This paper studies the different kinds of business models within the biotech cluster in Italy. A balance sheet analysis of 88 biotech firms shows the main differences among them: according to the characteristics of the business model, some indexes are better than others in describing the...

The growth trend of Western economies has declined slowly but steadily over the last fifteen years. Shorter and less intense recoveries have at times triggered hopes for a new trend that, in fact, has never occurred. Within this framework of generalized slowdown, Italy displays an even weaker...

Our paper analyzes the growth potential of the Italian industrial system, in order to devise a more efficient allocation of the limited available public resources for R&D. Our focus lies mainly on two topics. At first, in the current global economic environment, enhancing the value of goods and...

Recent productivity dynamics in main OECD countries are analysed to verify if there is something to worry about Italian economy's performance. Data demonstrate that the main source of concern is due to manufacturing slowdown in productivity indicators (labour as well as total). This may be the...

The aim of this paper is twofold: on the one hand, to provide a descriptive analysis of the biotech industry in Italy, as far as the economic and financial structure is concerned; on the other hand, to provide a methodology in order to show the different roles played by companies within the...

This is an attempt to survey the characteristics of firms in the European biotech industry. Databases of biotech firms on the web are reviewed to prepare a set of names useful for subsequent analysis. More than 650 firms are then chosen, through their patent applications to the European Patent...

Following last years' analysis on the teaching of industrial economics, sponsored by the Italian industrial economics and policy society (SIEPI), this study analyses the researches carried out by Italian scholars on topics related to industrial organization and applied economics. It points out...

The study analyses the importance and characteristics of Industrial Economics/Organisation and related courses (e.g. Firm Economics, Innovation Economics, Applied Economics) in Italian Universities. Attention is concentrated on first level (3-year) degree courses, set up by Italian Faculties...