This paper focuses on the need for critical reflection on the theoretical/methodological characterization of that broad area of research referred to here as strategy studies. The aim is to point out some of the features of this field that distinguish it from other scientific ambits (in...

In September 1997 a regulation (law No. 352/1997) gave to Pompeii a new status: from its previous standing as a local branch of the Ministry of Culture (the Soprintendenza) it was configured as an autonomous entity (Soprintendenza autonoma). In July 2008, the Italian Prime Minister declared a...

History of management and stratigraphy of organizing / Luca Zan -- From manufacturing to industry: the turn in the late 19th century / Pasquale Ventrice -- The recovery of the Arsenal: the process from 1980 until today / Claudio Menichelli -- The role of the Agenzia del Demanio (State Property...

The authors have studied the site of the Historical Sanctuary of Machu Picchu (HSM) over the last decade from an organizational/managerial point of view, based on field research and documents analysis. What follows is a sort of a virtual appendix of the article “Managing Machu Picchu:...

The theme of this book is the study of strategic change processes, with a focus on the 'European perspective' in studying strategic change. The 1980s ushered in an era of radical change for many organizations both in Europe and North America, and the topics have become dominant academic and...

The paper is based on a field research in 2008/9 on the Chinese sites on Unesco World Heritage List (UWHL). The cases under study offer some insight into the complexity of the management of Chinese cultural organizations, as well as the problem of the presentation of China’s heritage in a new...

In our paper “The Chinese accounting profession in the People’s Republic: A preliminary understanding from an oral history perspective” (Critical Perspectives on Accounting, forthcoming 2022), we investigate Chinese accounting changes by reconstructing individual accountants’ experience...

Transformations taking place in China are of crucial importance in the development of the world economy. The international community is turning its attention to China's move towards a market economy and assessing the likely impact on the years ahead. This paper aims to plot the evolution of...