177,066 research outputs found
Interorganizational R&D projects in clustering contexts: A resource interaction perspective
No full textInterorganizational relationships have been acknowledged as engines of innovation. Collaboration often takes the form of interorganizational projects (IOPs) concerned with R&D and innovation activities, and a context where R&D IOPs are implemented is high-tech clusters. Notwithstanding the attention on local innovation, there are limited insights into the features, functioning, and impact of cluster-promoted formal mechanisms. This study provides an understanding of how cluster firms participate in cluster-promoted R&D IOPs and the main effects of their involvement in the development of technological and organizational resources. A case-study methodology is adopted to analyze the development process of the Apulia Space Project, implemented in the Aerospace Technological Cluster of the Apulia Region (Italy). The Resource Interaction Approach and 4R model are the frameworks of reference. The study shows that the cluster-promoted IOP represents a valuable organizational resource itself and its effectiveness is increased if its "project identity" embodies a strong "shared cluster identity"
Il ruolo del marketing nelle strategie di riconfigurazione del business: il caso DR
No full textIl paper si focalizza sul ruolo del marketing nei processi di riconfigurazione del business, prendendo in riferimento il caso di una PMI molisana (DR Motor Company), che è passata progressivamente dalla semplice distribuzione alla produzione di automobili, in un contesto competitivo e settoriale caratterizzato da elevata complessità.
Il lavoro mira ad indagare le seguenti problematiche di ricerca:
• quali possono essere le modalità concrete di riconfigurazione di un business, nella fattispecie in un settore maturo;
• qual è il ruolo e il campo d’azione del marketing in strategie di questo tipo;
• in quale modo logiche manageriali creative possono declinarsi, da un lato, su un piano strategico e, dall’altro, su un piano operativo
La partecipazione delle PMI alle reti formali di R&S: una rassegna della letteratura
No full textL’innovazione tecnologica è una delle principali leve che consentono alle piccole e medie imprese (PMI) di competere sul mercato domestico ed internazionale. L’obiettivo del presente articolo è quello di fornire una rassegna critica della letteratura esistente sulla partecipazione delle PMI a reti formali nell’ambito delle attività di ricerca e sviluppo (R&S). L’indagine ha portato all’individuazione di 27 pubblicazioni. La letteratura esistente viene analizzata sulla base di tre dimensioni specifiche: le modalità di partecipazione; i fattori che incidono sull'ingresso e sulla partecipazione; i benefici per le PMI coinvolte. Il principale risultato emerso è che il tema in questione è stato sino ad ora analizzato in modo limitato e frammentario. I contributi esistenti hanno infatti indagato aspetti specifici, senza fornire un quadro approfondito e sistematico. Inoltre, la prospettiva prevalente è stata quella dell'analisi economica, mentre si registra una mancanza di contributi che utilizzano un'ottica manageriale. L'approccio con cui le PMI gestiscono la loro partecipazione a reti formali di R&S è quindi un tema ancora da esplorare e da inquadrare sia sul piano concettuale che su quello empirico
Interorganizational R&D projects in clustering contexts: A resource interaction perspective
No full textInterorganizational relationships have been acknowledged as engines of innovation. Collaboration often takes the form of interorganizational projects (IOPs) concerned with R&D and innovation activities, and a context where R&D IOPs are implemented is high-tech clusters. Notwithstanding the attention on local innovation, there are limited insights into the features, functioning, and impact of cluster-promoted formal mechanisms. This study provides an understanding of how cluster firms participate in cluster-promoted R&D IOPs and the main effects of their involvement in the development of technological and organizational resources. A case-study methodology is adopted to analyze the development process of the Apulia Space Project, implemented in the Aerospace Technological Cluster of the Apulia Region (Italy). The Resource Interaction Approach and 4R model are the frameworks of reference. The study shows that the cluster-promoted IOP represents a valuable organizational resource itself and its effectiveness is increased if its “project identity” embodies a strong “shared cluster identity”
Introduction to the proceedings of the Piccola Impresa/Small Business 5th Workshop: “Beyond the crisis: what is the future for small businesses? Challenges, opportunities and lessons learned”
No full textIn this volume, we are pleased to present the proceedings of the 5th Workshop organised by the journal Piccola Impresa/Small Business in collaboration with the Association for the study of small enterprises (ASPI), the Research Center on Entrepreneurship and Small-medium firms (CRIMPI), the Italian Academy of Business Economics (AIDEA) and the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB). The workshop title was “Beyond the crisis: what is the future for small businesses? Challenges, opportunities and lessons learned”, and it took place online on December 4-5, 2021.
The aim of the conference was to bring together scholars of entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized enterprises, to discuss the emerging issues following the Covid-19 pandemic.
As we have highlighted in the call for papers of the workshop and a previous editorial published in the journal mentioned above (Pencarelli et al. 2021), the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the largest public health crisis in living memory, with serious—and still unpredictable—consequences for the global economy. Available data clearly shows that SMEs have particularly suffered from economic downturn: their inherent weaknesses have amplified and accelerated the effects of the crisis compared to larger firms (Cowling et al., 2020; OECD, 2020). Notably, in Italy, the Covid-19 outbreak has challenged SMEs’ survival after a decade of a slow and incomplete recovery (CERVED, 2020, 2021)
Supply Network Strategies An Inquiry Into the Changes in the Italian Mid-Sized Company and Its Supplier Relationships
No full textThe paper discusses on the changes in the sourcing strategies of Italian manufacturing companies. In particular it discusses the choices between local and international sourcing and their changes in the latest 30 years
Serial crowdfunding in start-up development: a business network view
No full textPurpose
Even though the crowdfunding (CF) literature is rapidly reaching its maturity phase, the topic of serial CF (i.e. the participation in more than one CF campaign) is as much promising as still largely under explored. This study thus aims to offer a thorough view of the dynamic and complex processes characterizing the participation of the start-ups to more than one campaign adopting a business network perspective.
Design/methodology/approach
In line with an explorative research aim, a multiple case study analysis is performed by taking into consideration four start-ups engaged in more than one CF campaigns with different combinations of equity and non-equity CF, adopting the actor–resource–activity (ARA) model as theoretical framework.
Findings
Multiple CF campaigns are embedded in the overall changing startup’s network and are affected by the concurrent and overlapping startup’s development processes. From this standpoint, the adoption of the ARA model suggests to reconsider the “serial” dimension of multiple CF campaigns. These processes can be more or less “linear” as they could be affected by the combination of CF schemes and by the degree of alignment of actors, activities and resources, whose “assembly” can be facilitated by learning processes and impaired by unexpected circumstances.
Originality/value
This paper explores in depth the startup’s serial CF journey, building on recent studies calling for stronger analyses of the directions and outcomes of innovative funding trajectories pursued and implemented by new business ventures. From this standpoint, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to consider a complete spectrum of combinations between CF schemes within serial CF, thus allowing for a better understanding of the role of such a factor within a dynamic and contextual view, that is, that offered by the business network perspective. This paper also contributes to the Industrial Marketing and Purchasing research on start-ups
The role of European R&D projects for SMEs’ resource development: an IMP perspective
No full textPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a contribution on the role of European R&D projects
(ERDPs) on small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) resource development.
Design/methodology/approach – This paper adopts a qualitative methodology based on a longitudinal
case study. The case analysis concerns Gamma, a small high-tech firm based in Italy, active in
nanotechnologies since 2005 as a research spin-off and since its establishment active in ERDPs.
The analysis is developed along three main phases of development where the company participated to
different ERDPs.
Findings – The empirical analysis highlights that since its establishment, Gamma has been able to
increasingly exploit participation in ERDPs, in order to gain access to financial and technological resources.
Such active and continuous participation fostered the development of both advanced technological and
organizational resources, which then allowed the company to survive and play a growing role as a
well-known technology partner in the nanotechnology field in Italy and Europe.
Originality/value – Adopting an IMP perspective, the paper provides a contribution on the managerial
dimension of SMEs’ participation in ERDPs – which represents a neglected topic in the existing literature – on
two distinct grounds: resource development process and networking processes. With respect to resource
development processes in ERDPs, this case study underscores the relevance of ERDPs for developing both
technological and organizational resources, highlighting the relevance of project management-related
knowledge. In terms of networking processes, this paper highlights the need to fully understand the interplay
of ERDP networks and business networks
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