STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS DYNAMICS

Academic year
2023/2024 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS DYNAMICS
Course code
EM1065 (AF:382690 AR:211664)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
Educational sector code
SECS-S/01
Period
3rd Term
Course year
2
Where
TREVISO
Moodle
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The course aims at equipping the students with the statistical tools most suitable for the evaluation of international markets, starting from economic, financial, socio-economic and institutional data which are relevant for firms decisions.
The students, at the end of the course should learn:
- which are the data sources relevant for the international market analysis
- select the relevant variables to support firm internazionalization
- analyse macroeconomic variables to profile foreign regions and Countries in terms of risks/opportunities for firms
- Basic knowledge of statistics and probability (with particular reference to simple regression)
- basic knowledge of R
- Relevant data sources for international market analysis
- data cleaning: statistical tools for missing data imputation
- selection of the relevant variables: stepwise methods, shrinkage methods
- reduction to essential dimensions: principal components and principal component regression
- validation and cross-validation
The main referral text for statistical methods is:
Gareth, James, et al. An introduction to statistical learning: with applications in R. Spinger, 2013.

Class notes, commented R scripts and other materials will be uploaded in the moodle page of the course
The exam will consist in the writing of a report in which the students will analyze, through R, the international markets offering the best opportunities for a specific region or country
Interactive, hands-on approach: lectures and R lab sessions will follow a leading case study
English
oral
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 14/03/2023