STATISTICA PER LE DECISIONI, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, EDIZIONE 2010.
- D.S. MOORE. STATISTICA DI BASE, APOGEO, 2005.

This graduate level course covers the following topics:
An overview of statistics
Data description: scales of measurement, how to describe data graphically for categorical data (pie chart, bar chart) and graphs for quantitative variables (histogram, pie chart)
How to describe data by summary statistics: measures of central tendency, variability and skewness.
How to create a box plot
How probability and probability distributions are involved in statistics
How binomial distributions are involved in statistics
The role that normal distributions play in statistics
Simple random sampling and sampling distribution of sample mean, central limit theorem, normal approximation to the binomial
Differentiation between a population and a sample, how to use a statistic to estimate a population parameter, confidence interval and its interpretation, inferences of population mean and proportion
Confidence interval for population mean, Sample size needed for estimating the population mean with a specified confidence level and specified width of the interval
Hypothesis testing: in terms of how to set up Null and Alternative hypotheses, understanding Type I and Type II errors, performing a statistical test for the population mean
p-value, how to compute it and how to use it
Inferences about μ with σ unknown: the t-distribution and the assumptions required to check in order to use it
How to compare the mean of two populations for independent samples: using pooled variances t-test versus separate variances t-test
How to compare the mean of two populations for paired data
How to compare two population proportions
Using contingency table and the Chi-square test of independence
Understanding concepts related to linear regression models including, least squares method, correlation, inferences about the parameters in the linear regression model

The course the course is taught in Italian so textbooks are in Italian:
- G. Cicchitelli, Statsitica: Principi e Metodi, Pearson Education, 3/Eds
- Sebastiani M. R. (2015) “Esercitazioni di statistica”. Esculapio Editore, 3° edizione.
For English speaking students a textbook is:
Introductory Statistics for Business and Economics by Thomas H. Wonnacott and Ronald J. Wonnacott
John Wiley & Sons Inc; International 2 Revised ed
Notes and handout (in Italian) are available at the web page of the course.

The course is composed by modules. The first two modules include the following legal categories: sources of law; subjective juridical situations; physical and juridical persons; fact, act and trade; obligations; contracts in general. The third part focuses on the forms of transfer of familial property, with particular emphasis on the discipline of family law and succession.

- M. NUZZO: INTRODUZIONE ALLE SCIENZE GIURIDICHE. NORME - SOGGETTI - ATTIVITÀ, 3ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009
- F. MACIOCE: L’OBBLIGAZIONE E IL CONTRATTO, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2007
A SCELTA DELLO STUDENTE: - L. ROSSI CARLEO, E. BELLISARIO, V. CUFFARO, FAMIGLIA E SUCCESSIONI. LE FORME DI CIRCOLAZIONE DELLA RICCHEZZA FAMILIARE, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009, CAPITOLI: I, II, III, IV (SOLO PARR. 1 E 3), VI, VII, IX, XI, XII, XIII
OPPURE
- A. BELLELLI, A.G. CIANCI, BENI E SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE DI APPARTENENZA. TRA DIRITTI REALI E NEW PROPERTIES, GIAPPICHELLI, 2008

IL CORSO È ARTICOLATO IN TRE MODULI DIDATTICI DELLA DURATA DI 20 ORE CIASCUNO.
I PRIMI DUE MODULI, DI BASE, RIGUARDANO LA PARTE GENERALE (FONTI DEL DIRITTO - SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE SOGGETTIVE - PERSONA FISICA E GIURIDICA - FATTO, ATTO E NEGOZIO - OBBLIGAZIONI - CONTRATTI IN GENERALE).
IL TERZO MODULO HA AD OGGETTO LE FORME DI CIRCOLAZIONE DELLA RICCHEZZA FAMILIARE, CON PARTICOLARE RIGUARDO ALLA DISCIPLINA DELLA FAMIGLIA E DELLE SUCCESSIONI. ESSO PUÒ, A SCELTA DELLO STUDENTE, ESSERE SOSTITUITO DALLO STUDIO DELLE SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE SOGGETTIVE AVENTI AD OGGETTO I BENI GIURIDICI, CON PARTICOLARE RIFERIMENTO ANCHE ALLE NEW PROPERTIES E AI BENI IMMATERIALI.

- M. NUZZO: INTRODUZIONE ALLE SCIENZE GIURIDICHE. NORME - SOGGETTI - ATTIVITÀ, 3ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009
- F. MACIOCE: L’OBBLIGAZIONE E IL CONTRATTO, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2007
A SCELTA DELLO STUDENTE: - L. ROSSI CARLEO, E. BELLISARIO, V. CUFFARO, FAMIGLIA E SUCCESSIONI. LE FORME DI CIRCOLAZIONE DELLA RICCHEZZA FAMILIARE, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009, CAPITOLI: I, II, III, IV (SOLO PARR. 1 E 3), VI, VII, IX, XI, XII, XIII
OPPURE
- A. BELLELLI, A.G. CIANCI, BENI E SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE DI APPARTENENZA. TRA DIRITTI REALI E NEW PROPERTIES, GIAPPICHELLI, 2008

The course is structured in three parts:
1) The company and the strategy
2) The functions of company management
3) Operational management

Specifically, the course deals with:
Firms and their roles
Firm and their environment
Stakeholders theory
Theory of the firm
Strategic management of the company
The competitive analysis
Evolution of sectors and competitive structures
The Resource Based View
The competitive advantage
The growth of the company
The roles of corporate management: management, programming, control, human resources, information systems, knowledge management
Operational management: marketing, production, finance, logistics, innovation, administration

Teaching material is as follows:
• textbook: Sciarelli (2014) La gestione dell’impresa. Tra teoria e pratica aziendale, CEDAM
• Slides
• Notes
• Any video used and indicated
• Any case and exercise
• Guest Speeches
• Additional material shared by students for supplementary activities

Students interested in better examining the topics are kindly invited to discuss with the instructor.

1. PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS Money, time and risks. Present and future value, principal and interest. Contracts, exchange, prices. The risks.

2. FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCIAL CONTRACTS EVALUATION
2.1 EVALUATION IN CERTAINTY CONDITIONS Financial laws in certainty conditions. The exponential law. Annuities and mortgages. Internal rate of return on a financial transaction. Theory of financial equivalence laws.
2.2 FINANCIAL OPERATIONS IN THE MARKET. Value function and market price. The term structure. Duration indices and variability indices. Arbitrage valuations of floating rate notes. Interest Rate Swap. Term structure measurement. Term structure evolution. Introduction to financial options. Basic elements on equity options. Basic elements on traditional life insurance contracts.

David G. Luenberger
Investment Science
Oxford University Press (any edition)

Annamaria Olivieri, Ermanno Pitacco
Introduction to Insurance Mathematics
Springer, 2011

1. PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS Money, time and risks. Present and future value, principal and interest. Contracts, exchange, prices. The risks.

2. FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCIAL CONTRACTS VALUATION

2.1 VALUATION IN CERTAINTY CONDITIONS Financial laws under certainty conditions. The exponential law. Annuities and mortgages. Internal rate of return of a financial transaction. Theory of financial laws.

2.2 FINANCIAL OPERATIONS IN THE MARKET. Value function and market price. The term structure. Duration indices and variability indices. Arbitrage valuation of floating rate notes. Interest Rate Swap. Term structure measurement. Term structure evolution. Introduction to financial options. Basic elements on equity options. Basic elements on traditional life insurance contracts.

David G. Luenberger
Investment Science
Oxford University Press (any edition)

Annamaria Olivieri, Ermanno Pitacco
Introduction to Insurance Mathematics
Springer, 2011

the class analyzes the following matters: entrepreneur's general rules; individual and collective entrepreneur; the company; partnership and corporation; cooperative societies; company modifications; auxiliary entrepreneur; the farm; debt securities general principles and promissory note; bankruptcy law general principles.

V. BUONOCORE (A CURA DI), MANUALE DI DIRITTO COMMERCIALE, TORINO, GIAPPICHELLI, LAST EDITION

The course will cover the following topics:
1. The entrepreneur (of any kind).
2. The rules set forth for the commercial enterprises.
2. Companies and other business organizations.
4. The joint-stock company and the limited partnership by shares.
5. Transformation, merger and spin-off.
6. The co-operative companies, the consortia and the joint-ventures.
7. Bankrupcy (general principles).

V. Buonocore (a cura di), Manuale di diritto commerciale, Torino, Giappichelli, ultima edizione:
parte I, cap. I e cap. II
parte I, cap. IV e cap. V;
parte I, cap. VIII;
parte II, tutta;
parte V, sez. I e sez. II, parag. 1 e parag. 2
parte VI, sez. I.

Si consiglia lo studio della materia con l’ausilio di un Codice civile aggiornato, completo di leggi collegate.

Functions of One Variable.
Properties of Functions .
Differentiation.
Derivatives in Use .
Single-Variable Optimization.
Integration .
Matrix and Vector Algebra.
Determinants and Inverse Matrices.
Systems of Linear Equations.

Mathematics for economists Carl P. Simon, Lawrence Blume- W.W. Norton and Company, Inc.
Only:Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Appendix 4 .

Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis
Knut Sydsæter, Peter Hammond, Arne Strøm
Only :Chapter1, Chapter 2,Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5 , Chapter 6 , Chapter 7 , Chapter 8, Chapter 9 , Chapter 15, Chapter 16

Functions of One Variable. Properties of Functions. Differentiation. Derivatives in Use. Single-Variable Optimization. Integration. Matrix and Vector Algebra. Determinants and Inverse Matrices. Systems of Linear Equations.

Mathematics for economists Carl P. Simon, Lawrence Blume- W.W. Norton and Company, Inc.
Only: Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Appendix 4.

or

Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis
Knut Sydsæter, Peter Hammond, Arne Strøm
Only : Chapter1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 15, Chapter 16.

Logic and set theory:
Propositions. Logical operations with propositions. Logical implication. Sets. Operations with sets. Cartesian product. Applications. Injective and surjective applications. One-to-one correspondence. Inverse application.
Numeric numbers and sets: Natural numbers. Integer or relative numbers. Rational numbers. Real numbers and representation on the line. Bounded sets. Upper and lower extreme of sets of rational and real numbers. Intervals and neighborhoods. Accumulation, internal, isolated points. Open sets and closed sets.
Summations and products: Definition of summation. Properties. Special sums. Sum of the first n natural numbers. Arithmetic and geometric progressions and sum of their first n terms. Factorial.
Real functions of a real variable:
Definition of a real function of a real variable. The Euclidean plane and the graph of a function. Injective and surjective functions and graph. Even and odd functions. Increasing and decreasing functions. Concave and convex functions. Bounded functions. Compositin function. Inverse function, monotonicity and invertibility, inverse function graph. Elementary functions. Functions with two laws. Transforming graphs. Domain of a function.
Sequences and numerical series: Definition of a sequence. Converging and divergent sequences. Monotone sequences and regularity theorem (w.p.). Limits of sequnces. Definition of numerical series. NC for convergence (w.p.). Cauchy criterion. Geometric, Mengoli, harmonic and generalized harmonic series.
Limits: Definition of limit. Convergence and divergence. Right limit and left limit. Vertical and horizontal asymptotes. Limit uniqueness theorem (w.p.). Sign permanence theorem in direct and inverse form (w.p.). Comparison theorem. Limit checks. Operations with limits. Indeterminate forms.
Infinitesimals and infinities: Definition of infinitesimal and infinite. Comparing infinitesimals and infinities. Order of infinitesimals and infinities. Propagation of the order. Computing limits with infinitesimals and infinities (w.p.).
Continuity and discontinuity: Definition of continuity. Limits and continuity. Classification of discontinuity points. Continuity of rational functions. Continuity of the inverse. Continuity of composition functions. Theorem of zeros (w.p.). Weierstrass theorem. Darboux's theorem (w.p.).
Differential calculus: Derivative of a function. Geometric interpretation. Derivability and continuity (w.p.) Points of non-derivability. Higher order derivatives. Derivatives of elementary functions. Rules of derivation. Chain rule. Derivative of the inverse function. Differential. First order approximation (w.p.). Taylor and McLaurin polynomial. Approximations of higher order. Stationary points. Local maxima and minima. First order necessary conditions for the existence of local maxima and minima. Fermat's theorem (w.p.). Rolle's theorem (w.p.). Lagrange theorem (w.p.). Lagrange theorem,s corollaries: zero-derivative functions (w.p.). Relations between monotonicity and derivative sign (w.p.). Local concave and convex functions. Relationship between the second order derivative and the concavity (w.p.). Points of inflection. Sufficient second order conditions for the existence of relative maxima and minima (w.p.). Sufficient conditions of order n for the existence of relative maxima and minima or inflections points (w.p.). De L'Hôpital theorem and application to limit calculus.
Graph of a function: Representation of the graph of a function on the Euclidean plane. Oblique asymptotes.
Integral calculus:
Primitive functions. Indefinite integral. Characterization of the set of primitives (w.p.). Properties of the indefinite integral. Integral of elementary functions. Integration by parts (w.p.). Integration by substitution (w.p.). Definite integral. Properties of the definite integral. Integral function. Integral mean theorem(c.d.). Fundamental theorem of integral calculus (w.p.). Corollary to Torricelli-Barrow's theorem: relationship between the definite integral and the indefinite integral (w.p.). Applications.
Linear algebra:
Vectors and vector spaces. Geometric representation of vectors. Linear combination of vectors. Linearly dependent and independent vectors. Rank of a set of vectors. Matrices. Operations with matrices. Product rows by columns. Particular matrices. Transposed matrix. Determinant of a matrix of order n. Properties of the determinant. Rank of a matrix. Rank and linear independence of vectors. Systems of linear equations. Cramer's theorem. Rouché-Capelli theorem. Homogeneous systems. Parametric systems.
(w.p.)=”with proof”

Notes can be downloaded online from the course website

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CORPORATE ORGANISATIONS
1) The firm as an economic entity: General characteristics of the firm. Corporate entities: legal and economic identity. Types of firms.
2) The firm in its broader economic perspective: The enterprise as an individual economic undertaking: private enterprises and state-owned enterprises. The company’s purpose. Financial and economic stability as a prerequisite of a company’s existence. Economic stability and different types of economic operability. Payment for operating and production inputs used by enterprises. Corporate risk and who bears it. Income and company profitability.
3) The organizational structure as part of the decision-making process; management control in modern corporations: Evolution of the corporate organizational models shaping the decision-making structure. Control exercised in corporations by different stakeholders. The planning and control function in modern corporations.
4) Corporate funding: Capital requirements, and how much is needed. Corporate funding: equity and debt capital in their various forms. Funding through cash generation. Capital structure of the company; choice of cost-efficient financing options; the dynamic relationship between equity and debt capital. Short-term capital and long-term financing.
MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT OF COMPANY PERFORMANCE
1) The accounting logic: Rationale. Nature of data to be examined. Methodologies. The corporate record-keeping system in a broad sense.
2) Accounting practice: The theory of double entry bookkeeping. Double entry bookkeeping applied to manufacturing companies. Bookkeeping entries for general business transactions, initiating joint-stock companies, special transactions (wages and salaries, financial transactions etc…), adjusting entries and year-end closing entries. Practical exercises in applying accounting record-keeping systems and measurement principles to business transactions.

Paoloni M., Paoloni P. (a cura di), Introduzione ed orientamento allo studio delle aziende, Giappichelli, 2009
Paoloni M., Celli, M. (a cura di), Introduzione alla contabilità generale, CEDAM, 2012

Alternatively:

David Boddy, Management: an Introduction, Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2011
Leslie K. Breitner and Robert N. Anthony, Essentials of Accounting, Pearson, 2013

Part I: The Economy of the Company: Business Economics and Accounting. The study of the conditions of existence of the corporate body; the personal component and the operating means of the company. Object of the company. Corporate subjects: "legal entities" and "economic subject". Organization. The organizational structures. Various types of company. The institution of the company, its location, its size.
The supply company: general characteristics and management schemes. Production companies for the exchange of goods and services: companies. The aims of the company. The economic balance as a fundamental condition of the life of the company. Economic balance and economy. The possible ways of remunerating the productive factors used by the company. The business risk and the subjects on which it weighs. Business efficiency. The process of forming the company's income. The capital requirement and its determination. Company financing: equity and credit capital in their various forms; corporate self-financing; the choice of convenient forms of financing; the dynamic relationship between equity and credit capital. The financial structure of the company.
The process of dimensional growth of companies: the main characteristics, nature, structure, internal exchange and production operations in groups of companies.
Part II: Accounting elements: Double-entry theory and method. The double-entry method applied to the income system in production companies. The accounting records of the incorporation operations and of the main operations. The accounts for closing and reopening the accounts.

Zanda, Fondamenti di Economia Aziendale, Giappichelli, ultima edizione
oppure
Zanda, Lineamenti di Economia Aziendale, Kappa, ultima edizione

L. MUSERRA, T.ONESTI, Esercitazioni di economia aziendale, Giappichelli, 2013 (ebook, available on the website giappichelli.it).
Please refer to the onestieconomiaaziendale.wordpress.com course page for course material.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CORPORATE ORGANISATIONS
1) The firm as an economic entity: General characteristics of the firm. Corporate entities: legal and economic identity. Types of firms.
2) The firm in its broader economic perspective: The enterprise as an individual economic undertaking: private enterprises and state-owned enterprises. The company’s purpose. Financial and economic stability as a prerequisite of a company’s existence. Economic stability and different types of economic operability. Payment for operating and production inputs used by enterprises. Corporate risk and who bears it. Income and company profitability.
3) The organizational structure as part of the decision-making process; management control in modern corporations: Evolution of the corporate organizational models shaping the decision-making structure. Control exercised in corporations by different stakeholders. The planning and control function in modern corporations.
4) Corporate funding: Capital requirements, and how much is needed. Corporate funding: equity and debt capital in their various forms. Funding through cash generation. Capital structure of the company; choice of cost-efficient financing options; the dynamic relationship between equity and debt capital. Short-term capital and long-term financing.
MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT OF COMPANY PERFORMANCE
1) The accounting logic: Rationale. Nature of data to be examined. Methodologies. The corporate record-keeping system in a broad sense.
2) Accounting practice: The theory of double entry bookkeeping. Double entry bookkeeping applied to manufacturing companies. Bookkeeping entries for general business transactions, initiating joint-stock companies, special transactions (wages and salaries, financial transactions etc…), adjusting entries and year-end closing entries. Practical exercises in applying accounting record-keeping systems and measurement principles to business transactions.

Paoloni M., Paoloni P. (a cura di), Introduzione ed orientamento allo studio delle aziende, Giappichelli, 2009
Paoloni M., Celli, M. (a cura di), Introduzione alla contabilità generale, CEDAM, 2012

Alternatively:

David Boddy, Management: an Introduction, Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2011
Leslie K. Breitner and Robert N. Anthony, Essentials of Accounting, Pearson, 2013

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

Elements of the theory of production
- inputs, outputs and production methods
- the subsistence economy
- the economy with a surplus
The surplus approach to commodity value and income distribution
- the relevance of social and institutional elements to income distribution
- the explanation of the real wage rate
- the "core" of the classical approach
- the link between profit rate and relative prices
- the price equations
- the classical theory of rent
The theory of consumer choice
- budget set and budget constraint
- preferences
- consumer choice
- consumer-good demand curves
The theory of firm choice
- the function of production
- profit maximisation
- isoquants and isocosts
- the output expansion path and long-term cost curves
Production factors and the marginalist explanation of income distribution
- marginal and average productivity of factors
- the demand curves of factors of production
- equilibrium between supply and demand for factors of production
Market forms
- perfect competition
- monopoly
- Cournot oligopoly
- Stackelberg oligopoly
Introduction to the welfare economics
- allocations and Edgeworth box
- Pareto improvements and Pareto optima
- first theorem of welfare economics

i) "Elementi di teoria della produzione", Appunti per il corso di Microeconomia - Dispensa n. 1 (teaching material written by R. Ciccone, S.M. Fratini e A. Trezzini).
ii) "La teoria classica della distribuzione e dei prezzi relativi", Appunti per il corso di Microeconomia - Dispensa n. 2 (teaching material written by R. Ciccone, S.M. Fratini e A. Trezzini).
iii) "La teoria marginalista della distribuzione e dei prezzi relativi", Appunti per il corso di Microeconomia - Dispensa n. 3 (teaching material written by R. Ciccone, S.M. Fratini e A. Trezzini).
iv) R.H. Frank, Microeconomia. McGraw-Hill Libri Italia, Milano.
v) "Glossario ed Esercizi Svolti di Microeconomia" (teaching material written by S.M. Fratini e D. Pignalosa).

An introduction to the fundamental ideas of statistics. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, confidence intervals, and testing hypotheses, as well as the basics of Chi-square tests, regression and correlation.

1) L. PIERACCINI, A. NACCARATO. LEZIONI DI STATISTICA DESCRITTIVA, GIAPPICHELLI, 2003.
2) L. PIERACCINI. FONDAMENTI DI INFERENZA STATISTICA. II EDIZ. GIAPPICHELLI, 2007.

OR ONE AMONG:
- S.M. ROSS. INTRODUZIONE ALLA STATISTICA, APOGEO, 2008.
- D. PICCOLO. STATISTICA PER LE DECISIONI, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, EDIZIONE 2010.
- D.S. MOORE. STATISTICA DI BASE, APOGEO, 2005.

This graduate level course covers the following topics:
An overview of statistics
Data description: scales of measurement, how to describe data graphically for categorical data (pie chart, bar chart) and graphs for quantitative variables (histogram, pie chart)
How to describe data by summary statistics: measures of central tendency, variability and skewness.
How to create a box plot
How probability and probability distributions are involved in statistics
How binomial distributions are involved in statistics
The role that normal distributions play in statistics
Simple random sampling and sampling distribution of sample mean, central limit theorem, normal approximation to the binomial
Differentiation between a population and a sample, how to use a statistic to estimate a population parameter, confidence interval and its interpretation, inferences of population mean and proportion
Confidence interval for population mean, Sample size needed for estimating the population mean with a specified confidence level and specified width of the interval
Hypothesis testing: in terms of how to set up Null and Alternative hypotheses, understanding Type I and Type II errors, performing a statistical test for the population mean
p-value, how to compute it and how to use it
Inferences about μ with σ unknown: the t-distribution and the assumptions required to check in order to use it
How to compare the mean of two populations for independent samples: using pooled variances t-test versus separate variances t-test
How to compare the mean of two populations for paired data
How to compare two population proportions
Using contingency table and the Chi-square test of independence
Understanding concepts related to linear regression models including, least squares method, correlation, inferences about the parameters in the linear regression model

The course the course is taught in Italian so textbooks are in Italian:
- G. Cicchitelli, Statsitica: Principi e Metodi, Pearson Education, 3/Eds
- Sebastiani M. R. (2015) “Esercitazioni di statistica”. Esculapio Editore, 3° edizione.
For English speaking students a textbook is:
Introductory Statistics for Business and Economics by Thomas H. Wonnacott and Ronald J. Wonnacott
John Wiley & Sons Inc; International 2 Revised ed
Notes and handout (in Italian) are available at the web page of the course.

The course is composed by modules. The first two modules include the following legal categories: sources of law; subjective juridical situations; physical and juridical persons; fact, act and trade; obligations; contracts in general. The third part focuses on the forms of transfer of familial property, with particular emphasis on the discipline of family law and succession.

- M. NUZZO: INTRODUZIONE ALLE SCIENZE GIURIDICHE. NORME - SOGGETTI - ATTIVITÀ, 3ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009
- F. MACIOCE: L’OBBLIGAZIONE E IL CONTRATTO, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2007
A SCELTA DELLO STUDENTE: - L. ROSSI CARLEO, E. BELLISARIO, V. CUFFARO, FAMIGLIA E SUCCESSIONI. LE FORME DI CIRCOLAZIONE DELLA RICCHEZZA FAMILIARE, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009, CAPITOLI: I, II, III, IV (SOLO PARR. 1 E 3), VI, VII, IX, XI, XII, XIII
OPPURE
- A. BELLELLI, A.G. CIANCI, BENI E SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE DI APPARTENENZA. TRA DIRITTI REALI E NEW PROPERTIES, GIAPPICHELLI, 2008

IL CORSO È ARTICOLATO IN TRE MODULI DIDATTICI DELLA DURATA DI 20 ORE CIASCUNO.
I PRIMI DUE MODULI, DI BASE, RIGUARDANO LA PARTE GENERALE (FONTI DEL DIRITTO - SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE SOGGETTIVE - PERSONA FISICA E GIURIDICA - FATTO, ATTO E NEGOZIO - OBBLIGAZIONI - CONTRATTI IN GENERALE).
IL TERZO MODULO HA AD OGGETTO LE FORME DI CIRCOLAZIONE DELLA RICCHEZZA FAMILIARE, CON PARTICOLARE RIGUARDO ALLA DISCIPLINA DELLA FAMIGLIA E DELLE SUCCESSIONI. ESSO PUÒ, A SCELTA DELLO STUDENTE, ESSERE SOSTITUITO DALLO STUDIO DELLE SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE SOGGETTIVE AVENTI AD OGGETTO I BENI GIURIDICI, CON PARTICOLARE RIFERIMENTO ANCHE ALLE NEW PROPERTIES E AI BENI IMMATERIALI.

- M. NUZZO: INTRODUZIONE ALLE SCIENZE GIURIDICHE. NORME - SOGGETTI - ATTIVITÀ, 3ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009
- F. MACIOCE: L’OBBLIGAZIONE E IL CONTRATTO, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2007
A SCELTA DELLO STUDENTE: - L. ROSSI CARLEO, E. BELLISARIO, V. CUFFARO, FAMIGLIA E SUCCESSIONI. LE FORME DI CIRCOLAZIONE DELLA RICCHEZZA FAMILIARE, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009, CAPITOLI: I, II, III, IV (SOLO PARR. 1 E 3), VI, VII, IX, XI, XII, XIII
OPPURE
- A. BELLELLI, A.G. CIANCI, BENI E SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE DI APPARTENENZA. TRA DIRITTI REALI E NEW PROPERTIES, GIAPPICHELLI, 2008

The course is structured in three parts:
1) The company and the strategy
2) The functions of company management
3) Operational management

Specifically, the course deals with:
Firms and their roles
Firm and their environment
Stakeholders theory
Theory of the firm
Strategic management of the company
The competitive analysis
Evolution of sectors and competitive structures
The Resource Based View
The competitive advantage
The growth of the company
The roles of corporate management: management, programming, control, human resources, information systems, knowledge management
Operational management: marketing, production, finance, logistics, innovation, administration

Teaching material is as follows:
• textbook: Sciarelli (2014) La gestione dell’impresa. Tra teoria e pratica aziendale, CEDAM
• Slides
• Notes
• Any video used and indicated
• Any case and exercise
• Guest Speeches
• Additional material shared by students for supplementary activities

Students interested in better examining the topics are kindly invited to discuss with the instructor.

1. PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS Money, time and risks. Present and future value, principal and interest. Contracts, exchange, prices. The risks.

2. FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCIAL CONTRACTS EVALUATION
2.1 EVALUATION IN CERTAINTY CONDITIONS Financial laws in certainty conditions. The exponential law. Annuities and mortgages. Internal rate of return on a financial transaction. Theory of financial equivalence laws.
2.2 FINANCIAL OPERATIONS IN THE MARKET. Value function and market price. The term structure. Duration indices and variability indices. Arbitrage valuations of floating rate notes. Interest Rate Swap. Term structure measurement. Term structure evolution. Introduction to financial options. Basic elements on equity options. Basic elements on traditional life insurance contracts.

David G. Luenberger
Investment Science
Oxford University Press (any edition)

Annamaria Olivieri, Ermanno Pitacco
Introduction to Insurance Mathematics
Springer, 2011

1. PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS Money, time and risks. Present and future value, principal and interest. Contracts, exchange, prices. The risks.

2. FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCIAL CONTRACTS VALUATION

2.1 VALUATION IN CERTAINTY CONDITIONS Financial laws under certainty conditions. The exponential law. Annuities and mortgages. Internal rate of return of a financial transaction. Theory of financial laws.

2.2 FINANCIAL OPERATIONS IN THE MARKET. Value function and market price. The term structure. Duration indices and variability indices. Arbitrage valuation of floating rate notes. Interest Rate Swap. Term structure measurement. Term structure evolution. Introduction to financial options. Basic elements on equity options. Basic elements on traditional life insurance contracts.

David G. Luenberger
Investment Science
Oxford University Press (any edition)

Annamaria Olivieri, Ermanno Pitacco
Introduction to Insurance Mathematics
Springer, 2011

the class analyzes the following matters: entrepreneur's general rules; individual and collective entrepreneur; the company; partnership and corporation; cooperative societies; company modifications; auxiliary entrepreneur; the farm; debt securities general principles and promissory note; bankruptcy law general principles.

V. BUONOCORE (A CURA DI), MANUALE DI DIRITTO COMMERCIALE, TORINO, GIAPPICHELLI, LAST EDITION

The course will cover the following topics:
1. The entrepreneur (of any kind).
2. The rules set forth for the commercial enterprises.
2. Companies and other business organizations.
4. The joint-stock company and the limited partnership by shares.
5. Transformation, merger and spin-off.
6. The co-operative companies, the consortia and the joint-ventures.
7. Bankrupcy (general principles).

V. Buonocore (a cura di), Manuale di diritto commerciale, Torino, Giappichelli, ultima edizione:
parte I, cap. I e cap. II
parte I, cap. IV e cap. V;
parte I, cap. VIII;
parte II, tutta;
parte V, sez. I e sez. II, parag. 1 e parag. 2
parte VI, sez. I.

Si consiglia lo studio della materia con l’ausilio di un Codice civile aggiornato, completo di leggi collegate.

Functions of One Variable.
Properties of Functions .
Differentiation.
Derivatives in Use .
Single-Variable Optimization.
Integration .
Matrix and Vector Algebra.
Determinants and Inverse Matrices.
Systems of Linear Equations.

Mathematics for economists Carl P. Simon, Lawrence Blume- W.W. Norton and Company, Inc.
Only:Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Appendix 4 .

Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis
Knut Sydsæter, Peter Hammond, Arne Strøm
Only :Chapter1, Chapter 2,Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5 , Chapter 6 , Chapter 7 , Chapter 8, Chapter 9 , Chapter 15, Chapter 16

Functions of One Variable. Properties of Functions. Differentiation. Derivatives in Use. Single-Variable Optimization. Integration. Matrix and Vector Algebra. Determinants and Inverse Matrices. Systems of Linear Equations.

Mathematics for economists Carl P. Simon, Lawrence Blume- W.W. Norton and Company, Inc.
Only: Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Appendix 4.

or

Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis
Knut Sydsæter, Peter Hammond, Arne Strøm
Only : Chapter1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 15, Chapter 16.

Logic and set theory:
Propositions. Logical operations with propositions. Logical implication. Sets. Operations with sets. Cartesian product. Applications. Injective and surjective applications. One-to-one correspondence. Inverse application.
Numeric numbers and sets: Natural numbers. Integer or relative numbers. Rational numbers. Real numbers and representation on the line. Bounded sets. Upper and lower extreme of sets of rational and real numbers. Intervals and neighborhoods. Accumulation, internal, isolated points. Open sets and closed sets.
Summations and products: Definition of summation. Properties. Special sums. Sum of the first n natural numbers. Arithmetic and geometric progressions and sum of their first n terms. Factorial.
Real functions of a real variable:
Definition of a real function of a real variable. The Euclidean plane and the graph of a function. Injective and surjective functions and graph. Even and odd functions. Increasing and decreasing functions. Concave and convex functions. Bounded functions. Compositin function. Inverse function, monotonicity and invertibility, inverse function graph. Elementary functions. Functions with two laws. Transforming graphs. Domain of a function.
Sequences and numerical series: Definition of a sequence. Converging and divergent sequences. Monotone sequences and regularity theorem (w.p.). Limits of sequnces. Definition of numerical series. NC for convergence (w.p.). Cauchy criterion. Geometric, Mengoli, harmonic and generalized harmonic series.
Limits: Definition of limit. Convergence and divergence. Right limit and left limit. Vertical and horizontal asymptotes. Limit uniqueness theorem (w.p.). Sign permanence theorem in direct and inverse form (w.p.). Comparison theorem. Limit checks. Operations with limits. Indeterminate forms.
Infinitesimals and infinities: Definition of infinitesimal and infinite. Comparing infinitesimals and infinities. Order of infinitesimals and infinities. Propagation of the order. Computing limits with infinitesimals and infinities (w.p.).
Continuity and discontinuity: Definition of continuity. Limits and continuity. Classification of discontinuity points. Continuity of rational functions. Continuity of the inverse. Continuity of composition functions. Theorem of zeros (w.p.). Weierstrass theorem. Darboux's theorem (w.p.).
Differential calculus: Derivative of a function. Geometric interpretation. Derivability and continuity (w.p.) Points of non-derivability. Higher order derivatives. Derivatives of elementary functions. Rules of derivation. Chain rule. Derivative of the inverse function. Differential. First order approximation (w.p.). Taylor and McLaurin polynomial. Approximations of higher order. Stationary points. Local maxima and minima. First order necessary conditions for the existence of local maxima and minima. Fermat's theorem (w.p.). Rolle's theorem (w.p.). Lagrange theorem (w.p.). Lagrange theorem,s corollaries: zero-derivative functions (w.p.). Relations between monotonicity and derivative sign (w.p.). Local concave and convex functions. Relationship between the second order derivative and the concavity (w.p.). Points of inflection. Sufficient second order conditions for the existence of relative maxima and minima (w.p.). Sufficient conditions of order n for the existence of relative maxima and minima or inflections points (w.p.). De L'Hôpital theorem and application to limit calculus.
Graph of a function: Representation of the graph of a function on the Euclidean plane. Oblique asymptotes.
Integral calculus:
Primitive functions. Indefinite integral. Characterization of the set of primitives (w.p.). Properties of the indefinite integral. Integral of elementary functions. Integration by parts (w.p.). Integration by substitution (w.p.). Definite integral. Properties of the definite integral. Integral function. Integral mean theorem(c.d.). Fundamental theorem of integral calculus (w.p.). Corollary to Torricelli-Barrow's theorem: relationship between the definite integral and the indefinite integral (w.p.). Applications.
Linear algebra:
Vectors and vector spaces. Geometric representation of vectors. Linear combination of vectors. Linearly dependent and independent vectors. Rank of a set of vectors. Matrices. Operations with matrices. Product rows by columns. Particular matrices. Transposed matrix. Determinant of a matrix of order n. Properties of the determinant. Rank of a matrix. Rank and linear independence of vectors. Systems of linear equations. Cramer's theorem. Rouché-Capelli theorem. Homogeneous systems. Parametric systems.
(w.p.)=”with proof”

Notes can be downloaded online from the course website

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CORPORATE ORGANISATIONS
1) The firm as an economic entity: General characteristics of the firm. Corporate entities: legal and economic identity. Types of firms.
2) The firm in its broader economic perspective: The enterprise as an individual economic undertaking: private enterprises and state-owned enterprises. The company’s purpose. Financial and economic stability as a prerequisite of a company’s existence. Economic stability and different types of economic operability. Payment for operating and production inputs used by enterprises. Corporate risk and who bears it. Income and company profitability.
3) The organizational structure as part of the decision-making process; management control in modern corporations: Evolution of the corporate organizational models shaping the decision-making structure. Control exercised in corporations by different stakeholders. The planning and control function in modern corporations.
4) Corporate funding: Capital requirements, and how much is needed. Corporate funding: equity and debt capital in their various forms. Funding through cash generation. Capital structure of the company; choice of cost-efficient financing options; the dynamic relationship between equity and debt capital. Short-term capital and long-term financing.
MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT OF COMPANY PERFORMANCE
1) The accounting logic: Rationale. Nature of data to be examined. Methodologies. The corporate record-keeping system in a broad sense.
2) Accounting practice: The theory of double entry bookkeeping. Double entry bookkeeping applied to manufacturing companies. Bookkeeping entries for general business transactions, initiating joint-stock companies, special transactions (wages and salaries, financial transactions etc…), adjusting entries and year-end closing entries. Practical exercises in applying accounting record-keeping systems and measurement principles to business transactions.

Paoloni M., Paoloni P. (a cura di), Introduzione ed orientamento allo studio delle aziende, Giappichelli, 2009
Paoloni M., Celli, M. (a cura di), Introduzione alla contabilità generale, CEDAM, 2012

Alternatively:

David Boddy, Management: an Introduction, Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2011
Leslie K. Breitner and Robert N. Anthony, Essentials of Accounting, Pearson, 2013

Part I: The Economy of the Company: Business Economics and Accounting. The study of the conditions of existence of the corporate body; the personal component and the operating means of the company. Object of the company. Corporate subjects: "legal entities" and "economic subject". Organization. The organizational structures. Various types of company. The institution of the company, its location, its size.
The supply company: general characteristics and management schemes. Production companies for the exchange of goods and services: companies. The aims of the company. The economic balance as a fundamental condition of the life of the company. Economic balance and economy. The possible ways of remunerating the productive factors used by the company. The business risk and the subjects on which it weighs. Business efficiency. The process of forming the company's income. The capital requirement and its determination. Company financing: equity and credit capital in their various forms; corporate self-financing; the choice of convenient forms of financing; the dynamic relationship between equity and credit capital. The financial structure of the company.
The process of dimensional growth of companies: the main characteristics, nature, structure, internal exchange and production operations in groups of companies.
Part II: Accounting elements: Double-entry theory and method. The double-entry method applied to the income system in production companies. The accounting records of the incorporation operations and of the main operations. The accounts for closing and reopening the accounts.

Zanda, Fondamenti di Economia Aziendale, Giappichelli, ultima edizione
oppure
Zanda, Lineamenti di Economia Aziendale, Kappa, ultima edizione

L. MUSERRA, T.ONESTI, Esercitazioni di economia aziendale, Giappichelli, 2013 (ebook, available on the website giappichelli.it).
Please refer to the onestieconomiaaziendale.wordpress.com course page for course material.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CORPORATE ORGANISATIONS
1) The firm as an economic entity: General characteristics of the firm. Corporate entities: legal and economic identity. Types of firms.
2) The firm in its broader economic perspective: The enterprise as an individual economic undertaking: private enterprises and state-owned enterprises. The company’s purpose. Financial and economic stability as a prerequisite of a company’s existence. Economic stability and different types of economic operability. Payment for operating and production inputs used by enterprises. Corporate risk and who bears it. Income and company profitability.
3) The organizational structure as part of the decision-making process; management control in modern corporations: Evolution of the corporate organizational models shaping the decision-making structure. Control exercised in corporations by different stakeholders. The planning and control function in modern corporations.
4) Corporate funding: Capital requirements, and how much is needed. Corporate funding: equity and debt capital in their various forms. Funding through cash generation. Capital structure of the company; choice of cost-efficient financing options; the dynamic relationship between equity and debt capital. Short-term capital and long-term financing.
MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT OF COMPANY PERFORMANCE
1) The accounting logic: Rationale. Nature of data to be examined. Methodologies. The corporate record-keeping system in a broad sense.
2) Accounting practice: The theory of double entry bookkeeping. Double entry bookkeeping applied to manufacturing companies. Bookkeeping entries for general business transactions, initiating joint-stock companies, special transactions (wages and salaries, financial transactions etc…), adjusting entries and year-end closing entries. Practical exercises in applying accounting record-keeping systems and measurement principles to business transactions.

Paoloni M., Paoloni P. (a cura di), Introduzione ed orientamento allo studio delle aziende, Giappichelli, 2009
Paoloni M., Celli, M. (a cura di), Introduzione alla contabilità generale, CEDAM, 2012

Alternatively:

David Boddy, Management: an Introduction, Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2011
Leslie K. Breitner and Robert N. Anthony, Essentials of Accounting, Pearson, 2013

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

Elements of the theory of production
- inputs, outputs and production methods
- the subsistence economy
- the economy with a surplus
The surplus approach to commodity value and income distribution
- the relevance of social and institutional elements to income distribution
- the explanation of the real wage rate
- the "core" of the classical approach
- the link between profit rate and relative prices
- the price equations
- the classical theory of rent
The theory of consumer choice
- budget set and budget constraint
- preferences
- consumer choice
- consumer-good demand curves
The theory of firm choice
- the function of production
- profit maximisation
- isoquants and isocosts
- the output expansion path and long-term cost curves
Production factors and the marginalist explanation of income distribution
- marginal and average productivity of factors
- the demand curves of factors of production
- equilibrium between supply and demand for factors of production
Market forms
- perfect competition
- monopoly
- Cournot oligopoly
- Stackelberg oligopoly
Introduction to the welfare economics
- allocations and Edgeworth box
- Pareto improvements and Pareto optima
- first theorem of welfare economics

i) "Elementi di teoria della produzione", Appunti per il corso di Microeconomia - Dispensa n. 1 (teaching material written by R. Ciccone, S.M. Fratini e A. Trezzini).
ii) "La teoria classica della distribuzione e dei prezzi relativi", Appunti per il corso di Microeconomia - Dispensa n. 2 (teaching material written by R. Ciccone, S.M. Fratini e A. Trezzini).
iii) "La teoria marginalista della distribuzione e dei prezzi relativi", Appunti per il corso di Microeconomia - Dispensa n. 3 (teaching material written by R. Ciccone, S.M. Fratini e A. Trezzini).
iv) R.H. Frank, Microeconomia. McGraw-Hill Libri Italia, Milano.
v) "Glossario ed Esercizi Svolti di Microeconomia" (teaching material written by S.M. Fratini e D. Pignalosa).

An introduction to the fundamental ideas of statistics. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, confidence intervals, and testing hypotheses, as well as the basics of Chi-square tests, regression and correlation.

1) L. PIERACCINI, A. NACCARATO. LEZIONI DI STATISTICA DESCRITTIVA, GIAPPICHELLI, 2003.
2) L. PIERACCINI. FONDAMENTI DI INFERENZA STATISTICA. II EDIZ. GIAPPICHELLI, 2007.

OR ONE AMONG:
- S.M. ROSS. INTRODUZIONE ALLA STATISTICA, APOGEO, 2008.
- D. PICCOLO. STATISTICA PER LE DECISIONI, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, EDIZIONE 2010.
- D.S. MOORE. STATISTICA DI BASE, APOGEO, 2005.

This graduate level course covers the following topics:
An overview of statistics
Data description: scales of measurement, how to describe data graphically for categorical data (pie chart, bar chart) and graphs for quantitative variables (histogram, pie chart)
How to describe data by summary statistics: measures of central tendency, variability and skewness.
How to create a box plot
How probability and probability distributions are involved in statistics
How binomial distributions are involved in statistics
The role that normal distributions play in statistics
Simple random sampling and sampling distribution of sample mean, central limit theorem, normal approximation to the binomial
Differentiation between a population and a sample, how to use a statistic to estimate a population parameter, confidence interval and its interpretation, inferences of population mean and proportion
Confidence interval for population mean, Sample size needed for estimating the population mean with a specified confidence level and specified width of the interval
Hypothesis testing: in terms of how to set up Null and Alternative hypotheses, understanding Type I and Type II errors, performing a statistical test for the population mean
p-value, how to compute it and how to use it
Inferences about μ with σ unknown: the t-distribution and the assumptions required to check in order to use it
How to compare the mean of two populations for independent samples: using pooled variances t-test versus separate variances t-test
How to compare the mean of two populations for paired data
How to compare two population proportions
Using contingency table and the Chi-square test of independence
Understanding concepts related to linear regression models including, least squares method, correlation, inferences about the parameters in the linear regression model

The course the course is taught in Italian so textbooks are in Italian:
- G. Cicchitelli, Statsitica: Principi e Metodi, Pearson Education, 3/Eds
- Sebastiani M. R. (2015) “Esercitazioni di statistica”. Esculapio Editore, 3° edizione.
For English speaking students a textbook is:
Introductory Statistics for Business and Economics by Thomas H. Wonnacott and Ronald J. Wonnacott
John Wiley & Sons Inc; International 2 Revised ed
Notes and handout (in Italian) are available at the web page of the course.

The course is composed by modules. The first two modules include the following legal categories: sources of law; subjective juridical situations; physical and juridical persons; fact, act and trade; obligations; contracts in general. The third part focuses on the forms of transfer of familial property, with particular emphasis on the discipline of family law and succession.

- M. NUZZO: INTRODUZIONE ALLE SCIENZE GIURIDICHE. NORME - SOGGETTI - ATTIVITÀ, 3ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009
- F. MACIOCE: L’OBBLIGAZIONE E IL CONTRATTO, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2007
A SCELTA DELLO STUDENTE: - L. ROSSI CARLEO, E. BELLISARIO, V. CUFFARO, FAMIGLIA E SUCCESSIONI. LE FORME DI CIRCOLAZIONE DELLA RICCHEZZA FAMILIARE, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009, CAPITOLI: I, II, III, IV (SOLO PARR. 1 E 3), VI, VII, IX, XI, XII, XIII
OPPURE
- A. BELLELLI, A.G. CIANCI, BENI E SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE DI APPARTENENZA. TRA DIRITTI REALI E NEW PROPERTIES, GIAPPICHELLI, 2008

IL CORSO È ARTICOLATO IN TRE MODULI DIDATTICI DELLA DURATA DI 20 ORE CIASCUNO.
I PRIMI DUE MODULI, DI BASE, RIGUARDANO LA PARTE GENERALE (FONTI DEL DIRITTO - SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE SOGGETTIVE - PERSONA FISICA E GIURIDICA - FATTO, ATTO E NEGOZIO - OBBLIGAZIONI - CONTRATTI IN GENERALE).
IL TERZO MODULO HA AD OGGETTO LE FORME DI CIRCOLAZIONE DELLA RICCHEZZA FAMILIARE, CON PARTICOLARE RIGUARDO ALLA DISCIPLINA DELLA FAMIGLIA E DELLE SUCCESSIONI. ESSO PUÒ, A SCELTA DELLO STUDENTE, ESSERE SOSTITUITO DALLO STUDIO DELLE SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE SOGGETTIVE AVENTI AD OGGETTO I BENI GIURIDICI, CON PARTICOLARE RIFERIMENTO ANCHE ALLE NEW PROPERTIES E AI BENI IMMATERIALI.

- M. NUZZO: INTRODUZIONE ALLE SCIENZE GIURIDICHE. NORME - SOGGETTI - ATTIVITÀ, 3ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009
- F. MACIOCE: L’OBBLIGAZIONE E IL CONTRATTO, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2007
A SCELTA DELLO STUDENTE: - L. ROSSI CARLEO, E. BELLISARIO, V. CUFFARO, FAMIGLIA E SUCCESSIONI. LE FORME DI CIRCOLAZIONE DELLA RICCHEZZA FAMILIARE, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009, CAPITOLI: I, II, III, IV (SOLO PARR. 1 E 3), VI, VII, IX, XI, XII, XIII
OPPURE
- A. BELLELLI, A.G. CIANCI, BENI E SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE DI APPARTENENZA. TRA DIRITTI REALI E NEW PROPERTIES, GIAPPICHELLI, 2008

The course is structured in three parts:
1) The company and the strategy
2) The functions of company management
3) Operational management

Specifically, the course deals with:
Firms and their roles
Firm and their environment
Stakeholders theory
Theory of the firm
Strategic management of the company
The competitive analysis
Evolution of sectors and competitive structures
The Resource Based View
The competitive advantage
The growth of the company
The roles of corporate management: management, programming, control, human resources, information systems, knowledge management
Operational management: marketing, production, finance, logistics, innovation, administration

Teaching material is as follows:
• textbook: Sciarelli (2014) La gestione dell’impresa. Tra teoria e pratica aziendale, CEDAM
• Slides
• Notes
• Any video used and indicated
• Any case and exercise
• Guest Speeches
• Additional material shared by students for supplementary activities

Students interested in better examining the topics are kindly invited to discuss with the instructor.

1. PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS Money, time and risks. Present and future value, principal and interest. Contracts, exchange, prices. The risks.

2. FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCIAL CONTRACTS EVALUATION
2.1 EVALUATION IN CERTAINTY CONDITIONS Financial laws in certainty conditions. The exponential law. Annuities and mortgages. Internal rate of return on a financial transaction. Theory of financial equivalence laws.
2.2 FINANCIAL OPERATIONS IN THE MARKET. Value function and market price. The term structure. Duration indices and variability indices. Arbitrage valuations of floating rate notes. Interest Rate Swap. Term structure measurement. Term structure evolution. Introduction to financial options. Basic elements on equity options. Basic elements on traditional life insurance contracts.

David G. Luenberger
Investment Science
Oxford University Press (any edition)

Annamaria Olivieri, Ermanno Pitacco
Introduction to Insurance Mathematics
Springer, 2011

1. PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS Money, time and risks. Present and future value, principal and interest. Contracts, exchange, prices. The risks.

2. FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCIAL CONTRACTS VALUATION

2.1 VALUATION IN CERTAINTY CONDITIONS Financial laws under certainty conditions. The exponential law. Annuities and mortgages. Internal rate of return of a financial transaction. Theory of financial laws.

2.2 FINANCIAL OPERATIONS IN THE MARKET. Value function and market price. The term structure. Duration indices and variability indices. Arbitrage valuation of floating rate notes. Interest Rate Swap. Term structure measurement. Term structure evolution. Introduction to financial options. Basic elements on equity options. Basic elements on traditional life insurance contracts.

David G. Luenberger
Investment Science
Oxford University Press (any edition)

Annamaria Olivieri, Ermanno Pitacco
Introduction to Insurance Mathematics
Springer, 2011

Technique and technology; Technical progress and economy; evolution of technology. Technological innovation: definition, classification; main theories on technological innovation; Technological innovation and effects in the short, medium and long term. Research and innovation.
Industrial automation: meaning and historical evolution. The map of industrial automation: classification criteria. Market and development of industrial automation
technology and production organization: from the steam engine to the assembly line; from mechanization to lean production through rigid and flexible automation. The integrated system and the automated system.
Relationship between organization of production processes and organization of work and company: traditional organization; enlarged; systemic; integrated.
Systems of coordination and control of company organization and current trends: from the hierarchical model to the holonic-virtual company.
Production processes: The new needs and the strategic parameters of production. Main kind of production processes: job shop process, batch, line and continuous.
Production cycles: technological, economic and environmental aspects.
Production management: Production plans. Demand forecasts. Project Management. Material management. Production control.
Production management techniques: The push and pull logic. The Just in Time logic and Lean Production. The MRP II system. The new production management models.
Quality: historical evolution; quality management and tools.

Greasley A., (2013), Operations Management, Third edition, Wiley

the class analyzes the following matters: entrepreneur's general rules; individual and collective entrepreneur; the company; partnership and corporation; cooperative societies; company modifications; auxiliary entrepreneur; the farm; debt securities general principles and promissory note; bankruptcy law general principles.

V. BUONOCORE (A CURA DI), MANUALE DI DIRITTO COMMERCIALE, TORINO, GIAPPICHELLI, LAST EDITION

The course will cover the following topics:
1. The entrepreneur (of any kind).
2. The rules set forth for the commercial enterprises.
2. Companies and other business organizations.
4. The joint-stock company and the limited partnership by shares.
5. Transformation, merger and spin-off.
6. The co-operative companies, the consortia and the joint-ventures.
7. Bankrupcy (general principles).

V. Buonocore (a cura di), Manuale di diritto commerciale, Torino, Giappichelli, ultima edizione:
parte I, cap. I e cap. II
parte I, cap. IV e cap. V;
parte I, cap. VIII;
parte II, tutta;
parte V, sez. I e sez. II, parag. 1 e parag. 2
parte VI, sez. I.

Si consiglia lo studio della materia con l’ausilio di un Codice civile aggiornato, completo di leggi collegate.

Functions of One Variable.
Properties of Functions .
Differentiation.
Derivatives in Use .
Single-Variable Optimization.
Integration .
Matrix and Vector Algebra.
Determinants and Inverse Matrices.
Systems of Linear Equations.

Mathematics for economists Carl P. Simon, Lawrence Blume- W.W. Norton and Company, Inc.
Only:Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Appendix 4 .

Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis
Knut Sydsæter, Peter Hammond, Arne Strøm
Only :Chapter1, Chapter 2,Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5 , Chapter 6 , Chapter 7 , Chapter 8, Chapter 9 , Chapter 15, Chapter 16

Functions of One Variable. Properties of Functions. Differentiation. Derivatives in Use. Single-Variable Optimization. Integration. Matrix and Vector Algebra. Determinants and Inverse Matrices. Systems of Linear Equations.

Mathematics for economists Carl P. Simon, Lawrence Blume- W.W. Norton and Company, Inc.
Only: Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Appendix 4.

or

Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis
Knut Sydsæter, Peter Hammond, Arne Strøm
Only : Chapter1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 15, Chapter 16.

Logic and set theory:
Propositions. Logical operations with propositions. Logical implication. Sets. Operations with sets. Cartesian product. Applications. Injective and surjective applications. One-to-one correspondence. Inverse application.
Numeric numbers and sets: Natural numbers. Integer or relative numbers. Rational numbers. Real numbers and representation on the line. Bounded sets. Upper and lower extreme of sets of rational and real numbers. Intervals and neighborhoods. Accumulation, internal, isolated points. Open sets and closed sets.
Summations and products: Definition of summation. Properties. Special sums. Sum of the first n natural numbers. Arithmetic and geometric progressions and sum of their first n terms. Factorial.
Real functions of a real variable:
Definition of a real function of a real variable. The Euclidean plane and the graph of a function. Injective and surjective functions and graph. Even and odd functions. Increasing and decreasing functions. Concave and convex functions. Bounded functions. Compositin function. Inverse function, monotonicity and invertibility, inverse function graph. Elementary functions. Functions with two laws. Transforming graphs. Domain of a function.
Sequences and numerical series: Definition of a sequence. Converging and divergent sequences. Monotone sequences and regularity theorem (w.p.). Limits of sequnces. Definition of numerical series. NC for convergence (w.p.). Cauchy criterion. Geometric, Mengoli, harmonic and generalized harmonic series.
Limits: Definition of limit. Convergence and divergence. Right limit and left limit. Vertical and horizontal asymptotes. Limit uniqueness theorem (w.p.). Sign permanence theorem in direct and inverse form (w.p.). Comparison theorem. Limit checks. Operations with limits. Indeterminate forms.
Infinitesimals and infinities: Definition of infinitesimal and infinite. Comparing infinitesimals and infinities. Order of infinitesimals and infinities. Propagation of the order. Computing limits with infinitesimals and infinities (w.p.).
Continuity and discontinuity: Definition of continuity. Limits and continuity. Classification of discontinuity points. Continuity of rational functions. Continuity of the inverse. Continuity of composition functions. Theorem of zeros (w.p.). Weierstrass theorem. Darboux's theorem (w.p.).
Differential calculus: Derivative of a function. Geometric interpretation. Derivability and continuity (w.p.) Points of non-derivability. Higher order derivatives. Derivatives of elementary functions. Rules of derivation. Chain rule. Derivative of the inverse function. Differential. First order approximation (w.p.). Taylor and McLaurin polynomial. Approximations of higher order. Stationary points. Local maxima and minima. First order necessary conditions for the existence of local maxima and minima. Fermat's theorem (w.p.). Rolle's theorem (w.p.). Lagrange theorem (w.p.). Lagrange theorem,s corollaries: zero-derivative functions (w.p.). Relations between monotonicity and derivative sign (w.p.). Local concave and convex functions. Relationship between the second order derivative and the concavity (w.p.). Points of inflection. Sufficient second order conditions for the existence of relative maxima and minima (w.p.). Sufficient conditions of order n for the existence of relative maxima and minima or inflections points (w.p.). De L'Hôpital theorem and application to limit calculus.
Graph of a function: Representation of the graph of a function on the Euclidean plane. Oblique asymptotes.
Integral calculus:
Primitive functions. Indefinite integral. Characterization of the set of primitives (w.p.). Properties of the indefinite integral. Integral of elementary functions. Integration by parts (w.p.). Integration by substitution (w.p.). Definite integral. Properties of the definite integral. Integral function. Integral mean theorem(c.d.). Fundamental theorem of integral calculus (w.p.). Corollary to Torricelli-Barrow's theorem: relationship between the definite integral and the indefinite integral (w.p.). Applications.
Linear algebra:
Vectors and vector spaces. Geometric representation of vectors. Linear combination of vectors. Linearly dependent and independent vectors. Rank of a set of vectors. Matrices. Operations with matrices. Product rows by columns. Particular matrices. Transposed matrix. Determinant of a matrix of order n. Properties of the determinant. Rank of a matrix. Rank and linear independence of vectors. Systems of linear equations. Cramer's theorem. Rouché-Capelli theorem. Homogeneous systems. Parametric systems.
(w.p.)=”with proof”

Notes can be downloaded online from the course website

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

1. The Economic system. Definitions and measurement of the main macroeconomic aggregates
2. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the Keynesian theory of income and employment
3.The public sector
4. The open economy: balance of payments, exchange rate, external constraint
5. Money and financial activities. The Central Bank and the banking sector, Demand and supply of money, interest rate determination.
6. Aggregate investment and the rate of interest. Controversial aspects.
7. The IS-LM model. Economic policy in the IS-LM model in a closed economy. Effects of changes in nominal wages
8. The IS-LM model for the open economy, exchange rate regimes and the effects of economic policy
9.The AD-AS model and its implications for the theory of output and employment
10. Inflation and unemployment some elements towards an interpretation

C. De Vincenti, MACROECONOMIA - ELEMENTI DI BASE, editore Carocci, 2003 (except parr 9.5 e 9.6 and chapt. 10) + macroeconomics hand-outs by prof. Antonella Stirati available at the library

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CORPORATE ORGANISATIONS
1) The firm as an economic entity: General characteristics of the firm. Corporate entities: legal and economic identity. Types of firms.
2) The firm in its broader economic perspective: The enterprise as an individual economic undertaking: private enterprises and state-owned enterprises. The company’s purpose. Financial and economic stability as a prerequisite of a company’s existence. Economic stability and different types of economic operability. Payment for operating and production inputs used by enterprises. Corporate risk and who bears it. Income and company profitability.
3) The organizational structure as part of the decision-making process; management control in modern corporations: Evolution of the corporate organizational models shaping the decision-making structure. Control exercised in corporations by different stakeholders. The planning and control function in modern corporations.
4) Corporate funding: Capital requirements, and how much is needed. Corporate funding: equity and debt capital in their various forms. Funding through cash generation. Capital structure of the company; choice of cost-efficient financing options; the dynamic relationship between equity and debt capital. Short-term capital and long-term financing.
MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT OF COMPANY PERFORMANCE
1) The accounting logic: Rationale. Nature of data to be examined. Methodologies. The corporate record-keeping system in a broad sense.
2) Accounting practice: The theory of double entry bookkeeping. Double entry bookkeeping applied to manufacturing companies. Bookkeeping entries for general business transactions, initiating joint-stock companies, special transactions (wages and salaries, financial transactions etc…), adjusting entries and year-end closing entries. Practical exercises in applying accounting record-keeping systems and measurement principles to business transactions.

Paoloni M., Paoloni P. (a cura di), Introduzione ed orientamento allo studio delle aziende, Giappichelli, 2009
Paoloni M., Celli, M. (a cura di), Introduzione alla contabilità generale, CEDAM, 2012

Alternatively:

David Boddy, Management: an Introduction, Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2011
Leslie K. Breitner and Robert N. Anthony, Essentials of Accounting, Pearson, 2013

Part I: The Economy of the Company: Business Economics and Accounting. The study of the conditions of existence of the corporate body; the personal component and the operating means of the company. Object of the company. Corporate subjects: "legal entities" and "economic subject". Organization. The organizational structures. Various types of company. The institution of the company, its location, its size.
The supply company: general characteristics and management schemes. Production companies for the exchange of goods and services: companies. The aims of the company. The economic balance as a fundamental condition of the life of the company. Economic balance and economy. The possible ways of remunerating the productive factors used by the company. The business risk and the subjects on which it weighs. Business efficiency. The process of forming the company's income. The capital requirement and its determination. Company financing: equity and credit capital in their various forms; corporate self-financing; the choice of convenient forms of financing; the dynamic relationship between equity and credit capital. The financial structure of the company.
The process of dimensional growth of companies: the main characteristics, nature, structure, internal exchange and production operations in groups of companies.
Part II: Accounting elements: Double-entry theory and method. The double-entry method applied to the income system in production companies. The accounting records of the incorporation operations and of the main operations. The accounts for closing and reopening the accounts.

Zanda, Fondamenti di Economia Aziendale, Giappichelli, ultima edizione
oppure
Zanda, Lineamenti di Economia Aziendale, Kappa, ultima edizione

L. MUSERRA, T.ONESTI, Esercitazioni di economia aziendale, Giappichelli, 2013 (ebook, available on the website giappichelli.it).
Please refer to the onestieconomiaaziendale.wordpress.com course page for course material.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CORPORATE ORGANISATIONS
1) The firm as an economic entity: General characteristics of the firm. Corporate entities: legal and economic identity. Types of firms.
2) The firm in its broader economic perspective: The enterprise as an individual economic undertaking: private enterprises and state-owned enterprises. The company’s purpose. Financial and economic stability as a prerequisite of a company’s existence. Economic stability and different types of economic operability. Payment for operating and production inputs used by enterprises. Corporate risk and who bears it. Income and company profitability.
3) The organizational structure as part of the decision-making process; management control in modern corporations: Evolution of the corporate organizational models shaping the decision-making structure. Control exercised in corporations by different stakeholders. The planning and control function in modern corporations.
4) Corporate funding: Capital requirements, and how much is needed. Corporate funding: equity and debt capital in their various forms. Funding through cash generation. Capital structure of the company; choice of cost-efficient financing options; the dynamic relationship between equity and debt capital. Short-term capital and long-term financing.
MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT OF COMPANY PERFORMANCE
1) The accounting logic: Rationale. Nature of data to be examined. Methodologies. The corporate record-keeping system in a broad sense.
2) Accounting practice: The theory of double entry bookkeeping. Double entry bookkeeping applied to manufacturing companies. Bookkeeping entries for general business transactions, initiating joint-stock companies, special transactions (wages and salaries, financial transactions etc…), adjusting entries and year-end closing entries. Practical exercises in applying accounting record-keeping systems and measurement principles to business transactions.

Paoloni M., Paoloni P. (a cura di), Introduzione ed orientamento allo studio delle aziende, Giappichelli, 2009
Paoloni M., Celli, M. (a cura di), Introduzione alla contabilità generale, CEDAM, 2012

Alternatively:

David Boddy, Management: an Introduction, Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2011
Leslie K. Breitner and Robert N. Anthony, Essentials of Accounting, Pearson, 2013

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

The program includes:
Introduction to law
Forms of State and forms of Government
Beyond the State: the EU
The sources of law
Parliament and its functions
Institutes of direct democracy
The abrogative referendum.
The Government and its functions
The President of the Republic and his attributions
Principles on the subject of Administration
The other organs
Local ordering
Rights and freedom
The economic Constitution
Judicial power
Constitutional Justice

It is recommended the study of one of the following books:
R. BIN – G. PITRUZZELLA, Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
P. CARETTI – U. DE SIERVO, Istituzioni di Diritto pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
F. Modugno (a cura di), Diritto Pubblico, Torino, Giappichelli, latest edition
C. ROSSANO, Manuale di Diritto pubblico, Napoli, Jovene, latest edition

Elements of the theory of production
- inputs, outputs and production methods
- the subsistence economy
- the economy with a surplus
The surplus approach to commodity value and income distribution
- the relevance of social and institutional elements to income distribution
- the explanation of the real wage rate
- the "core" of the classical approach
- the link between profit rate and relative prices
- the price equations
- the classical theory of rent
The theory of consumer choice
- budget set and budget constraint
- preferences
- consumer choice
- consumer-good demand curves
The theory of firm choice
- the function of production
- profit maximisation
- isoquants and isocosts
- the output expansion path and long-term cost curves
Production factors and the marginalist explanation of income distribution
- marginal and average productivity of factors
- the demand curves of factors of production
- equilibrium between supply and demand for factors of production
Market forms
- perfect competition
- monopoly
- Cournot oligopoly
- Stackelberg oligopoly
Introduction to the welfare economics
- allocations and Edgeworth box
- Pareto improvements and Pareto optima
- first theorem of welfare economics

i) "Elementi di teoria della produzione", Appunti per il corso di Microeconomia - Dispensa n. 1 (teaching material written by R. Ciccone, S.M. Fratini e A. Trezzini).
ii) "La teoria classica della distribuzione e dei prezzi relativi", Appunti per il corso di Microeconomia - Dispensa n. 2 (teaching material written by R. Ciccone, S.M. Fratini e A. Trezzini).
iii) "La teoria marginalista della distribuzione e dei prezzi relativi", Appunti per il corso di Microeconomia - Dispensa n. 3 (teaching material written by R. Ciccone, S.M. Fratini e A. Trezzini).
iv) R.H. Frank, Microeconomia. McGraw-Hill Libri Italia, Milano.
v) "Glossario ed Esercizi Svolti di Microeconomia" (teaching material written by S.M. Fratini e D. Pignalosa).

An introduction to the fundamental ideas of statistics. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, confidence intervals, and testing hypotheses, as well as the basics of Chi-square tests, regression and correlation.

1) L. PIERACCINI, A. NACCARATO. LEZIONI DI STATISTICA DESCRITTIVA, GIAPPICHELLI, 2003.
2) L. PIERACCINI. FONDAMENTI DI INFERENZA STATISTICA. II EDIZ. GIAPPICHELLI, 2007.

OR ONE AMONG:
- S.M. ROSS. INTRODUZIONE ALLA STATISTICA, APOGEO, 2008.
- D. PICCOLO. STATISTICA PER LE DECISIONI, IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, EDIZIONE 2010.
- D.S. MOORE. STATISTICA DI BASE, APOGEO, 2005.

This graduate level course covers the following topics:
An overview of statistics
Data description: scales of measurement, how to describe data graphically for categorical data (pie chart, bar chart) and graphs for quantitative variables (histogram, pie chart)
How to describe data by summary statistics: measures of central tendency, variability and skewness.
How to create a box plot
How probability and probability distributions are involved in statistics
How binomial distributions are involved in statistics
The role that normal distributions play in statistics
Simple random sampling and sampling distribution of sample mean, central limit theorem, normal approximation to the binomial
Differentiation between a population and a sample, how to use a statistic to estimate a population parameter, confidence interval and its interpretation, inferences of population mean and proportion
Confidence interval for population mean, Sample size needed for estimating the population mean with a specified confidence level and specified width of the interval
Hypothesis testing: in terms of how to set up Null and Alternative hypotheses, understanding Type I and Type II errors, performing a statistical test for the population mean
p-value, how to compute it and how to use it
Inferences about μ with σ unknown: the t-distribution and the assumptions required to check in order to use it
How to compare the mean of two populations for independent samples: using pooled variances t-test versus separate variances t-test
How to compare the mean of two populations for paired data
How to compare two population proportions
Using contingency table and the Chi-square test of independence
Understanding concepts related to linear regression models including, least squares method, correlation, inferences about the parameters in the linear regression model

The course the course is taught in Italian so textbooks are in Italian:
- G. Cicchitelli, Statsitica: Principi e Metodi, Pearson Education, 3/Eds
- Sebastiani M. R. (2015) “Esercitazioni di statistica”. Esculapio Editore, 3° edizione.
For English speaking students a textbook is:
Introductory Statistics for Business and Economics by Thomas H. Wonnacott and Ronald J. Wonnacott
John Wiley & Sons Inc; International 2 Revised ed
Notes and handout (in Italian) are available at the web page of the course.

The course is composed by modules. The first two modules include the following legal categories: sources of law; subjective juridical situations; physical and juridical persons; fact, act and trade; obligations; contracts in general. The third part focuses on the forms of transfer of familial property, with particular emphasis on the discipline of family law and succession.

- M. NUZZO: INTRODUZIONE ALLE SCIENZE GIURIDICHE. NORME - SOGGETTI - ATTIVITÀ, 3ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009
- F. MACIOCE: L’OBBLIGAZIONE E IL CONTRATTO, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2007
A SCELTA DELLO STUDENTE: - L. ROSSI CARLEO, E. BELLISARIO, V. CUFFARO, FAMIGLIA E SUCCESSIONI. LE FORME DI CIRCOLAZIONE DELLA RICCHEZZA FAMILIARE, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009, CAPITOLI: I, II, III, IV (SOLO PARR. 1 E 3), VI, VII, IX, XI, XII, XIII
OPPURE
- A. BELLELLI, A.G. CIANCI, BENI E SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE DI APPARTENENZA. TRA DIRITTI REALI E NEW PROPERTIES, GIAPPICHELLI, 2008

IL CORSO È ARTICOLATO IN TRE MODULI DIDATTICI DELLA DURATA DI 20 ORE CIASCUNO.
I PRIMI DUE MODULI, DI BASE, RIGUARDANO LA PARTE GENERALE (FONTI DEL DIRITTO - SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE SOGGETTIVE - PERSONA FISICA E GIURIDICA - FATTO, ATTO E NEGOZIO - OBBLIGAZIONI - CONTRATTI IN GENERALE).
IL TERZO MODULO HA AD OGGETTO LE FORME DI CIRCOLAZIONE DELLA RICCHEZZA FAMILIARE, CON PARTICOLARE RIGUARDO ALLA DISCIPLINA DELLA FAMIGLIA E DELLE SUCCESSIONI. ESSO PUÒ, A SCELTA DELLO STUDENTE, ESSERE SOSTITUITO DALLO STUDIO DELLE SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE SOGGETTIVE AVENTI AD OGGETTO I BENI GIURIDICI, CON PARTICOLARE RIFERIMENTO ANCHE ALLE NEW PROPERTIES E AI BENI IMMATERIALI.

- M. NUZZO: INTRODUZIONE ALLE SCIENZE GIURIDICHE. NORME - SOGGETTI - ATTIVITÀ, 3ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009
- F. MACIOCE: L’OBBLIGAZIONE E IL CONTRATTO, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2007
A SCELTA DELLO STUDENTE: - L. ROSSI CARLEO, E. BELLISARIO, V. CUFFARO, FAMIGLIA E SUCCESSIONI. LE FORME DI CIRCOLAZIONE DELLA RICCHEZZA FAMILIARE, 2ª ED., GIAPPICHELLI, 2009, CAPITOLI: I, II, III, IV (SOLO PARR. 1 E 3), VI, VII, IX, XI, XII, XIII
OPPURE
- A. BELLELLI, A.G. CIANCI, BENI E SITUAZIONI GIURIDICHE DI APPARTENENZA. TRA DIRITTI REALI E NEW PROPERTIES, GIAPPICHELLI, 2008

The course is structured in three parts:
1) The company and the strategy
2) The functions of company management
3) Operational management

Specifically, the course deals with:
Firms and their roles
Firm and their environment
Stakeholders theory
Theory of the firm
Strategic management of the company
The competitive analysis
Evolution of sectors and competitive structures
The Resource Based View
The competitive advantage
The growth of the company
The roles of corporate management: management, programming, control, human resources, information systems, knowledge management
Operational management: marketing, production, finance, logistics, innovation, administration

Teaching material is as follows:
• textbook: Sciarelli (2014) La gestione dell’impresa. Tra teoria e pratica aziendale, CEDAM
• Slides
• Notes
• Any video used and indicated
• Any case and exercise
• Guest Speeches
• Additional material shared by students for supplementary activities

Students interested in better examining the topics are kindly invited to discuss with the instructor.

1. PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS Money, time and risks. Present and future value, principal and interest. Contracts, exchange, prices. The risks.

2. FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCIAL CONTRACTS EVALUATION
2.1 EVALUATION IN CERTAINTY CONDITIONS Financial laws in certainty conditions. The exponential law. Annuities and mortgages. Internal rate of return on a financial transaction. Theory of financial equivalence laws.
2.2 FINANCIAL OPERATIONS IN THE MARKET. Value function and market price. The term structure. Duration indices and variability indices. Arbitrage valuations of floating rate notes. Interest Rate Swap. Term structure measurement. Term structure evolution. Introduction to financial options. Basic elements on equity options. Basic elements on traditional life insurance contracts.

David G. Luenberger
Investment Science
Oxford University Press (any edition)

Annamaria Olivieri, Ermanno Pitacco
Introduction to Insurance Mathematics
Springer, 2011

1. PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS Money, time and risks. Present and future value, principal and interest. Contracts, exchange, prices. The risks.

2. FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCIAL CONTRACTS VALUATION

2.1 VALUATION IN CERTAINTY CONDITIONS Financial laws under certainty conditions. The exponential law. Annuities and mortgages. Internal rate of return of a financial transaction. Theory of financial laws.

2.2 FINANCIAL OPERATIONS IN THE MARKET. Value function and market price. The term structure. Duration indices and variability indices. Arbitrage valuation of floating rate notes. Interest Rate Swap. Term structure measurement. Term structure evolution. Introduction to financial options. Basic elements on equity options. Basic elements on traditional life insurance contracts.

David G. Luenberger
Investment Science
Oxford University Press (any edition)

Annamaria Olivieri, Ermanno Pitacco
Introduction to Insurance Mathematics
Springer, 2011

The Course aims, first of all, to present the technical characteristics and the economic and management profiles of the securities (instruments). The Course also aims to provide an articulated picture of the stock, bond and derivative markets, with regard to the structure of supply and demand, the regulation, the institutional and organizational profiles.

Banfi A. (ed. by) (2013), I mercati e gli strumenti finanziari (Financial markets and instruments), seventh edition, Isedi, Turin.
Cenni S., Ferretti R. (2006), Economia dei mercati e degli strumenti finanziari (Economics of markets and financial instruments), second edition, Giappichelli Editore, Turin.
Fabrizi P.L. (ed. by) (2013), Economia del mercato mobiliare (Securities market economy), fifth edition, Egea, Milan.

Bond Portfolios. Stock Portfolios. Real Estate Investment. Derivatives.

CASTELLANI, G., DE FELICE, M., MORICONI, F., MANUALE DI FINANZA. TEORIA DEL PORTAFOGLIO E DEL MERCATO AZIONARIO, IL MULINO, 2005
CASTELLANI, G., DE FELICE, M., MORICONI, F., MANUALE DI FINANZA. MODELLI STOCASTICI E CONTRATTI DERIVATI, IL MULINO, 2005

the class analyzes the following matters: entrepreneur's general rules; individual and collective entrepreneur; the company; partnership and corporation; cooperative societies; company modifications; auxiliary entrepreneur; the farm; debt securities general principles and promissory note; bankruptcy law general principles.

V. BUONOCORE (A CURA DI), MANUALE DI DIRITTO COMMERCIALE, TORINO, GIAPPICHELLI, LAST EDITION

The course will cover the following topics:
1. The entrepreneur (of any kind).
2. The rules set forth for the commercial enterprises.
2. Companies and other business organizations.
4. The joint-stock company and the limited partnership by shares.
5. Transformation, merger and spin-off.
6. The co-operative companies, the consortia and the joint-ventures.
7. Bankrupcy (general principles).

V. Buonocore (a cura di), Manuale di diritto commerciale, Torino, Giappichelli, ultima edizione:
parte I, cap. I e cap. II
parte I, cap. IV e cap. V;
parte I, cap. VIII;
parte II, tutta;
parte V, sez. I e sez. II, parag. 1 e parag. 2
parte VI, sez. I.

Si consiglia lo studio della materia con l’ausilio di un Codice civile aggiornato, completo di leggi collegate.

The purpose of the course is to provide exhaustive knowledge of financial intermediaries, markets and the supervisory agency and, particularly, the following matters: financial markets laws; solicitation to the public; services and investment firms; institutional investors; company listed shares rules; controls on the securities market.

- R. COSTI, IL MERCATO MOBILIARE, GIAPPICHELLI, TORINO, LAST EDITION