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Structure of the programme
Description
The aim of the Autumn School "Corporate Strategies and Global Economic Crisis. EU Business Opportunities" is to introduce participants to the legal and management issues relating to business continuity principles, with special focus on current business threats represented by the global economic and financial crisis.
The Autumn School considers the impact of EU law on enterprises in the current global economy, and its interaction with other business operations. An effective response from European enterprises might develop several European clusters in terms of human resources, economic growth, innovation, and social standards.
The course content has been developed around three interconnected themes: EU business policies, Corporate strategies in Europe, and EU business law. These themes reflect the programme's unique interdisciplinary approach.
The course is particularly designed to appeal to graduates and professionals from around the world, dealing with legal and management questions in connection with changing demands of the European business world.
The training approach includes frontal lectures, practical cases presented by experts and a workshop whose results will be presented during the final conference.
Full time attendance is required for the entire duration of the course. Lectures and training activities are held from 9.30am to 5pm.
Syllabus Outline
The Autumn School programme is composed by the following intensive modules.
- Policy framework: Global Economic Crisis and EU strategies;
- Legal framework: The Single Market for European firms;
- Economic framework: Management under Market Uncertainty and European Union;
- Specific insights: Advanced Financing Techniques and Compliance Risk Assessment;
- Specific insights: Merger & Acquisitions, Business Networks, and Clusters;
- Specific insights: Business Succession and European Law;
- Specific insights: European Corporate and Commercial Law;
- Specific insights: State Aides and EU Policies;
- Specific insights: EU Funding Opportunities for Innovation and Internationalisation.
All modules offer a tutorial system, in order to enable participants to shape the content of the course to their own academic background and professional intrests.
The Autumn School further comprises two complementary modules, characterised by the presentation of practical cases by corporate counsels and business leaders, as well as a series of related tutorials.
- Multinational Corporate Strategies and Business Crisis;
- SME Strategies, Multinational Clusters and Business Crisis.
Workshop
Thanks to the participation in the final workshop, participants will be assisted in the acquisition of a set of skills to operate successfully in their working environment.
Participants will be entrusted with the task of planning, implementing and evaluating a corporate strategy within a realistic simulated management game.
Participants are part of a role play where the counterparts are European enterprises discussing corporate strategies aimed at overcoming the business crisis and improving business capacities.
For this purpose, the Turin Chamber of Commerce will lead the workshop as a meeting point for excellent young graduates and a number of competitive and innovative enterprises.
Final conference
The project will also provide the opportunity for a public presentation in a final conference where international and local authorities, EU officials, academics and experts will be invited to take part and discuss the issues inspiring the programme.