Strategic Management/Enterprise Evolution

Guidelines for the Theses' Assignment and Supervision

Premise: Those students who wish to write their thesis in the Strategic Management/Enterprise Evolution subject are kindly requested to read carefully the following guidelines. These guidelines are aimed at fostering a really “dialectical” relationship between the students and their supervisor.

1. A thesis can be assigned only when the exam in this subject has been passed and when the number of remaining exams is 4 (or lower than 4).

2. A thesis can be: a) mostly composed of a literature review; or b) analytical. An analytical thesis is considered, by the supervisor of this subject, as a thesis mostly based on the rigorous collection, processing and interpretation of business data (especially through the case study method). In this subject, only strictly analytical theses can be considered as eligible for recommendation (i.e. segnalazione).

3. The student and her/his supervisor discuss (and hopefully agree) about the topic of the proposed thesis during their first meeting. In this regard, the thesis must always relate to one of the topics taught during the course. The student’s pro-activity in suggesting ideas is greatly appreciated. On this side, exploring the webpage containing the titles of the dissertations completed over time could help.

4. Once the topic of the thesis has been defined, the supervisor will guide the student through the supposed structure of the work (i.e. 3 chapters).

Theses completed over the years

(per alphabetical order of the students' surname)