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Innovation and Foreign Technology in Italy,1861-2011
Amidei, Federico Barbiellini; Cantwell, John; … - Banca d'Italia - 2011
The paper explores the long run evolution of Italy's performance in technological innovation as a function of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548014
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Innovation and Foreign Technology in Italy,1861-2011
Amidei, Federico Barbiellini; Cantwell, John; … - Banca d'Italia - 2011
The paper explores the long run evolution of Italy's performance in technological innovation as a function of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364460
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Corporate geography in multi-plant firms
Cappariello, Rita; Federico, Stefano; Zizza, Roberta - Banca d'Italia - 2012
This paper focuses on how multi-plant firms allocate their workforce and investments between headquarters or plants located in or close to the headquarters area (HQ plants) and those located in the same country but farther away from the headquarters area (non-HQ plants). Using survey data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099643
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Outsourcing versus Integration at Home or Abroad
Federico, Stefano - Banca d'Italia - 2010
Using data on a sample of Italian manufacturing companies, this paper analyzes the location (at home or abroad) and the mode of organization (outsourcing versus integration) of intermediate inputs production. We find evidence of a productivity ordering (largely consistent with the assumptions in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008582225
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The internationalization of the Italian productive system
Cristadoro, Riccardo; Federico, Stefano - Banca d'Italia - 2015
This work presents, in a single framework, the results of several recent studies, carried out by Bank of Italy …, globally as well as in Italy. However, our country is characterized by lower direct investment flows and stocks, both outgoing … reasons behind Italy’s lag and, finally, the system of public policies and institutions supporting the process of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011171337
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Foreign direct investment and multinational firms
Borin, Alessandro; Cristadoro, Riccardo - Banca d'Italia - 2014
outpaced those to developed countries. Italy lags behind as a destination for FDI inflows and also as an originator of FDI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011100411
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Geography of internationalization statistics
Bentivogli, Chiara; Oddo, Giacomo; Pellegrini, Valeria - Banca d'Italia - 2014
The paper presents an overview of available statistics on the internationalization of the Italian economy. The different sources are compared in terms of completeness, consistency and compatibility, timeliness, relevance and frequency of revisions, presence of systematic biases and significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011103307
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The Determinants of Cross-Border Bank Shareholdings; an Analysis with Bank-Level Data from OECD Countries
Focarelli, Dario; Pozzolo, Alberto Franco - Banca d'Italia - 2000
TThis paper investigates which factors determine a bank's decision to expand its activities abroad and what determines its choice of the countries to invest in. The empirical analysis is conducted using firm-level data on foreign subsidiaries for a representative sample of nearly 2,500 OECD...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005467309
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Outward FDI and local employment growth in Italy
Federico, Stefano; Minerva, Gaetano Alfredo - Banca d'Italia - 2007
Using several data sources, we assess the impact of Italy's outward foreign direct investment (FDI) on local employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113647