Many question the value of accounting scholarship to society. We compared the attention the general public, policy makers, and academics give to academic accounting research relative to other business disciplines and other more general disciplines (economics, psychology, and other sciences). The...

Firm strategy is widely recognized as a key determinant of firm performance. But firm strategy is an intangible quantity whose measurement, modeling and analysis have proven to be a challenge. Since firms most often express and communicate firm strategy in descriptive terms and in textual form,...

Despite the attention paid by academics to the study of the determinants and growth consequences of entrepreneurs' planning behavior, the convenience of engaging in planning activities is still an open debate in the entrepreneurship literature. In this paper, we analyze how institutional and...

This paper aims to examine the underlying causes of the sharp reduction in bank lending, which in turn is highlighting some structural weaknesses of Italian firms and financial system. The structure of this paper is as follows. Section 1 introduces the paper. Section 2 analyzes some drivers of...

With the rapid development in business and technology, enterprises are now facing competition that is fiercer than ever before. How to assist enterprises in gaining competitive advantage via business innovation and technologies has become a crucial issue. A solution to these contemporary issues...

Nowadays, there is no need to say that organizational effectiveness is important. In today's competitive world, consultants and academics propose new bases to enhance the effectiveness and performance of organizations. In this paper, we have used two new approaches which have found significant...

Italian Abstract: Il presente lavoro esamina i principali casi aziendali di information providers e sistemi di information sharing operanti nel mercato creditizio italiano, con una prospettiva di analisi prettamente economicoaziendale. Sono analizzati i modelli di business dei primi 5 operatori...

Spanish Abstract: El comercio electrónico en la modalidad Business to Consumer es una modalidad que presenta una serie de atributos beneficiosos para el desarrollo del comercio. Sin embargo, su adopción no ha presentado una tasa de crecimiento tan alta como la que se esperaría, incluso en...

Italian Abstract: Scopo di questo lavoro è quello di contribuire, sia sul piano teorico-metodologico sia su quello empirico, agli studi sull'evoluzione del rapporto banca-impresa. Si tratta di un tema particolarmente complesso, di grande attualità e rilevanza scientifica.La prima parte del...