Augusto Ninni, 2012/2013
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The teacher
 May I introduce myself … Augusto Ninni
 Times of the lessons: 2 o’clock-4 on Monday-Tuesday-
Wednesday. When to start ? 2.00 or 2.15 ?
 When to see students : on Wednesday, office hours:
11:30-13:30 and 4:6 pm
 Where: Padiglione Feroldi, 1° floor;
 augusto.ninni@unipr.it
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Program of the course
 To analyze many issues, even though sometimes in a
fast way
 To utilize a (relatively) non academic, i.e. practical
approach
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The course has 5 parts
1. Textbook industrial economics
2. Multinational and global value chains
3. International issues affecting the strategies of the
firms (labour, technology, energy&environment,
policies)
4. EU and ADB policies
5. Presentations by the students
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Number
Topic
Speaker
Texts
Neoclassical theory of the firm
Progressive
number of
hours
1-2
1
Ninni
2
3
4
5
Other theories of the firm
Non collusive oligopoly
Collusion
Industry: structure issues
3-4
5-6
7-8
9-10
Ninni
Ninni
Ninni
Ninni
Presentation of the course; Lipczynski
Wilson Goddard Chap 3
Lipczynski Wilson Goddard Chap 4-5
Lipczynski Wilson Goddard Chap 6
Lipczynski Wilson Goddard Chap 7
Lipczynski Wilson Goddard Chap 8,9,10
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Firm strategy and performances,
plus Product differentiation
11-12
Ninni
Lipczynski Wilson Goddard Chap 11 + 14
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Pricing and auctions
13-14
Ninni
Lipczynski Wilson Goddard Chap 12,13
8
9
R&D
Horizontal and vertical mergers
15-16
17-18
Ninni
Ninni
Lipczynski Wilson Goddard Chap 16
Lipczynski Wilson Goddard Chap 17-18
5
10
Multinational enterprises in the
world: the facts
19-20
Ninni
slides
11
Theories about Foreign Direct
Investments, FDI (1)
21-22
Ninni
Isabel Faeth (JES) JES, vol. 23, no. 1, pp
165-196
12
Theories about FDI (2)
23-24
Ninni
Isabel Faeth (JES)
13
Global value chains
25-26
Ninni
14
Industrial relations
27-28
Lupi
Koen De Backer, Norihiko Yamano:
International Comparative Evidence on
Global Value Chains OECD Working
Paper, 2012
slides
15
Global value chains and the
European case
27-28
Ninni
The global operations of the European
firms, The second EFIGE Policy Report
6
16
Energy content in exports and ecoinnovations
29-30
Ninni
EU Competitiveness Report 2012, Reaping the
benefits of globalization, chap 3
17
National industrial policies: a theoretical
analysis
33-34
Ninni
Slides
18
National industrial policies: developed
countries
37-38
Ninni
Industrial policy, Vives, EEAG Report, 2008
19
National industrial policies: developing
countries
39-40
Ninni
Industrial policy and development , Robinson,
2009
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Policies to attract foreign investments
31-32
Ninni
FDI Policy Instruments: Advantages and
Disadvantages UNIDO 2009
7
21
EU policies: energy & environment 41-42
Ninni
slides
22
EU policies: industry & innovation
43-44
Ninni
slides
23
WTO policies
45-46
Ninni
WTO, World Trade Report, 2012
24
International economy after the
crisis
47-48
Ninni
International trade after the economic
crisis UNCTAD-JETRO, 2010
25
Presentation: Finland
49-50
slides
26
Presentation: Economy change in
and the effects on FDI in China
51-52
Ernesto,
Trovato,
Aboulmagd,
Marrone
Xiao Jiamin,
Caecilia Oki
Diah Savitri
27
Presentation: UniCredit
53-54
Sefa,
Trandafilov
slides
28
Presentation: Hera
55-56
Barilli, Savini,
Simonetti,
Bergamaschi
slides
slides
8
29
Presentation: Argentina
57-58
Gigliotti,
slides
Turturiello,
Roffi, Manchego
30
Supporting industrialization in
Southeast Asia and Pacific: (1)
Regional Organizations.
59-60
Bodda (guest
speaker)
31
Supporting industrialization in
Southeast Asia and Pacific: (2) The
Asian Development Bank.
Presentation: Pharmaceutical
industry
61-62
Bodda
(guest speaker)
63-64
33
Presentation: Asian Tigers
65-66
34
Presentation: Cruise ship industry
67
35
Presentation: United Arab Emirates 68
with a focus on the sovereign founds
Lamonica,
Pezzuto,
Pazzona,
Basso
Dragoman,
Esanu,
Versari,
Alfieri
Lindsey
Marcellino,
Giulia Bertolini
Schiavini
Federica;
Montani Marco;
Fritz Lindsey
32
slides
slides
slides
slides
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Texts (for non attending people)
 Lipczynski Wilson Goddard “Industrial organization: Competition, Strategy, Policy”, FT
Prentice Hall 2009 (3 copies hold by the University Library);
 Isabel Faeth, “Determinants of foreign direct investments: a tale of nine theoretical
models”, Journal of Economic Surveys (2009), vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 165-196 (electronic
journals from the library);
From Internet:
 Koen De Backer, Norihiko Yamano, International Comparative Evidence on Global Value
Chains OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Paper, 2012/03;
 Economic Commission, EU Competitiveness Report 2012 (chapter 3);
 FDI Policy Instruments: Advantages and Disadvantages , Working Paper UNIDO 2009/01
 Xavier Vives, Industrial policy, chapter 4 of the EEAG Report on the European Economy,
CESifo 2008;
 James A. Robinson, Industrial policy and development: a Political Economy Perspective,
Harvard University, Department of Government, 2009;
 WTO, World Trade Report, 2012;
 UNCTAD-JETRO , International trade after the economic crisis, 2010
 The second EFIGE Policy Report, The global operations of the European firms
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For attending people…
 The aforementioned texts are a background: they have
to support my slides
 My slides are the main course input
 You should read the background texts and take
account of them for the written papers
 You do not need to read parts of texts referring to
topics not presented on the slides
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 I will leave you my slides after the lesson (sometimes
some days after the lesson)
 The slides will be on my Internet site: however the
access requires a password
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The examination: attending people
The mark (out of thirty) will be the sum of two parts:
 A paper written on the day of the examination .
Students will choose four out of the five questions. The
questions are about topics discussed during the course,
including topics presented by students.
 (Notice that where one of the five questions is on a topic a
particular student has presented, that individual or group
will be given an alternative supplementary)
plus
 The result of the presentation (from 0/30 to 3/30)
shown during the course (of course presentation is not
mandatory)
 The time allowed is 2 hours
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The examination: non attending
people
 A paper written on the day of the examination .
Students will choose four out of the five questions.
 The time allowed is 2 hours
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