•GUIDA ECONOMIA 07-08 - Università degli studi di Udine

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Contents
The development process of SMEs: organizational
issues.
A strategic analysis framework for SMEs.
A governance framework for SMEs.
An evolutionary framework between family
and enterprise.
Main Theoretical frameworks:
- The resource-based view as a strategic
analysis framework for SME’s.
- Transaction Costs Theory as a strategic
development analysis framework for
SME’s.
- Corporate Governance and performance
in SMEs.
Pre-requisites
Students should have a good knowledge
of the fundamentals of Business Economics
and Management, Marketing
theory and Organization theory in order
to attend the course actively.
Bibliography
Reading List
- C. COMPAGNO (ed.), Piccole e medie imprese
in transizione. Una comparazione
internazionale, Utet Libreria, Torino,
2003.
- C. COMPAGNO, Il caso Nonino, Isedi, Torino,
2000 (various chapters).
- Supplementary articles will be supplied
during the lessons.
Further Reading
- C. COMPAGNO, D. PITTINO, F. VISINTIN,
Heterogeneity in Corporate Governance
Structures and Advanced Forms of Internationalisation
in Italian SMEs, ‘Quaderni di
Sinergie’, 2005.
- C. COMPAGNO, D. PITTINO, F. VISINTIN,
Corporate Governance and Internationalisation
in Italian SMEs, in ‘International
Journal of Globalisation and Small Business’,
vol. 2.
- C. COMPAGNO, D. PITTINO, F. VISINTIN,
Management of Social Capital: Challenges
for the Next Generation Entrepreneurs, in J.
ASTRACHAN, P. POUTZIOURIS, K. SOUFANI
(eds.), Family Business Casebook Annual
2004, Cox Family Enterprise Center, Kennesaw,
Georgia.
- C. COMPAGNO, D. PITTINO, F. VISINTIN,
Family Firms and Empowerment: a Way to
Sustainable Competitive Advantage, in P.
POUTZIOURIS, L. STEIER (eds.), New Frontiers
in Family Business Research: the Leadership
Challenge, IFERA - FBN Publications,
2003.
- C. COMPAGNO, D. PITTINO, F. VISINTIN,
Rebuilding Social Capital during the Succession
Process: the Role of Stakeholders’
Trust, conference paper presented at third
World Family Business network, Helsinki,
11-14 September, 2002.
COMMERCIAL LAW 1
Prof. Marco Speranzin
Contents
-The enterprise and the entrepreneur:
what is an entrepreneur, various categories
of entrepreneurs and relevant
applicable laws. The going concern. Distinguishing
features of the entrepreneur.
-Credit. Main types of credit documents
(bills of exchange, cheques, special documents).
De-materialised credit.
-Companies and similar entities.
-Partnerships.
-Joint-stock companies: (public limited
companies, limited liability companies,
limited shares partnerships, cooperative
and mutual insurance companies). Listed
companies. Company books. Balance
sheets. Dissolution. Sole traders. Groups.
Transformation, mergers and de-mergers.
Bibliography
- G. PRESTI, M. RESCIGNO, Corso di diritto
commerciale, second edition, Zanichelli,
Bologna, two volumes.
Please note that only the following parts
need to be studied by the students: