Mid-sized Manufacturing Companies: The New Driver of Italian Competitiveness
The structure of Italian industry is characterized by a predominance of small sized companies and the presence of very few large companies. For a long time a conviction was shared among scholars and practitioners that the strength and safety of Italian industry were based on its industrial districts...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Milano :
Springer Milan
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Colección: | SxI - Springer for Innovation / SxI - Springer per l'Innovazione,
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009469152106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""1 Background and goals of the book ""; ""1.1 In medio stat virtus: the growing interest in the mid-sized company ""; ""1.2 The research and its goals ""; ""References""; ""2 Mid-sized companies according to Mediobanca-Unioncamere ""; ""2.1 Introduction ""; ""2.2 Origins of medium-sized enterprises ""; ""2.3 The Mediobanca-Unioncamere report on medium-sized Italian industrial businesses ""; ""2.4 Distribution of Italian medium-sized enterprises ""
- ""2.5 Characteristics and trends of medium-sized Italian industrial companies """"2.6 Concluding comments""; ""References""; ""3 A quantitative analysis of the companies under examination ""; ""3.1 Introduction ""; ""3.2 Financial profi le of the companies under examination ""; ""3.3 Panel companies versus Italian MSEs ""; ""3.4 Panel companies versus benchmark firms ""; ""3.5 Concluding comments ""; ""References""; ""4 Virtuous business models for international competitiveness ""; ""4.1 Introduction ""; ""4.2 The governance issues and trajectories of growth ""
- ""4.2.1 Once upon a time the entrepreneur � """"4.2.2 The continuous strain to grow ""; ""4.2.3 Sustainable growth""; ""4.2.4 The stability of the governance ""; ""4.2.5 The positive contamination of entrepreneurial and managerial elements ""; ""4.3 The vital network of inter-organizational relationships ""; ""4.3.1 The mid-sized company and its market network between stability and variability""; ""4.3.2 The strategic value of the mid-sized company�s relationship base ""; ""4.3.2.1 The ability to maximize benefits ""; ""4.3.2.2 Coping with burdens and costs of business relationships ""
- ""4.3.3 The mobilization of business relationships between local and global """"4.3.4 The implementation of a management approach to business relationships ""; ""4.4 The dynamic focus strategies ""; ""4.4.1 Differentiation and strategic niches ""; ""4.4.2 Refocus strategies ""; ""4.4.3 Multi focus strategies ""; ""4.5 The new value chain of mid-sized Italian companies ""; ""4.5.1 Innovation orientation ""; ""4.5.1.1 Structured and open innovation ""; ""4.5.1.2 Open and unstructured innovation ""; ""4.5.1.3 Structured and closed innovation ""; ""4.5.1.4 Unstructured and closed innovation ""
- ""4.5.2 Product customization """"4.5.3 Market strength ""; ""4.5.3.1 The Brand-Communication-Retail model ""; ""4.5.3.2 The Product-Client model ""; ""4.6 Competing in international markets ""; ""4.6.1 Internationalization as a strategic “must� ""; ""4.6.2 Global niches and emerging countries ""; ""4.6.3 The different entry modes ""; ""4.6.4 Four internationalization orientations ""; ""4.6.4.1 Sales orientated internationalization ""; ""4.6.4.2 Efficiency-orientated internationalization ""; ""4.6.4.3 Diff erentiation-orientated internationalization ""
- ""4.6.4.4 Innovation-orientated internationalization ""
