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

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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