I libri di Ca’ Foscari

Le nuove tendenze dell’Economia Aziendale

Fondamenti, metodo e traiettorie del management contemporaneo

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Abstract

A century after Gino Zappa’s 1926 inaugural lecture in Venice, this volume’s ambition is to carry his intellectual legacy into the future, revisiting his vision of Economia Aziendale as a lens through which to interpret contemporary transformations in management. Scholars from different disciplines explore the firm as a unitary, dynamic and relational system through four perspectives: economic coordination, methods of knowledge, organizational change, and governance. From sustainability and risk to AI, accounting, finance, marketing and audit, the contributions show the generative power of Zappa’s thought: changing tools and contexts reinforce the need for integrated knowledge to govern complex organizations.

Keywords International standard setting • Long-term orientation • Performativity • Business history • Systemic risk • Bayesian analysis • Time • Managerialization • Italian productive system • Algorithmic accountability • Dynamic equilibrium • Innovation • Intergenerational succession • Microhistory • Sustainability-oriented innovation • Economia Aziendale • Assembly theory • Competencies • Corporatization • IASB • Future direction • Normal exception • Accounting regulation • Corporate governance • Organization design • Legitimacy • Risk management • Board of Directors • Stakeholder engagement • Financial flexibility • Consumer behavior • Public Management • Silence of the archives • De Finetti • Risk society • Financial reporting • AI-driven enterprise • Internal control • Inter-organizational networks • Marketing • Ulrich Beck • Measurement • Integration • Professional Judgment • Socioemotional wealth • Opportunities • Shared value • Performance measurement • Data-driven decision-making • Brand heritage • Risks • Business continuity • Business economics • Unitarity • Organizational innovation • Economic and political performativity • Statistical culture • Governance • Audit Quality • Automation-augmentation • AI governance • Gino Zappa • Data-driven audit • Sustainable firm • Accounting • Auditing • Accounting Artificial Intelligence • Family business • Economic coordination • Sustainability • Uncertainty • Public Sector Organizations • Methods of business knowledge • Risk • Academic research • Network contracts • Algorithms • Artificial Intelligence • Zappa • Systems Thinking • Professionals • Transversal skills • Clues • Pricing

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/979-12-5742-081-9 | e-ISBN 979-12-5742-081-9 | ISBN (PRINT) 979-12-5742-087-1 | Published Sept. 21, 2026 | Submitted July 15, 2026 | Language it

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