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Readings for the Course

Required Readings

  1. CIA World Factbook
  2. Export.gov: Doing Business in Italy
  3. Peng, Mike et al. “The Institution-Based View as a Third Leg for a Strategy Tripod.” Academy of Management Perspectives, Vol. 23 Issue 3, (2009): 63-81. 

Suggested Readings

  1. Brucker, Gene A. Renaissance Florence, Univ of Calif Press, 1969.
  2. De Roover, Raymond. The Rise and Decline of the Medici Bank, Beard Books, 1999 (Book available online)
  3. Goldthwaite, Richard A. “The Medici Bank and the World of Florentine Capitalism.” Past & Present, no. 114, 1987, pp. 3–31.​ (Article available online)
  4. Martines, Lauro. Power and Imagination, Johns Hopkins University Press. 1988. Print.
  5. Parks, Tim. Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence. 2006. Print
  6. Peng, Mike. Global Strategy, 5th Edition, Boston, MA: Cengage Learning: Chapters 2-4. 2022. Print.
  7. US State Dept. Background Notes / U.S.Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets
  8. Weiner, Eric. "Renaissance Florence Was a Better Model for Innovation than Silicon Valley Is". Harvard Business Review, January 25, 2016.  (Available free on the Internet)
  9. World Bank. 2020. “Doing Business in Italy.'' Web.  >> Read or Download pdf file  
  10. King, Ross. (2021). "The Bookseller of Florence." New York: Atlantic Monthly Press (Grove Atlantic). ISBN 978-0-8021-5852-9
  11. Origo, Iris. The Merchant of Prato, Francesco Di Marco Datini, 1335-1410. New York: Knopf, 1957.
    (Library has one print copy, and see also buying options at Amazon)
  12. Strathern, Paul. The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance. Vintage, 2007.​ 

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Access Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal...

  • Harvard Business Review is available online in Business Source Complete database. To access, click Harvard Business Review link here, then under "Try a link below!", choose Business Source Complete
  • The Wall Street Journal Online is available through the Journal's online website and mobile app. Use your CSI email on The Wall Street Journal link page to sign up for access.
  • The New York Times Online is available through the Newspaper's online website and mobile app. Use your CSI email on The New York Times link page to sign up for access.
    ** The New York Times is also available online 1985-current in Business Insights: Global database. To access, click The New York Times link here, then under "Try a link below!", choose Business Insights: Global