ECONOMY AND STRATEGY OF SMES
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PAOLA PAOLONI
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
Module 1 - Entrepreneurship and small businesses
The company as a "system of systems"; Economics, systematicity and business purposes, The strategy and policy in the different phases of the company's life, The distinctive characteristics of the entrepreneurial entity
The defining problem of the small business, the distinctive characteristics of small businesses, classic conceptions of entrepreneurs and studies on entrepreneurship, types of SMEs
Module 2 - The growth models
Small enterprises in the Italian industrial system, Growth and development of small enterprises
The phenomenon of made in Italy, the internationalization of SMEs
Module 3 - Family businesses.
Definition and distinctive characteristics, the different family businesses, The generational shift, the actors and the phases, How to facilitate a physiological generational shift.
Module 4 - Women's businesses
Module 5 - immigrant businesses and virtual / smart working businesses
Module 6: The intangibles
Evolution, definition, visualization and measurement of intangibles; relational capital as a driver of value; the model of CHAOS
Module 7 - the accounting information system
Prerequisites
business administration exame
Books
• P. Paoloni, Elementi di governo d'azienda, Giappichelli, Torino, 2020. (cap 2)
• A.Cortesi et al, Le piccole imprese, Carocci editore, 2014 (cap 1,2,3,4,7, 8, 9)
• Aureli S., Battistoni B., Cesaroni F.M. (a cura di), Percorsi evolutivi e soluzioni strategiche per la continuità aziendale, FrancoAngeli, 2019
• A. Cortesi, La crescita delle piccole imprese. Fusioni, acquisizioni, accordi, Giappichelli 2004
supplementary materials provided by professor
Frequency
not mandatory
Exam mode
oral exam with questions all related to the modules
Lesson mode
frontal lessons
PAOLA PAOLONI
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
Module 1 - Entrepreneurship and small businesses
The company as a "system of systems"; Economics, systematicity and business purposes, The strategy and policy in the different phases of the company's life, The distinctive characteristics of the entrepreneurial entity
The defining problem of the small business, the distinctive characteristics of small businesses, classic conceptions of entrepreneurs and studies on entrepreneurship, types of SMEs
Module 2 - The growth models
Small enterprises in the Italian industrial system, Growth and development of small enterprises
The phenomenon of made in Italy, the internationalization of SMEs
Module 3 - Family businesses.
Definition and distinctive characteristics, the different family businesses, The generational shift, the actors and the phases, How to facilitate a physiological generational shift.
Module 4 - Women's businesses
Module 5 - immigrant businesses and virtual / smart working businesses
Module 6: The intangibles
Evolution, definition, visualization and measurement of intangibles; relational capital as a driver of value; the model of CHAOS
Module 7 - the accounting information system
Prerequisites
business administration exame
Books
• P. Paoloni, Elementi di governo d'azienda, Giappichelli, Torino, 2020. (cap 2)
• A.Cortesi et al, Le piccole imprese, Carocci editore, 2014 (cap 1,2,3,4,7, 8, 9)
• Aureli S., Battistoni B., Cesaroni F.M. (a cura di), Percorsi evolutivi e soluzioni strategiche per la continuità aziendale, FrancoAngeli, 2019
• A. Cortesi, La crescita delle piccole imprese. Fusioni, acquisizioni, accordi, Giappichelli 2004
supplementary materials provided by professor
Frequency
not mandatory
Exam mode
oral exam with questions all related to the modules
Lesson mode
frontal lessons
- Lesson code10621230
- Academic year2025/2026
- CourseEconomics for Environment, culture and tourism
- CurriculumEconomia dell’ambiente, della cultura e del turismo (Percorso valido ai fini del conseguimento del doppio titolo italo-albanese)
- Year1st year
- Semester2nd semester
- SSDSECS-P/07
- CFU6
- Subject areaDiscipline Aziendali