ID:
510839
Duration (hours):
40
CFU:
6
SSD:
POLITICA ECONOMICA
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Secondo Semestre (23/02/2026 - 29/05/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
The purpose of this course is to discuss the economic and social role that businesses play, or can play, for and in the local communities. Various types of businesses will be examined, including those differing in size, sector, and legal structure (ranging from large and structured enterprises to medium/small family businesses, benefit corporations, social enterprises, and cooperatives). The main objective is to reflect on the importance of the economic and social role of businesses in generating economic and social value and in the development of regions from an environmental and social sustainability perspective.
Course Prerequisites
not required
Teaching Methods
The course will adopt a multidisciplinary perspective that will span from business economics to development economics, from law to ethics, from sociology to economic history, in order to provide students with a multifaceted view of the business-community relationship. It will also draw on specific case studies and testimonies from businesses, associations, and local organizations that will be the subject of group work and case analysis by the students.
Assessment Methods
Assessment will consist of a written exam. Attending students will be given the opportunity to partially replace the exam with an individual assignment and/or case analysis
Texts
Teaching material (i.e. papers, case studies, ppt, etc) will be available on KIRO in the due time. Specific or additional readings will be indicated for non-attending students
Contents
The course focuses on the relationships between businesses and communities through a multidisciplinary perspective. It will examine businesses as actors and agents of social and economic change within their respective contexts, in order to reflect on: i) the various ways of doing business and the economic and social value that businesses produce in communities; ii) corporate social responsibility and dimensions of sustainability (with a focus on environment, social and governance issue); iii) female entrepreneurship as a driver for development and promotion of regions; iv) practices of innovation and social inclusion; v) possible paths of co-design and collaboration between businesses, institutions (particularly universities), and communities for local development, including the repopulation of agricultural spaces in inland and mountainous areas.
Course Language
Italian
More information
BA and master students from different departments and disciplinary fields are welcome. Lectures will be held at the Collegio Santa Caterina (via San Martino 17/a) late afternoon for avoiding overlapping with other courses and facilitating the attendance
Degrees
Degrees
POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
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