Educational offer - University of Padova

First cycle degree courses	Second cycle degree courses	Single cycle degree courses
School of Human and Social Sciences and Cultural Heritage
TECHNIQUES, HERITAGE, INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES

Course unit
BUSINESS HISTORY
SUP7080543, A.A. 2019/20

Information concerning the students who enrolled in A.Y. 2019/20

Information on the course unit

Degree course	Second cycle degree in TECHNIQUES, HERITAGE, INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES IA2383, Degree course structure A.Y. 2018/19, A.Y. 2019/20	bring this page with you
Number of ECTS credits allocated	5.0
Type of assessment	Mark
Course unit English denomination	BUSINESS HISTORY
Website of the academic structure	www.dissgea.unipd.it
Department of reference	Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient World
Mandatory attendance	Sì
Language of instruction	French, English
Branch	PADOVA
Single Course unit	The Course unit CANNOT be attended under the option Single Course unit attendance
Optional Course unit	The Course unit is available ONLY for students enrolled in TECHNIQUES, HERITAGE, INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES

Lecturers

No lecturer assigned to this course unit

ECTS: details

Type	Scientific-Disciplinary Sector		Credits allocated
Educational activities in elective or integrative disciplines	SECS-P/12	Economic History	5.0

Course unit organization

Period	Second semester
Year	1st Year
Teaching method	frontal

Type of hours	Credits	Teaching hours	Hours of Individual study	Shifts
Lecture	5.0	35	90.0	No turn

Calendar

Start of activities	02/03/2020
End of activities	12/06/2020
Show course schedule	2019/20 Reg.2018 course timetable

Examination board

Board	From	To	Members of the board
2 Comm. 18-19	01/06/2019	30/11/2019	BERTILORENZI MARCO (Presidente) FONTANA GIOVANNI LUIGI (Membro Effettivo) NOVELLO ELISABETTA (Supplente)

Syllabus

Prerequisites:	A good knowledge of French and English
Target skills and knowledge:	- be able to understand the organizational and productive choices of firms and other economic actors and link them with industrial heritage issues - be able to analyze strategies of investment and technological innovation in history - Deconstruct the firms storytelling, with specific attention to the aspects linked to the innovation process - be able to put the productive choices of firms in perspective with the specific economic, political and social context.
Examination methods:	The participation during the seminars and the final relations presented to the class will be evaluated
Assessment criteria:	Grading will be based on the work submitted and on attendance and active participation during the course.
Course unit contents:	The course aims to provide notions in business history in order to understand the role of economic actors (firms and entrepreneurs), of their organisations and of their strategies behind technological and productive choices. In particular, we will focus on the historical dynamic of the multinational firm, on their role in the process of economic integration and on their impact over different economic and social contexts. An institutional standpoint will be adopted to the historical problem of the firm, in order to understand the mutual interactions between actors and societies in shaping technology and economy.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods:	Frontal and seminarial teaching, reports, reading and individual comments on chosen texts.
Additional notes about suggested reading:	References are indicative. During the seminars, also other materials (articles and chapters) will be read in order to expand on some specific aspects of business history, international business and multinationals firms.
Textbooks (and optional supplementary readings)