Augusto Ninni, 2014/2015 1

The teacher May I introduce myself … Augusto Ninni (specialized in industrial policy and energy markets) Times of the lessons: on Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday. To start at 11.00? When to see students : on Wednesday, office hours: 9-11 and 4:6 pm Where: Padiglione Feroldi, 1° floor; Please do not use mobiles and smartphones and other technological devices to write and to read messages 2

Program of the course To analyze issues at a microeconomic level, mixing industrial and international economics To analyze some issues also at a macroeconomic level (transnational organizations and current crisis) To utilize a (relatively) non academic, i.e. practical approach 3

The course has 7 parts 1. Textbook industrial economics 2. Multinational enterprises and global value chains 3. National microeconomic (= industrial) policies 4. Energy and environmental market 5. Transnational organizations 6. Lectures by specialized speakers (Florio, Pengels, Giunta, maybe Wehnert) 7. Presentations by the students (around 8 groups) 4

Program for non attending people From University library: Lipczynski Wilson Goddard “Industrial organization: Competition, Strategy, Policy”, FT Prentice Hall 2009 (3 copies hold by the University Library); From my site: Isabel Faeth, “Determinants of foreign direct investments: a tale of nine theoretical models”, Journal of Economic Surveys (2009), vol. 23, no. 1, pp (electronic journals from the library); OECD-World Bank-WTO, Report on Global Value Chains; OECD paper on Industrial Policy (Warwick) Koen De Backer, Norihiko Yamano, International Comparative Evidence on Global Value Chains OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Paper, 2012/03; FDI Policy Instruments: Advantages and Disadvantages, Working Paper UNIDO 2009/01 5

Program 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 6

Program for Attending People: My slides + Isabel Faeth, “Determinants of foreign direct investments: a tale of nine theoretical models”, Journal of Economic Surveys (2009), vol. 23, no. 1, pp (electronic journals from the library, but it is also on my website); + Slides provided by the speakers (Florio, Pengels, Giunta, maybe Wehnert) 7

I will leave you my slides before the lesson, at the beginning of the week (i.e. on Tuesday) The slides will be on my Internet site: however the access requires a password 8

The examination The mark (out of thirty) will be the sum of two parts: A paper written on the day of the examination. Students will meet four questions. The questions are about topics discussed during the course, including those presented by the speakers. plus The result of the possible presentation and following discussion (from 0/30 to 3/30) shown during the course The time allowed is 2 hours Pay attention to the English grammar ! 9