Syllabus
Obiettivi Formativi
Learning Objectives
DANIELA FELISINI
PAOLO PAESANI
Obiettivi Formativi
Risultati dell'apprendimento
Il corso contribuisce al raggiungimento degli obiettivi del corso di laurea, in linea con i profili professionali e gli sbocchi occupazionali previsti, fornendo agli studenti nozioni utili per una comprensione approfondita e critica di alcuni grandi dibattiti della storia del pensiero economico, tra cui:
1) Concorrenza, innovazione, sviluppo
2) Evoluzione delle imprese e delle organizzazioni aziendali
3) Rivoluzioni industriali e globalizzazione
4) Logica dell'intervento dello Stato nell'economia
5) Economie di mercato emergenti e varietà di capitalismo.
CONOSCENZA E COMPRENSIONE: Al termine del corso, gli studenti conosceranno e comprenderanno le tappe fondamentali dello sviluppo della storia dell'economia, dal mercantilismo agli sviluppi più recenti, in una prospettiva comparativa e critica.
APPLICARE CONOSCENZA E COMPRENSIONE: Il corso fornisce gli strumenti per comprendere la complessità delle interazioni tra imprese, mercati e Stati, tenendo conto dell'evoluzione del contesto nazionale e globale. Dopo le lezioni, gli studenti consolideranno la loro conoscenza dei concetti fondamentali della storia dell'economia e la loro capacità di applicare autonomamente le conoscenze acquisite all'analisi critica dei fenomeni economici del presente e del passato.
CAPACITA' DI GIUDIZIO: la capacità di trarre giudizi e conclusioni indipendenti sui principali dibattiti della storia dell'economia e sulla rilevanza di questi dibattiti nel mondo di oggi viene stimolata evidenziando le connessioni tra i concetti sviluppati durante il corso, le nozioni acquisite nei corsi precedenti e i legami tra queste nozioni e i principali problemi economici contemporanei.
CAPACITÀ DI COMUNICAZIONE: Frequentando il corso e interagendo con i due docenti, gli studenti svilupperanno le loro abilità comunicative e la loro capacità di organizzare e condividere ragionamenti articolati, combinando nozioni di storia economica, storia del pensiero economico ed economia.
CAPACITÀ DI APPRENDIMENTO: Attraverso lo studio della storia dell'economia, nella duplice prospettiva della storia delle idee e dei fatti economici, gli studenti acquisiranno la capacità di analizzare e approfondire autonomamente argomenti specifici legati ai contenuti del corso.
Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
The course contributes to the achievement of the objectives of the degree course, in line with the professional profiles and employment outlets envisaged, providing students with notions useful for an in-depth and critical understanding of some major debates in the history of economic thought, including:
1) Competition, innovation, development
2) Evolution of firms and business organisations
3) Industrial revolutions and globalisations
4) Logic of state intervention in the economy
5) Emerging market economies and varieties of capitalism
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
At the end of the course, students will get to know and understand the fundamental stages in the development of business history from mercantilism to more recent developments, in a comparative and critical perspective.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: The course provides tools to understand the complexity of interactions between firms, markets and States, taking into account the evolving domestic and global context. Following the lectures, students will consolidate their knowledge of the fundamental concepts of business history and their ability to independently apply the knowledge they have acquired to the critical analysis of economic phenomena of the present and the past.
MAKING JUDGEMENTS: the ability to draw independent judgments and conclusions about the major debates in business history and the relevance of these debates in today's world is stimulated by highlighting the connections between the concepts developed during the course, the notions acquired in previous courses and the links between these notions and the major contemporary economic problems.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS: By attending the course and interacting with the two lecturers, students will develop their communication skills and their ability to organise and share articulate reasoning, combining notions of economic history, history of economic thought and economics.
LEARNING SKILLS: Through the study of the business history, in the double perspective of the history of economic ideas and facts, the students will acquire the ability to independently analyse and investigate specific topics related to the course contents.
DANIELA FELISINI
Prerequisiti
Prerequisites
Programma
1) Fondamenti di storia dell'impresa: Rivoluzioni industriali e innovazione, prima e seconda globalizzazione
2) Prospettive sulle imprese e sull'economia nella storia del pensiero economico: il mercantilismo, la fisiocrazia, Smith e la divisione del lavoro, Marx e i conflitti del capitalismo, il marginalismo e le imprese che massimizzano il profitto.
3) L'evoluzione del rapporto tra imprese e Stati: il laissez-faire e i suoi limiti, la rivoluzione keynesiana, il dopoguerra e le prospettive attuali.
4) Varietà di capitalismo con particolare attenzione a Brasile, Cina, India e Russia.Il corso si articola in sette settimane.
Ogni settimana si tengono tre lezioni di due ore accademiche ciascuna.
Durante ogni lezione, il docente presenta i contenuti previsti con l'ausilio di presentazioni power point e invita gli studenti alla riflessione critica e al dialogo.
Program
1) Fundamentals of business history: Industrial revolutions and innovation, the first and second globalisation
2) Perspectives on firms and business in the history of economic thought: mercantilism, physiocracy, Smith and the division of labour, Marx and the conflicts of capitalism, marginalism and the profit maximising firms.
3) The changing relationship between firms and states: laissez-faire and its limitations, the Keynesian revolution, post-war and current perspectives
4) Varieties of capitalism with a focus on Brazil, China, India, Russia.
The course is spread over seven weeks. Each week there are three lectures of two academic hours each. During each lecture, the lecturer presents the planned content with the aid of power point presentations and invites students to critical reflection and dialogue.
Testi Adottati
1. Slides del corso.
2. Materiale distribuito dai docenti.
Studenti non frequentanti (frequenza inferiore all'80%):
Gli studenti non frquentanti studieranno UNO dei seguenti libri di testo: 1. Roncaglia, A. (2017) A Brief History of Economic Thought (Breve storia del pensiero economico), Cambridge University Press.2. Amatori, F. A. Colli (eds.), (2019) The Global Economy. Una storia concisa, Routledge. , capitoli: 5,6,7,8,9,15,16,18,19,20,22.
Books
1. Slides of the course.
2. Reading material distributed by the lecturers
Non attending students (below 80% attendance): will study ONE of the following textbooks:
1. Roncaglia, A. (2017) A Brief History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press
2. Amatori, F. A. Colli (eds.), (2019) The Global Economy. A concise history, Routledge. , chapters: 5,6,7,8,9,15,16,18,19,20,22.
Bibliografia
Bibliography
Modalità di svolgimento
Gli studenti concorderanno l'argomento delle loro presentazioni con i docenti e faranno delle presentazioni in Power-point valutate in cui valuteranno criticamente il contenuto e l'argomentazione di un argomento scelto e introdurranno domande correlate per la discussione in classe.
Teaching methods
Students will agree the topic of their presentations with the lecturers and give assessed Power-point presentations in which they will critically evaluate the content and argument of a chosen topic and introduce related questions for the class discussion.
Regolamento Esame
La verifica (predefinita) dell'apprendimento avviene esclusivamente attraverso un esame finale che consiste in una presentazione individuale o di gruppo, come illustrato di seguito.
L'obiettivo dell'esame finale è verificare il raggiungimento dei risultati di apprendimento del corso. In particolare, l'esame valuta la preparazione complessiva dello studente, la capacità di integrare le conoscenze delle diverse parti del programma, la consequenzialità del ragionamento, la capacità di analisi e l'autonomia di giudizio. Inoltre, vengono valutate la proprietà di linguaggio e la chiarezza espositiva, in conformità con i descrittori di Dublino.
Punteggio minimo per il superamento della prova scritta 18 su 30.
Dopo aver ascoltato le presentazioni, i docenti comunicano i risultati agli studenti iscritti all'esame tramite il sistema Delphi.
Gli studenti possono sostenere l'esame in tutte le date disponibili. non è previsto il salto d'appello. L'esame sarà valutato secondo i seguenti criteri:
- FAIL: importanti carenze e/o imprecisioni nella conoscenza e comprensione degli argomenti; limitata capacità di analisi e sintesi, frequenti generalizzazioni e limitate capacità critiche e di giudizio, gli argomenti sono esposti in modo incoerente e con un linguaggio inappropriato;
- 18-20: Conoscenza e comprensione appena sufficiente degli argomenti con possibili generalizzazioni e imperfezioni; sufficiente capacità di analisi, sintesi e autonomia di giudizio, gli argomenti sono frequentemente esposti in modo incoerente e con linguaggio inappropriato/tecnico;
- 21-23: Conoscenza e comprensione ordinaria degli argomenti; capacità di analisi e sintesi corretta con argomentazione logica sufficientemente coerente e linguaggio appropriato/tecnico.
- 24-26: Discreta conoscenza e comprensione degli argomenti; buone capacità di analisi e sintesi con argomentazioni espresse in modo rigoroso ma con un linguaggio non sempre appropriato/tecnico.
- 27-29: Conoscenza e comprensione completa degli argomenti; notevole capacità di analisi e sintesi. Buona autonomia di giudizio. Argomentazioni presentate in modo rigoroso e con un linguaggio appropriato/tecnico.
- 30-30L: Ottimo livello di conoscenza e comprensione approfondita degli argomenti. Ottime capacità di analisi e sintesi e autonomia di giudizio. Argomenti espressi in modo originale e con linguaggio tecnico appropriato.
Valutazione del corso per gli studenti frequentanti:
- Presentazioni in classe (100 %)
- Regole per la presentazione: Gli studenti possono lavorare alle loro presentazioni da soli o in gruppo. Un gruppo può essere composto da 2 a 4 studenti. Gli studenti concordano l'argomento della presentazione con i docenti, individualmente o in gruppo. Ogni studente/gruppo prepara la propria presentazione e la invia via e-mail ai docenti almeno un giorno prima del giorno previsto per la discussione in classe. Nel caso di presentazioni di gruppo, ogni membro del gruppo riceve lo stesso voto finale.
Valutazione del corso per gli studenti non frequentanti:
- Esame orale finale (100%). -
Regole per l'esame orale: l'esame finale consiste in una prova orale di circa 20 minuti con domande su uno dei libri di testo indicati sopra,
Exam Rules
The (default )verification of learning takes place exclusively through a final examination which consists of an individual or group presentation as discussed below. The objective of the final examination is to verify the achievement of the course learning outcome. In particular, the examination assesses the student's overall preparation, ability to integrate knowledge of the different parts of the programme, consequentiality of reasoning, analytical ability and autonomy of judgement. In addition, ownership of language and clarity of exposition are assessed, in adherence with the Dublin descriptors.
Minimum score for passing the written test 18 out of 30.
After listening to the presentations, the lecturers communicate the results to the students registered for the examination via the Delphi system.
Students may take the examination on all available dates. there is no roll-call jump.
The examination will be assessed according to the following criteria:
• FAIL: important deficiencies and/or inaccuracies in the knowledge and understanding of the topics; limited ability to analyse and synthesise, frequent generalisations and limited critical and judgemental skills, the topics are set out inconsistently and with inappropriate language;
• 18-20: Barely sufficient knowledge and understanding of the topics with possible generalisations and imperfections; sufficient capacity for analysis, synthesis and autonomy of judgement, the topics are frequently exposed in an incoherent manner and with inappropriate/technical language;
• 21-23: Routine knowledge and understanding of topics; ability to analyse and synthesise correctly with sufficiently coherent logical argumentation and appropriate/technical language
• 24-26: Fair knowledge and understanding of the topics; Good analytical and synthetic skills with arguments expressed in a rigorous manner but with language that is not always appropriate/technical.
• 27-29: Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the topics; considerable capacity for analysis and synthesis. Good autonomy of judgement. Arguments presented in a rigorous manner and with appropriate/technical language
• 30-30L: Excellent level of knowledge and thorough understanding of topics. Excellent analytical and synthetic skills and independent judgement. Arguments expressed in an original manner and with appropriate technical language.
Course evaluation for attending students:
• In-class presentations (100 %)
• Rules for the presentation: Students can work on their presentations alone or in groups. A group may comprise 2 to 4 students. The students agree on the topic of the presentations with the lecturers, individually or in groups. Each student/group prepares its presentation and emails it to the lecturers at least one day in advance of the day scheduled for class discussion. In the case of group presentations, each group member receives the same final grade.
Course evaluation for non-attending students:
• Final oral exam (100%).
• Rules for the oral exam: the final exam consists of an approximately 20-minute oral test with questions on one of the textbooks indicated above,
PAOLO PAESANI
Updated A.Y. 2022-2023
Updated A.Y. 2022-2023
Course Description
The course deals with world economic and business history of the 20th century up to the beginning of the 21st century. It is organized as a sort of journey around the world, surfing across the two main historical dimensions of time and space.
Based on a neo-institutional approach, it will compare the varieties of capitalism of the different regions, considering the enterprise and the State as major actors.
Main processes will be analysed in global perspective (industrial revolutions, economic and financial crisis, energy and environmental issues, regional integration, et al..).
Specific case-studies will be the object of in-depth focuses, brought into with the active participation of the students.
Find more information in the Syllabus
Updated A.Y. 2021-2022
Updated A.Y. 2021-2022
Course Description
The course deals with world economic and business history of the 20th century up to the beginning of the 21st century. It is organized as a sort of journey around the world, surfing across the two main historical dimensions of time and space.
Based on a neo-institutional approach, it will compare the varieties of capitalism of the different regions, considering the enterprise and the State as major actors.
Main processes will be analysed in global perspective (industrial revolutions, economic and financial crisis, regional integration, et al..).
Specific case-studies will be the object of in-depth focuses, brought into with the active participation of the students.
Find more information in the Syllabus
Updated A.Y. 2020-2021
Updated A.Y. 2020-2021
Course Description
The course deals with world economic and business history of the 20th century up to the beginning of the 21st century. It is organized as a sort of journey around the world, surfing across the two main historical dimensions of time and space.
Based on a neo-institutional approach, it will compare the varieties of capitalism of the different regions, considering the enterprise and the State as major actors.
Main processes will be analysed in global perspective (industrial revolutions, economic and financial crisis, regional integration, et al..).
Specific case-studies will be the object of in-depth focuses, brought into with the active participation of the students.
Find more information in the Syllabus
Updated A.Y. 2019-2020
Updated A.Y. 2019-2020
Course Description
The course deals with world economic and business history of the 20th century up to the beginning of the 21st century. It is organized as a sort of journey around the world, surfing across the two main historical dimensions of time and space.
Based on an neo-institutional approach, it will compare the varieties of capitalism of the different regions, considering the enterprise and the State as major actors of the analysed processes.
The years 1945-2015 will be analysed in the context of the European integration process and of globalization.
Specific case-studies will be the object of in-depth focuses, brought into with the active participation of the students. A special focus will be dedicated to the history and the economy of Central Eastern Europe, due to the special location of the course.
At the end of the course students are expected to acquire knowledge and critical understanding of the main issues of contemporary economic and business history. They will explain the origins of the regional varieties of capitalism in comparative perspective, identifying the main forces of global economic development throughout the history of enterprises in their regional environment.
Teaching Method
The course combines various teaching methodologies:lessons; seminars; discussions of the assigned readings, which will analyze a series of questions about the topics covered in the lessons.
The course will start with an introductory class (6 hours) in Rome. The rest of the course will be carried out in Gdansk (Poland) from October 14th to October 18th through lectures at European Solidarity Centre and guided tours at historical museums and sites.
Schedule of Topics
Topic 1 Discovering the varieties of capitalism
Topic 2 Industrial revolutions in global perspective
Topic 3 The 20th century’s dominant nation: USA
Topic 4 Japan, the challenger
Topic 5 The giant’s reawakening: China
Topic 6 India in the long run
Topic 7 From Russia to Russia, going through USSR
Topic 8 Brasil: the contradictions of succes
Topic 9 Exploring the economic and business history of Central eastern Europe
PLEASE FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THE COURSE ON THE SYLLABUS IN THE TEACHING MATERIAL SECTION
Updated A.Y. 2018-2019
Updated A.Y. 2018-2019
Course Description
The course deals with world economic and business history of the 20th century up to the beginning of the 21st century. It is organized as a sort of journey around the world, surfing across the two main historical dimensions of time and space.
Based on an neo-institutional approach, it will compare the varieties of capitalism of the different regions, considering the enterprise and the State as major actors of the analysed processes.
The years 1945-2015 will be analysed in the context of the European integration process and of globalization.
Specific case-studies will be the object of in-depth focuses, brought into with the active participation of the students. A special focus will be dedicated to the history and the economy of Poland, due to the special location of the course.
At the end of the course students are expected to acquire knowledge and critical understanding of the main issues of contemporary economic and business history.
Teaching Method
The course combines various teaching methodologies:lessons; seminars; discussions of the assigned readings, which will analyze a series of questions about the topics covered in the lessons.
The course will start with an introductory class (2 hours) in Rome. The rest of the course will be carried out in Gdansk (Poland) from September 30th to October 6th through lectures at European Solidarity Centre and guided tours of the Second World War Museum, the Stutthoff concentration camp and the Migration Museum. The course will end in Rome with a conclusive class (2 hours) during the second week of October.
Schedule of Topics
Topic 1 Industrial revolutions in global perspective
Topic 2 State and Business in Historical perspective
Topic 3 Exploring the history of Poland
Topic 4 Discovering the varieties of capitalism. The 20th century’s dominant nation: USA
Topic 5 Japan, the challenger
Topic 6 The giant’s reawakening: China
Topic 7 India in the long run
Topic 8 From Russia to Russia, going through USSR: backwardness, soviet economy and deregulated market
Topic 9 Brasil: a meteoric success?
PLEASE FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THE COURSE ON THE SYLLABUS IN THE TEACHING MATERIAL SECTION