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Business in Italy, Roma, Milan


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Syllabus of the Subject

Italian Economy and Foreign Trade. Business Plan for Italy

  1. Introduction to the Italian Republic (EU)
  2. Business in Roma and Milan
  3. Italian Economy
  4. Italian Foreign Trade
  5. Case Studies: Italian Companies;
    1. Ferrero
    2. Benetton
    3. Fiat
  6. Access to the Italian market
  7. Business Plan for Italy

The objectives of the subject “International Trade and Business in” Italy” are the following:

  1. To analyze the Italian Economy and Global Trade
  2. To know the trade opportunities in the Italian market
  3. To analyze the trade relations of Italy with the country of the student
  4. To know the Italian trade agreements as a member of the EU
  5. To develop a business plan for the Italian market

E-learning Course Master, International Business

The Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in Italy” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: European Business, World Trade.

Doctorate in International Business (DIB) Online

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB)

EU, Masters, International Business Trade Masters adapted to Italian Students.

Languages: Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English + Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish Italia Study Doctorate in International Business in French Italie Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Italia.

  1. Credits of the Subject “Doing Business in Italy”: 2 ECTS
  2. Duration: two weeks

Foreign Trade and Business in the EU Countries

EENI Global Business School in Italian Commercio Estero.

International Trade and Business in Italy

Trans-European Transport Corridors

  1. Baltic-Adriatic Corridor (Poland, Slovenia)
  2. Access to the:
    1. Atlantic Corridor (Portugal-Germany)
    2. North Sea-Mediterranean Transport Corridor

Baltic-Adriatic Transport Corridor (Poland, Slovakia, Austria, Italy)

European Single Market

Market Access - Free Trade Agreements

Italian Preferential Access and Trade Agreements:

European Single Market

  1. Italy and the European Economic Area
  2. The EU
    1. Economic and Monetary Union
    2. European Customs Union
    3. European Single Market
    4. The EU Services Directive
    5. European Digital Single Market
    6. As a member of the EU, Italy is a beneficiary of the EU Trade Agreements
  3. Central European Initiative
  4. Adriatic-Ionian Initiative
  5. Regional Cooperation Council
  6. SICA (observer country)

Trade Facilitation Programs. TFA Agreement

  1. WTO
    1. GATS
    2. Agreement on Sanitary Measures
    3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
    4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
    5. Agreement on Safeguards
    6. Trade Facilitation Agreement
  2. Convention Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods
  3. CMR Convention (UN)
  4. WCO
    1. Kyoto Convention
  5. COTIF Convention (Rail)
  6. BIC
  7. Chicago Convention (ICAO)
  8. IMO
    1. Convention for Safe Containers
    2. Istanbul Convention
  9. IRU
    1. TIR Convention
    2. Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport
  10. International Chamber of Shipping
  11. CIM & CIT Rules (Rail)
  12. Customs Convention on Containers - not a member

The EU and Their Institutions

  1. The EU
    1. ECB
    2. EIB
    3. EBRD
    4. EU-CELAC Summit
  2. UNECE

Globalization and International Organizations

  1. ECLAC
  2. Asia-Europe Meeting
  3. Inter-American Development Bank (Non-borrowing country)
  4. Asian Development Bank
  5. African Development Bank
  6. OECD
    1. OECD anti-corruption measures
  7. UN
  8. WB
  9. WTO
  10. IMF
  11. CPLP (observer country)

Italy is an observer member

  1. ACS
  2. ALADI
  3. Council of the Baltic Sea States
  4. Black Sea Economic Cooperation
  5. IORA (dialogue partner)

  1. Borders of Italy: France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia
  2. Official Language of Italy: Italian
  3. Italian Capital: Roma
  4. Area of Italy: 301,340 km²
  5. Italian Population: 61 million people
  6. Government of Italy: Parliamentary Republic

Religion in Italy: Christianity.

  1. Roman Catholicism is the main religion in Italy

Christianity and Global Business (Catholicism, Protestantism)

Italy belongs to the European Economic Area.


Italian Economy

  1. The Italian economy is the fourth largest in the EU
  2. The largest sectors of the Italian economy (61 million people) are fashion, mechanical construction, tourism (the fifth country in the world that receives more tourists), chemical export products, automotive sector and food products
  3. The Northern regions are among the richest in the EU
  4. Milan is the financial and industrial centre of the Italian Republic, Milan is one of the world fashion capitals
  5. Rome is the third most visited city in the EU
  6. Turin is the Italian automotive industry centre

Foreign Trade (Importing, Exporting)

Italian Foreign Trade

  1. The main Italian export products are engineering, textiles, industrial machines, vehicles, transport equipment, chemical products, foods, beverages, minerals..
  2. Top Italian export markets: Germany, France, the U.S., Spain, the UK
  3. Top Italian import partners: Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain
  4. As a member of the EU, Italy is a beneficiary of the EU Trade Agreements: South Korea, Tunisia, India, the ASEAN, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia..

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