Training and Research

PhD Programme Courses/classes

Academic writing in latex and academic presentation

Credits: 2.5

Language: Italian

Advanced English for Academic Skills

Credits: 2.5

Language: Italian

Agenda dell’organizzazione delle nazioni unite 2030 sullo sviluppo sostenibile, ricerca e diritto antidiscriminatorio: strumenti ed esperienze nelle università

Credits: 1

Language: Italian

Artificial intelligence, cybersecurity e diritto

Credits: 1

Language: Italian

Behavioral and Experimental Economics

Credits: 5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Luca Zarri, Simone Quercia, Maria Vittoria Levati

Comunicare la scienza: il ruolo dei ricercatori e il rapporto tra esperti, cittadini e istituzioni

Credits: 0.5

Language: Italian

Corporate Governance

Credits: 5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Alessandro Lai

Corso di inglese B1/certificazione B1

Credits: 2.5

Language: Italian

Corso di inglese B2/certificazione B2

Credits: 2.5

Language: Italian

Corso di inglese C1/certificazione C1

Credits: 2.5

Language: Italian

Corso di lingua italiana per stranieri

Credits: 2.5

Language: Italian

Corso di programmazione con matlab

Credits: 2

Language: Italian

Medical statistics with R

Credits: 3

Language: Italian

Basic statistics course

Credits: 2.5

Language: Italian

Intermediate statistics course

Credits: 2.5

Language: Italian

(Meta-analysis using the statistical software Stata and R

Credits: 1.5

Language: Italian

Corso teorico-pratico di microscopia di base

Credits: 1

Language: Italian

Development economics

Credits: 5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Federico Perali

Diritto d'autore e brevetti

Credits: 1

Language: Italian

Dissemination dei risultati della ricerca

Credits: 1

Language: Italian

Econometrics for management

Credits: 7.5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Diego Lubian, Francesca Rossi, Alessandro Bucciol

Economia dei Mercati Energetici

Credits: 5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Luigi Grossi

English for academic presentations

Credits: 2.5

Language: Italian

English for academic writing

Credits: 2.5

Language: Italian

Finanza

Credits: 5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Cecilia Mancini

Game Theory

Credits: 5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Francesco De Sinopoli

Inequality

Credits: 5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Francesco Andreoli, Claudio Zoli

Introduzione al “public speaking”

Credits: 1

Language: Italian

La mia archeologia e la mia politica culturale

Credits: 0.5

Language: Italian

Python programming language

Credits: 2.5

Language: Italian

Macro economics

Credits: 5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Michele Imbruno, Alessia Campolmi

Mathematics

Credits: 7.5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Letizia Pellegrini, Alberto Peretti

Microeconomics 1

Credits: 10.5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Tamara Fioroni, Claudio Zoli, Martina Menon

Organization Theory

Credits: 5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Cecilia Rossignoli

Political economy

Credits: 5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Emanuele Bracco, Roberto Ricciuti, Marcella Veronesi

Presentation of Horizon Europe framework programme

Credits: 1

Language: English

Probability

Credits: 7.5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Marco Minozzo

Project writing for beginners

Credits: 1

Language: Italian

Qualitative methodologies in management studies

Credits: 5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Cecilia Rossignoli, Riccardo Stacchezzini

Quantitative methodologies in management studies

Credits: 5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Riccardo Scarpa, Diego Begalli

Seminario Consigliera di fiducia

Credits: 1

Language: Italian

Software R

Credits: 2.5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Flavio Santi

Spin off e start-up innovative

Credits: 1

Language: Italian

Statistica

Credits: 7.5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Catia Scricciolo

Supply Chain Management

Credits: 5

Language: Italian

Teacher:  Barbara Gaudenzi

Protecting psychological well-being in the PhD program: development and enhancement of personal strategies and attitudes that predispose to professional satisfaction and ethical collaboration.

Credits: 1

Language: Italian

Credits

7.5

Language

Italian

Class attendance

Free Choice

Location

VERONA

Learning outcomes

Requirements
You are expected to be familiar with standard calculus in one variable.

Objectives
This course is intended to review some concepts of linear algebra and calculus for several variables and develop the most important topics on unconstrained and constrained optimization.

Program

Linear algebra: matrix algebra, determinants, rank, quadratic forms, sign of a quadratic form and definite matrices.
Calculus: functions of several variables, level sets, differential calculus for functions of several variables, convex functions.
Unconstrained optimization: first order optimality conditions, second order optimality conditions.
Constrained Optimization: the Weierstrass Theorem. Constrained optimization with equality constraints, Lagrange theorem. Lagrangian function and optimality conditions. Constrained optimization with inequality constraints, Kuhn-Tucker theorem. Convex problems.

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
C.P. SIMON, L.E. BLUME Mathematics for Economists New York, London: Norton & Company Press, Cambridge 1994 0-393-95733-0

Examination Methods

Written exam. Intermediate tests are proposed during the course.

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