Differences in financial behaviour are explained in the literature by reference to the theory of asymmetrical information, and in particular to the concept of information opacity. The same literature indicates that because SMEs are an opaque type of company, they tend to have relational...

The aim of this work is the analysis of the problems affecting financial institutions in technology based companies financing. First, the question whether a specific type of financial system is more suitable than others in allocating financial resources to independent technology based companies...

This work wants to demonstrate that complexity is a relevant factor in order to distinguish inside the SMEs aggregate different enterprise typologies and that complex companies have different and more sophisticated financial needs in comparison with simple enterprises. The study carried out on a...

The research target is to explore the relation between the fundamental performance and the market pricing for SME which have floated in the Italian stock market in the period 1994 - 2000. The fundamental performance is defined as the degree of consistency between the financial results obtained...

By decoupling economic growth from the exploitation of virgin raw materials and environmental degradation, as well as by developing practices more resilient to the economic cycle, Circular Economy (CE) offers effective hedging of climate and environmental risks, shields financial actors from the...

The aim of this work is to focus on the financial problems affecting a technology based company in its settlement and early development. The study is based on both literature review and field work. Referring to the field work, independent technology based companies which developed new...

By decoupling economic growth from the exploitation of virgin raw materials and environmental degradation, as well as by developing practices more resilient to the economic cycle, Circular Economy (CE) offers effective hedging of linear risks and shields from that of stranded values. We tested...

Background. By decoupling economic growth from an intensive use of resources, preventing the impairment of natural capital, and enhancing resilience to system-wide shocks, Circular Economy (CE) is a powerful opportunity for economic agents willing to hedge against “sustainability” risk...

On the issue of bank's diversification literature usually refers to revenue mix, geographical markets and M&A deals. This paper aims to fill a gap by investigating diversification in terms of different business combinations (carrying out activities in different client front-end businesses). More...

The wine industry is very sensitive to climate risk, mainly due to the grape crop. Industry players usually cover this risk through single-peril and multi-peril crop insurance policies. Insurance policies pose many problems of efficiency, as pointed out in the literature, and do not usually...