Italy shows an energy cost per high usage industrial customer higher than the average value of the greatest countries in the world. As companies operating in the paper and steel industries are amongst the major energy consumers, the author has analysed the evolution of the economic structure of...

An analysis of the financial structure and of the economic performance during the last twelve years has been carried out on the automotive industry. This study commenced with the examination of the balance sheets of both FIAT Auto and its competitors. The author reached the conclusion that the...

The Italian automotive industrial policy has been analysed in two diverse phases: first, in July 2002, when the Italian Parliament carried out an investigation of this industry by consulting manufacturers and experts. This study concluded that the industrial policy for this sector should...

The Author has analyzed the consolidated annual reports of the major Italian companies in the past decade and has compared them with similar multinational companies and with the financial aggregates of the industry. With reference to FIAT Auto, the Author has found that in the recent years this...

The important issue of energy remains central to the development of the world's economy, the competitiveness of nations and manufacturing enterprises, geopolitical equilibrium and the processes that affect this equilibrium. The majority of the globe has suffered reduced economic development and...

The paper describes the preliminary outcomes of the Italian technology transfer (TT) policy instrument named RIDITT: Italian network for innovation and technology transfer to enterprises. As a first step some of the key and most recent theoretical and empirical works on TT policy are presented,...

New developments in the world economy have triggered a reorganization of production across national borders, especially in advanced countries. In order to keep their performances and respond to an increasing competition, firms have being led by the chance of cheaper labour and new markets to...