In the last years the evolution and the sudden changes of economic scenarios have led to the necessity to investigate more and more the conditions of business functionalities to be able to orient the behaviours of the companies towards effective and efficient use of the resources. This circumstance is essential to obtain acceptable and adequate results in all respects. The assessment of operating conditions and equilibrium (economic, patrimonial, and financial) in close symbiosis and consistency with the system of objectives is central; all aimed at achieving the ends for which an economic institution was established. In this
sense, the crisis would be a process of involution of the conditions of existence of the company. In light of the general considerations carried out so far and the contribution that the study of Economia Aziendale discipline can make to these issues since its origins,
the purpose of this work is to explore the scientific contribution of Paolo Emilio Cassandro concerning the issue of the critical assessment of how to conduct business management, in close correlation with the need to avoid the occurrence of business crises. This reflection is closely connected with the profiles of investigation and study conducted by the Scholars of Economia Aziendale about the existence and dynamism of the company balances to monitor trends and avoid the emergence of crises of various kinds, which could compromise the sustainability of the system over time. The Economia Aziendale Scholars, including Cassandro, have focused on the conditions of existence and business balance that guarantee the sustainability and survival of the company in the long term, thus avoiding the crisis. Cassandro, however, in addition, devotes a specific part of his works to the business crisis and the possibilities of solving it. Therefore, with the present work we want, after review and analysis of the positions of the Scholar on the subject under investigation, to represent the actuality of his thought about the current scientific and professional debate.
Keywords: Cassandro, funzionalità aziendale, crisi aziendale
