- Docente: Luigi Alberto Franzoni
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/03
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Business Administration (cod. 0897)
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from Feb 10, 2025 to Mar 12, 2025
Learning outcomes
This course provides an introduction to some important economic topics relevant for business students. At the end of the course, the student should be able to address in autonomy the international literature and should be able update her own skills.
Course contents
1. Intellectual property
a) patents
b) trade secrets,
c) copyright and trademark
2. Economic theories of the firm
a) the firm as authority
b) the firm as a nexus of contrats
c) the firm and specific investment
3. Law and finance
4. International perspective: Italy, Germany, UK, USA,Japan
Readings/Bibliography
Franzoni - Marchesi, Economia e politica economica del diritto, cap. 3, 6, 7.
Hart, Imprese contratti e struttura finanziaria, Giuffrè, cap. 2
(or Nicita e Scoppa, Economia dei contratti, Carocci, cap.8)
Denicolò-Franzoni: Weak Intellectual Property Rights, Research Spillovers, and the Incentive to Innovate , «AMERICAN LAW AND ECONOMICS REVIEW», 2012, 14/1, pp. 111 - 140
Teaching methods
Lectures + students' s presentations
Assessment methods
Written exam. 1 hour.
Office hours
See the website of Luigi Alberto Franzoni
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.