Teaching industrial economics «in a digital age»

In the last decades, teaching of the industrial economics has been subjected to considerable tensions. The innovations that have emerged require a deepening of the contents developed and the methodologies adopted. A recent survey, focused on the lecturers of industrial economics in the Italian universities, allows to analyze some aspects of the ongoing change. Our results show that a) the teaching of the industrial economics followed diversified evolutionary paths and showed marked specialized connotations; b) the common thematic core shared in the different courses seems to be reduced; c) innovative teaching practices have been experimentally tested, but spaces are still open for further improvement, in particular for teaching with web tools and for the adoption of methods of active students engaging.