Management Engineering - Business & Industrial Economics

Second partial exam

Text Brief 1 – 2020 June 26: Bigger abroad (The Economist, Feb 17th 2011 edition). Please read the article “Bigger abroad”, and applying the relevant concepts and frameworks explored during the course, develop insights into the internationalization of the film business and its implications for firm strategy. Make sure your analysis covers both static and dynamic aspects, and please write an homogenous essay (“slide style” should be avoided). Template File format Only Word documents are accepted. File name: Save the file as Surname_Name_IdentificationNo (for example, Grilli_Luca_12345678). For identification number please preferably use “Matricola” or as second best “Codice persona”. The documents should not be longer than 600 words (use “Count words” function to check it). - Longer documents will be rejected. - Two tables or figures can be added if necessary (if not your own production, please cite the source). These tables/figures do not contribute to the word-count. Timing, validity and restrictions Before 12:50 of June 29 th 2018: Upload the brief on the Beep site in the Section Homework into the folder “Off-line brief call 2020 June 26 th”. Grades will be published with the June 26 th 2020 exam results. A positive brief grade will be kept valid for the whole Academic Year (up to the end of February 2021). However if the student uploads a second brief, the former brief grade will be deleted. Policy The exam, including the brief, is personal. In particular, when you prepare the brief you are forbidden to copy parts or the whole of your brief from other classmates, other people, Internet materials, articles, books and any other sources. Plagiarism is regularly checked on a sample of the briefs. Students who cheat and break the rules are «Rejected», i.e. they can’t take anymore the exam during the current Academic Year. Criteria of assessment A. Quality of the brief (Linkages with the course content; Clearness; Completeness, Appropriateness of vocabulary) B. (provided that Quality is good) Originality, i.e. own/new/unique arguments, explanations or data. Note: no questions/emails from students are allowed during the 2-days off-line brief time frame. Sources The main references for the brief are BIE materials and course slides. You can also refer to Internet sources or whatever materials you deem appropriate, provided that the sources are well reputed and you cite the materials you are referring to (create a Reference list at the end of the essay, this list does not enter into word- count). For any other possible details please refer to BIE exam rules uploaded in the Beep site.