PhD in Management and Law, Research group on Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Organization, Law and Mathematics

What it is
Mobility experience with a research focus
Who it’s for
PhD sandwich; Post Doc

Department

Department of Management

Main research activities/topics/projects

Accounting

Financial Accounting
Management Accounting and Control
Auditing
Strategic Control
Intellectual Capital measurement and evaluation models
Company evaluation
Management and Accounting in public administrations
Management in public healthcare organisations
Sustainability accounting and Sustainability reporting
Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Report
Consolidated financial statement

Marketing and Business management

International marketing strategies
Corporate and Business Strategies,
Corporate Social Responsibility and Competitiveness
Development strategies of SMEs
Innovation in company production and marketing activities
Retail Marketing
Business to business marketing
Sales Management
Territorial Marketing
Tourism marketing and destination management
WEB and digital marketing
Business Communication
Operations and supply chain management

Business Organization

Organization design and behaviour
Human Resources management and organization.
Organizational choices and innovation
Organizational change and evolutionary processes in family SMEs
Organization of cultural institutions
Organization of healthcare systems

Financial Markets and Institutions

Behavioural finance in sustainable-related choices
The role of local banks in the development of small and medium enterprises
Stock Exchanges and alternative Trading Venues
Decision-making under uncertainty
Private banking
Financial literacy and financial education
Behavioural finance in the investment decision making
Independent financial advisory
Financial Risk Tolerance
Market Microstructure
Venture Capital and Private Equity
FinTech and innovative finance (crowdfunding, etc.)
Venture Capital and Private Equity

Business Finance

Comprehensive analysis of the aspects, functions and tools of Business Finance
Profit, intangibles and enterprise value
IPO and M&A
Innovative financing methods
Capital structure
Corporate governance

Private Law

The subjects of law, family, property and intangible assets, succession upon death, contracts and obligations, trusts, securities, tort, IT and new technologies, data protection, environment and energy, cultural heritage, consumer protection, alternative dispute resolutions, private international law, comparative private law, intellectual property.

Commercial Law
The entrepreneur, intellectual property (trademarks, patents, copyright, trade secrets), competition, partnerships, joint-stock companies, limited liability companies, cooperatives, corporate governance, holdings, cooperatives, mergers and acquisitions, insolvency, financial markets, corporate social responsibility.

Tax Law
National tax law from a comparative perspective; coordination of national direct tax systems within the EU; interaction between international tax law and EU law.

Constitutional, Public and Administrative Law
Sources of law, legislative drafting, soft & nudge law, public law and tech. Anti-corruption, transparency, data protection (GDPR); Digital Public Administration; Healthcare law; State intervention in the economy; public services; Fundamental rights (gender equality; Consumer/user rights; environment) and their justiciability; Institutional Organization (state, regional, local authorities, EU) and their reforms; Information and communications law; hate speech and fake news; Foreign minors, training, social inclusion; Cultural heritage and landscape law - Protection, valorisation and management of cultural heritage; Public Economic regulation law - International and European regulation of markets Education, training and school - Public school/private school relationships; Urban planning - Territorial governance - Urban regeneration; Public Administration: transformations and organization.

Labour Law
Regulation of working relations within corporations and public administration, industrial relations; Social security; Inclusion and emergency income; Active labour policy measures; Digitalization of work (control, working times, smart working); Access to work for disadvantaged people.

Mathematics