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Italian Firms in History : Size, Technology and Entrepreneurship

Amatori, Franco - 2013

The economic performance of a country depends, among other things, on the strategies and structures of its firms. In the framework that is designed by institutions and policies and determined by technology and macroeconomic cycles, entrepreneurs decide how to allocate available resources in...

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The 'Economic Miracle' and Italy's Chemical Industry, 1950-1965 : A Missed Opportunity

Fauri, F. - 2001

The chemical industry was a leading sector in Italy's 'economic miracle', but after remarkable growth in the 1950s, it … Italy's giant electric power companies, which was diversifying into new sectors. The 'chemical wars' of the late 1950s and … early 1960s pitted the three companies against one another, as they competed for state support by building plants in Italy …

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State Enterprise and Italy's 'Economic Miracle' : The Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi, 1945-1962

Carnevali, F. - 2000

The Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (Eni) was one of Italy's most important state-owned enterprises, a key actor in the … details how, in the context of Italy's "economic miracle", Eni played an important role both as an agent of economic growth …

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Building an Industrial Society : Welfare Capitalism in the 'City of Factories'. Sesto San Giovanni, Italy

Varini, Valerio - 2015

authorative historiography. Following that there is a brief résumé of the diffusion of the company towns in Italy. The two …

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Marketing Strategy Analysis in the Italian Textile Industry : The Case of Marzotto, 1836 – 2004

Binti Ramli, Nur Suhaili - 2019

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Old and New Italian Multinational Firms

Berta, Giuseppe - 2013

After a quick profile of Italian foreign direct investments since 1900 and a short review of the main explanations of the lagged multinational growth by Italian manufacturing companies, a quick glimpse of business histories is given to the only two still today living "old protagonists" (Pirelli,...

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Business Strategy and Firm Performance : The British Corporate Economy, 1949-1984

Toms, Steve - 2010

There has been considerable and ongoing debate about the performance of the British economy since 1945. Empirical studies have concentrated on aggregate or industry level indicators. Few have examined individual firms' financial performance. This study takes a sample of c.3000 firms in 19...

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Ownership, Financial Strategy and Performance : The Lancashire Cotton Textile Industry, 1918-1938

Higgins, David - 2013

There has been a substantial debate about the benefits rationalisation might have conferred on British manufacturing during the interwar years. One industry which has featured prominently is the Lancashire cotton-textile industry. This article assesses the validity of John Maynard Keynes' claim...

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External Trade in Italy, 1922-38 .Some Evidence from Trade Index Numbers

Tattara, Giuseppe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1988

This paper presents new estimates of value and quantity indices for Italian exter-nal trade in goods from 1922 to 1938, Trade in goods is defined so as to exclude transit trade and reparations but to include trade with the Itahan colornes and possessions. The quantity is defined as the net...

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The diversity of organisational forms in banking: France, Italy and Spain 1900-2000

Maixe-Altes, J. Carles - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

France, Italy and Spain. In all three countries, these institutions played an important role in the retail banking sector …

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