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Spatial agglomeration and business groups: New evidence from Italian industrial districts
No full textCainelli G., Iacobucci D. and Morganti E. (2006) Spatial agglomeration and business groups: new evidence from Italian industrial districts, Regional Studies 40, 507-518. This paper is a first attempt to analyse the relationship between spatial agglomeration and firms' organizational structures. It takes advantage of a new and large data set at firm and business group level that allows one to analyse the differences in the presence and characteristics of business groups between districts and non-district areas. Overall, the results confirm the hypothesis that spatial agglomeration of business activities influences firms' organization. Groups are more widespread in industrial districts than in non-district areas; moreover, groups in industrial districts are less diversified and more spatially concentrated than groups outside industrial districts. Cainelli G., Iacobucci D. et Morganti E. (2006) L'agglomeration geographique et les groupes commerciaux: de nouvelles preuves provenant des districts italiens, Regional Studies 40, 507-518. Cet article constitue une premiere tentative d'analyser le rapport entre l'agglommeration geographique et les structures organisationnelles des entreprises. On profite d'une nouvelle banque de donnees importante aupres des entreprises et des activites commerciales qui permet l'analyse des differences de la presence et des caracteristiques des groupes commerciaux implantes dans les districts par rapport a ceux qui sont implantes dans d'autres delimitations geographiques. Tout considere, les resultats confirment l'hypothese suivant: l'agglomeration des activites commerciales influent sur l'organisation des entreprises. Les groupes s'averent plus eparpilles dans les districts industriels qu'ils ne le sont ailleurs. Qui plus est, les groupes situes dans les districts industriels sont moins diversifies et plus concentres geographiquement que ne le sont les groupes situes en dehors des districts industriels. Groupes commerciaux, Districts industriels, Agglomeration geographique, Formes d'organisation des entreprises Cainelli G., Iacobucci D. und Morganti E. (2006) Raumliche Ballung und Betriebsgruppen:neue Beweise aus italienischen Industriegebieten, Regional Studies 40, 507-518. Dieser Aufsatz stellt einen ersten Versuch dar, die Beziehung zwischen raumlicher Ballung und den organisatorischen Strukturen von Firmen zu analysieren. Er macht sich eine neue und umfassende Datenreihe auf Firmen- und Betriebsgruppenebene zu Nutze, die gestattet, die Unterschiede im Vorhandenseins und Eigenschaften von Betriebsgruppen zwischen Distrikten und nicht-Distrikten-angeho rigen Gebieten zu analysieren. Insgesamt bestatigen die Ergebnisse die Hypothese, dass raumliche Ballung von geschaftlichen Unternehmen die Organisation von Firmen beeinflusst: Gruppen sind in Industriegebieten weiter verbreitet als in nicht industriell gepragten Gebieten;daruber hinaus sind Gruppen in Industriegebieten weniger differenziert und raumlich starker konzentriert als Gruppen ausserhalb der Industriegebiete Betriebsgruppen, Industriegebiete, raumliche Ballung, Organisationsformen von Firmen Cainelli G., Iacobucci D. y Morganti E. (2006) Aglomeracion espacial y grupos comerciales: nuevo ejemplo de zonas industriales en Italia, Regional Studies 40, 507-518. En este ensayo pretendemos analizar por primera vez la relacion entre la aglomeracion espacial y las estructuras organizativas de las empresas. Con ayuda de un nuevo y exhaustivo grupo de datos sobre empresas y negocios, analizamos que diferencias existen en cuanto a la presencia y las caracteristicas de grupos comerciales en zonas industriales comparado con otras areas no industriales. En general los resultados confirman la hipo tesis de que la organizacion de las empresas se ve influenciada por la aglomeracion espacial de las actividades comerciales. Se observa que son mas comunes los grupos en zonas industriales que en areas no industriales. Ademas, los grupos en zonas industriales estan menos diversificados y espacialmente mas concentrados que los grupos de otras areas no industriales. Grupos comerciales, Zonas industriales, Aglomeracion espacial, Formas organizativas de empresasBusiness groups, Industrial districts, Spatial agglomeration, Firm's organizational forms,
Business groups and the boundaries of the firm
No full textThis paper aims to show that the business group - i.e. the set of firms under common ownership and control - is the most appropriate unit to study the behavior and organization of firms and define their boundaries. Particular emphasis is given to notions such as unitary direction - i.e. the influence over strategic decisions - and administrative co-ordination which allow owners to exercise supervision and authority over the controlled companies. Design/methodology/approach: Given these aims the paper adopts an interdisciplinary perspective that relies on economics, management and law. This multidisciplinary approach is necessary for analyzing the different aspects characterizing business groups in terms of ownership, control, economic synergies between firms and internal organizational mechanisms. To support the propositions, data and information from various sources are used, ranging from official statistics on the firm's population, to sample surveys, case studies and juridical evidence. The use of different sources is justified not only by the interdisciplinary nature of the problem but also by the lack of systematic statistical evidence on the phenomenon of business groups. Findings: The authors suggest that when a company is part of a group, the business group rather than the individual company is the most appropriate "unit" for analyzing the organization and behavior of firms. This does not deny that in some cases it can be worthwhile using the legal boundary as the appropriate unit; however, most of the empirical analyses about firms consider the legal boundary without considering whether companies are independent or part of a business group. Originality/value: The authors show that forms of unitary direction and administrative co-ordination are common in business groups; these forms can be assimilated to the internal organization of firms. For this reason they propose that the group rather than the individual company is the appropriate unit to delimit the boundary of the firm. In this sense, their main conclusion is that not considering the business group underestimates the actual firm boundarie
Agglomeration, innovation, and export behaviour at the firm level. Evidence from Italian industrial districts
No full textInnovation in industrial districts: Evidence from Italy
No full textThe aim of this paper is to show that Italian manufacturing firms belonging to Marshallian industrial districts carry out a higher innovative effort than is usually acknowledged. The empirical analysis makes use of a panel of 1,218 district and non-district firms belonging to traditional sectors. Data refers to the years 1992 and 1995. We have estimated an augmented Cobb–Douglas production function. The estimates make it possible to empirically identify three different determinants of firms’ productivity: (i) the intentional innovative activity; (ii) the ‘‘district effect’’; and (iii) the joint district and innovation effect. The results show that firms’ membership in industrial districts and product innovations are key factors in explaining the productivity of firms working in traditional Italian sectors
L'interscambio commerciale tra Puglia e Romania: una nota
No full textIl processo di allargamento dell’Unione Europea potrebbe generare conseguenze positive per l’economia del Mezzogiorno d’Italia. La maggiore estensione del mercato, infatti, stimolando la concorrenza, determina benefici sia in termini di una più elevata produttività sia di una più ampia gamma di beni e servizi offerti.
Scopo di questo lavoro, articolato in una parte teorica ed una empirica, è analizzare le relazioni commerciali che intercorrono tra la Puglia e la Romania, partendo da una riflessione di carattere teorico sui legami che sussistono tra commercio internazionale e crescita economica. Sulla base di questa riflessione, l’analisi empirica esamina i rapporti di interscambio tra le province pugliesi e la Romania al fine di identificarne il possibile impatto sulla crescita dell’economia pugliese
Partecipazione all'impresa e flessibilità retributiva in sistemi locali: note introduttive
No full textPartecipazione all'impresa e flessibilità retributiva in sistemi locali: note introduttiv
Meccanismi retributivi premianti in Emilia-Romagna negli anni 1994-1997: modalità contrattuali e determinanti
No full textMeccanismi retributivi premianti in Emilia-Romagna negli anni 1994-1997: modalità contrattuali e determinant
Performance-Related Pay or Pay for Participation? The Case of Emilia Romagna
No full textThe income policy agreement of July 1993 – the so-called Accordo di Luglio – has considerably
changed the industrial relations framework in Italy. The adoption of company agreements, linking
workers’ compensation to company performance, opened up a new phase in bargaining, increasing the
growth of decentralised negotiation between workers’ trade union organisations and companies.
Previous empirical investigations have mainly analysed this phenomenon at national level, focussing
on the factors behind this practice. Less attention has been devoted to the investigation of the diffusion
of these negotiating practices at local level. The aim of this paper is to analyse this phenomenon at this
level, investigating decentralised bargaining carried out in Emilia Romagna, one of the most
industrialised and unionised regions of Italy. In particular, company bargaining on performancerelated
pay (PRP) and/or pay for participation (PFP) is analysed during the period 1994-1997 within
this region. First of all, forms of agreement on PRP/PFP are investigated to find out the incentive,
risk-sharing, and participation mechanisms as predicted by economic theory and embodied within
each contract. Secondly, an econometric investigation is carried out to identify the variables that can
explain their introduction
Solvent effects on stereoselectivity: More than just an environment
No full textStereoselectivity is a major topic in organic synthesis. Intensive investigations into the role of solvents on diastereo- and enantioselective reactions, as well as temperature-dependent measurements of diastereomeric and enantiomeric ratios, have shed light on the existence of dynamic solvation effects. In this tutorial review, several examples of non-linear Eyring plots in stereoselective nucleophilic additions, cycloadditions, photochemical and enzymatic reactions are reported. Experimental data and spectroscopic analyses obtained in aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, halohydrocarbons, ethers and mixtures lead to the formulation of a hypothesis on the inversion temperature phenomenon as being due to an equilibrium between distinct solute–solvent clusters, which are the real reactive species in solution. © 2009 The Royal Society of Chemistry
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