Unit ECONOMICS OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
- Course
- Philosophy and ethics of relationships
- Study-unit Code
- A000884
- Curriculum
- Filosofia ed economia civile
- Teacher
- Mirella Damiani
- Teachers
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- Mirella Damiani
- Hours
- 54 ore - Mirella Damiani
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2021/22
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline classiche, storiche, antropologiche e politico-sociali
- Academic discipline
- SECS-P/01
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course has the following objectives:
(i) knowledge of economics to understand the role of the social
enterprise;
(ii) knowledge of pubblic policies to promote the social responsability of
the firm;
(iii) ability to read scientific economic articles on the topics of the course;
(iv) ability to produce a short essay. - Reference texts
- Becchetti, Bruni, Zamagni,
Microeconomia, Un testo di economia civile, Il Mulino. - Educational objectives
- The course has the following objectives:
(i) knowledge of economics to understand the role of the social
enterprise;
(ii) knowledge of pubblic policies to promote the social responsability of
the firm;
(iii) ability to read scientific economic articles on the topics of the course;
(iv) ability to produce a short essay. - Prerequisites
- Basic notions of microeconomics
- Teaching methods
- The first part is based on lectures on a introduction of the basic forces of a market economy.
The second part has policy and empirical contents and it will be
dedicated to the discussion of articles proposed by the professor.
In case of health emergency conditions, the teaching will take place in mixed mode. - Learning verification modality
- Esame scritto
- Extended program
- The First Sector: the capitalistic enterprise and the market and Pareto
Optimality.
Market failures:
Imperfect competition;
Externalities;
Asymmetric information;
The second sector;
Pubblic goods;
The failures of the public regulation.
Common goods and self-organizations.
The social enterprise: pros and cons.
European and Italian experiences.
Italian experiences.