In this introductory paper I analyse the main factors at the origin of the FIAT crisis. I emphasize that some of these can be found in many Italian firms and industries. A property structure based on family ownership together with a not adequate firm dimension compared with the world market are...

Bain was born in 1912. Following the American antitrust tradition, Bain developed inHarvard in the '30s, and then in Berkeley, a new approach to industrial organization focusedon potential competition as the dynamic core of Economy. Bain defined the Structure, Conduct, Performance, that has been...

After the economic disaster of Bush Administration, a new wave of economic debate is emerging on the relation between state and market economy. "l'industria" has pioneered this debate, both in the past, when we claimed for privatization and liberalisation and nowadays when we claim for a state...

This article analyses the origins of the industrialization process in Italy after the Unification of the country till the beginning of the new century, when Italy had its first industrial boom (1861-1911). The Count of Cavour, the Prime Minister who leaded the country to a rapid Unification,...