BUSINESS, MARKETS AND COMPETITION
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- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- GIORGIO PRODI
- Credits
- 7
- Curriculum
- Small and medium enterprises(SMEs) in international markets
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- SECS-P/06
Training objectives
- the course will focus on the analysis of the relationships between Geoeconomics and Geopolitics with particular reference to the role of China. The goal is to apply the theoretical and applied tools learned by students during their studies in a specific context. We will focus on the role of industrial policies, on structural change and on how business strategies must adapt to an evolving context
Prerequisites
- none
Course programme
- The topics covered during the course will be the following
• Introduction to the concepts of globalization and policy risks
• Introduction to the Chinese economy
• Chinese history till 1978
• Chinese reforms
• Innovation in China
• BRI and China 2025
• China and US trade war
• Foxconn and semiconductors case studies
• The role of e-platforms
• National security and political risks
• Covid 19 Didactic methods
- lectures, seminars and case studies
Learning assessment procedures
- for attending students: written exam (50% final vote) and presentation of a paper (50%)
not attending: written exam
it will not be possible tu use notes and books during the written exam Reference texts
- for attending students: Naughton B. "The Chinese Economy - Adaptation and Growth", MIT Press 2018 (selected chapters)
Articles presented in the classroom
During the lectures will also be presented films that will be the basis of the classroom discussions.
for non attending students: Naughton B. “The Chinese Economy - Adaptation and Growth”, MIT Press 2018
paper available on the website (different list for non attending students)
