PhD programme

The Ph.D. Programme in "Management, Competitiveness and Development" deals with the most important management topics which characterise current research activities. Particular emphasis is given to:

• the management of innovation processes and the international competitiveness of firms, institutions, as well as local, regional and national systems;
• the management of innovative services, such as environmental, insurance, health, technological and industrial policy services.

For further information about the PhD in Management Competitiveness and Development please visit the web site www.phdmanagement.sssup.it or contact directly:
Cinzia Leoni
+39 050 883 335
PhDmgmt@sssup.it

Master programmes

The Masters organised by  the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna are one-year intensive professional training programmes consisting of a series of lectures and group work, followed by an internship in either a company or a public or private institute.

The master MAINS in the Management, Innovation and Engineering of Services is a second level masters degree in General Management, focussing on the management of innovative processes in the service economy. The course is developed and carried out in collaboration with the "Centre for open innovation" of Haas School of Business of the University of California at Berkley and furthermore includes the collaboration of other Italian and foreign Universities. The aim of the master is to create managers who are, thanks to their indispensable interdisciplinary skills, capable of managing innovation in organisationally and economically dynamic contexts of companies and institutes.
The master MAINS is the successor of the master in Management of Innovation which started in 1991.

For further information about the master MAINS please go to the web site or contact:
Giovanna Caridi or Giorgia Passavanti
+39 050 882 617
master-inno@sssup.it

Master in Gestione e Controllo dell'Ambiente: techniche e tecnologie per il ciclo dei Rifiuti (web site)

The master in Environmental Management and Control: techniques and technologies for the waste cycle, uses a multidisciplinary approach in order to cover all the aspects of the cycle of urban and industrial waste and solid and liquid waste. The various covered by the master are, waste production, waste collection and disposal and the related costs, pre-treatment equipment and equipment used at the final destination, reclaiming illegal disposal sites and the analysis of risk and the monitoring of long term effects. The master also offers a progressive scientific introduction to managerial instruments for planning and prognosis, focussing on the administrative and financial aspect of waste management.

For further information about the master in Waste Management please go to the web site or contact directly:
Cristina Franceschi
+39 050 882 687
master_rifiuti@sssup.it

Courses

The objective of the course which is organised in collaboration with the Institute for the Research and Development of Insurance Studies (IRSA), is to analyse the main topics of marketing and of the distribution of insurance products and to identify current challenges the  insurance sector faces like, for example, the role of information and communication technologies. These objectives are pursued combining the scientific approach of the academic researcher (capable of classifying and highlighting the relationships between various phenomena), with the approach of the insurance manager (presenting the operational links and the origins of strategic and marketing choices adopted by companies), and the perspective of the insurance consultant, of the National Association of Insurance companies and of ISVAP the Supervisory Body for Insurance (all three supply important analytical contributions to gain a complete outlook on the innovative issues which the insurance industry has to face).
In 2008 the VIII edition of the course will start in May.

For information about this course please contact:
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Divisione Alta Formazione
tel. +39 050 882 651
fax: +39 050 882 633
e-mail: altaformazione@sssup.it

Special institutes

SIAF is the result of a partnership between Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, the Foundation of Cassa di Risparmio di Volterra and the regional government of Tuscany.
The aim of the School is to provide advanced executive education in the areas of management and technology.
Within easy reach of Pisa International Airport (which is 65 km from Volterra) and less than one hour from Florence and Siena, the SIAF campus is located just outside the beautiful Etruscan city of Volterra. An exceptional town of great historic importance, Volterra offers its visitors the benefits of a vibrant and cultural experience, whilst the campus enjoys the tranquillity of its unrivalled setting amongst the breathtaking landscape of Tuscany.

Undergraduate courses

For a list of the undergraduate courses organised by the researchers linked to MAIN Laboratory please visit the website of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna by clicking here (web site)