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MULTINATIONALITY, DIVERSIFICATION AND FIRM SIZE AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF EUROPE'S LEADING FIRMS

Davies, Stephen; Rondi, Laura; Sembenelli, Alessandro - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 1997

Conventional explanations of diversification and multinationality both point to size/growth related motives and firm-specific intangible assets as the driving forces. However, previous empirical studies have rarely exploited this commonality by investigating multinationality and diversification...

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COMPETITIVITÀ E DIVARI DI EFFICIENZA NELL'INDUSTRIA ITALIANA

Fraquelli, Giovanni; Frigero, Piercarlo; Sugliano, Fulvio - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 2001

This paper assesses the role of competition in explaining the efficiency in the Italian manufacturing. Technical efficiency differentials have been measured by applying Data Evelopment Analysis (D.E.A.) methods on a panel of 420 firms from 32 industries at 3- digit level, over the period...

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THE DIRECTIONS OF DIVERSIFICATION IN ITALIAN MANUFACTURING

Vannoni, Davide - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 1996

This paper focuses on the diversification strategies of the largest manufacturing groups operating in Italy between 1987 and 1993. The analysis of diversification at the firm level and at the industry level is followed with an empirical investigation on the links between the different areas of...

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La Formazione-sviluppo per la creazione di moderne comunità lavorative [Developmnt-training to create working communities]

Rizziato, Erica - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 2010

This paper proposes a new methodology for training in the field of organization development, named development-training. The approach on the base of the methodology come from a research project of Ceris-CNR and the Association Motiva; it is inspired by complexity, constructivism, personalism,...

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Technology and demand mechanism in firm diversification strategies.An experimental method to discriminate the fundamental drivers

Santanera, Elena - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 2013

An essential part of any firm’s corporate strategy is the choice of the business portfolio through which to compete. When the portfolio’s decision involves more than one business, firms are said to implement a diversification strategy, which is put into action through the firms concomitant...

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COGNITIVE MAPS TO ANALYZE THE CREATION AND DIFFUSION PROCESSES OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE RESEARCH INSTITUTES

Cadario, Emanuele - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 2003

The internal communication represents a final aim of the organizations in order to be productive in the long run, and a means for the spreading of the organizational culture. The present work, deepening the thought of Nonaka, Argyris and Schön, has the purpose of analysing the ways of...

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L’etica dello sviluppo organizzativo e la responsabilità sociale delle organizzazioni: punti di arrivo, criticità e proposte nel contesto italiano e internazionale

Rizziato, Erica; Nemmo, Erika - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 2012

This Working Paper focuses on the organizations’ social responsibility aspects linked to the active and creative involvement of the working community in the dynamics of change. The work, then explores organizational development area in the organizations’ social responsibility context. The...

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Firm Diversification in the European Union: New Insights on Return to Core Business and Relatedness

Rondi, Laura; Vannoni, Davide - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 2002

According to ex-ante expectations, one effect of the increased competitive pressure within the Single Market was to drive firms to reduce diversification and refocus on their core business. This paper addresses two main questions: the extent and the purpose of multi-product strategies. Using a...

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LIBERALIZZAZIONE E INTEGRAZIONE VERTICALE DELLE UTILITY ELETTRICHE: EVIDENZA EMPIRICA DA UN CAMPIONE ITALIANO DI IMPRESE PUBBLICHE LOCALI

Piacenza, Massimiliano; Beccio, Emma - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 2004

In recent years changes of regulation in European electricity industry have been oriented towards a gradual liberalization of the sector, stressing the issue of energy provision for selling in the open market. Within the Italian regulatory framework, since local public firms cannot compete...

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The Employment Effects of Innovation. Evidence from a Sample of Italian Manufacturing Firms

Giacomo, Marina Di - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 2000

This paper deals with a controversial question: Can innovation create unemployment? Theoretical frameworks and … where the innovation is introduced and the type of technological change (process vs. product).In our empirical evidence we … used a database with information on sales, investments, R&D, product and process innovation and number of employees of …

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