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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,
European Strategy for the Adriatic-Ionian Macroregion and Regional Innovation Strategies: Overlapping and Synergies
No full textThis paper provides a first assessment of the relations between regional innovation strategies and the EU strategy for the Adriatic-Ionian Region (EUSAIR). EUSAIR was launched in 2014 to strengthen cooperation and help achieve economic and social cohesion in the area. Simultaneously, EU regions were asked to design innovation policies based on the Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3). This paper analyses the theoretical underpinnings and actual integration between S3 and EUSAIR. The empirical analysis is based on the S3 documents and data about projects financed dur-ing the 2014-2020 programming period. The results show a low degree of overlapping between the two strategies
L’internazionalizzazione delle medie imprese italiane
No full textThe paper examines the processes of internationalization in medium sized firms in the main regions of the so-called «third Italy» (North-East-Center Italy). The focus on medium sized firms is because of their increasing role in the Italian manufacturing system. Italian small firms typically show remarkable ability to penetrate international markets through light modes of entry (export), but find it difficult to establish stable forms of internationalization.
This paper aims in particular to assess to what extent medium sized firms are able to cope better than small firms in the international arena. Using data from financial statements for 2001 and 2005, we analyze the percentage of sales abroad and the number, value and location of foreign subsidiaries and joint venture to understand the internationalization patterns of 197 medium-sized firms. In the period analyzed, we found an increase in the level of internationalization (both export and direct investments), based especially on small companies (250-499 employees). Most of the companies analyzed confirm the general pattern of Italian manufacturing firms, based on a high level of exports and a lower level of foreign subsidiaries. The data confirm a "globalization gap" in that most foreign direct investments go to countries within the EU, which should be considered as a unique national market. In general, medium sized Italian companies seem unable to overcome the internationalization problems typically encountered by small Italian firms
Entrepreneurial ecosystems and economic resilience at local level
No full textThe main aim of this paper is to investigate if and to what extent entrepreneurial ecosystems (EE) have an impact on economic resilience at local level. The paper is based on a quantitative analysis for the Italian provinces (NUT-3 level) and presents two novelties: first, it provides a composite index of EE at local level by capturing the different aspects encompassing political, social, cultural and economic dimensions of an EE; second, it analyzes the role of EE in terms of resistance to and recovery from external shocks. The empirical results show that EE has a relevant role in explaining the resilience of local systems to economic shocks. The positive effect also remains when controlling for the direct impact of new firm formation, thus highlighting that the EE concept has a greater significance for characterizing resilience and entrepreneurial activity at local level than entrepreneurial rates
Entrepreneurial ecosystems in Italy
No full textThe main aim of this paper is to develop a measure of entrepreneurial ecosystems (ee) at local level. We select and aggregate into a composite index 13 variables that represent the different features of an ee. Data refers to Italian provinces (nuts-3 level) in the years 2004 and 2011. The ee index shows a large variation between Italian provinces but a high persistence over time. We analyse the consistency of the index to different weighting procedure, normalization and aggregation methods. We also check for the sensitivity of the index in ranking the provinces to the removal of each variable
Innovation performance in traditional industries: Does proximity to universities matter
Full text linkFirms operating in traditional industries are characterized by low investment in R&D and little capabilities for autonomous innovation. This situation is changing given the increasing relevance of general purpose technol-ogies, such as ICT. As a result, the innovative performance of firms in these sectors should be more dependent on the interaction with firms and institutions outside their production chain. The aim of this paper is to analyze to what extent the proximity to universities affects firms' capability to innovate as opposed to the other charac-teristics of the local context, such as specialization or variety, which motivated firms' location choice. The analysis focuses on Italian firms in traditional industries: agri-food, textile and clothing, leather and footwear. The empirical evidence suggests that the local context still plays a relevant role for the innovative performance of traditional firms while proximity to a university is not always statistically significant
DIFFUSIONE E SPECIFICITA' ORGANIZZATIVA DEI GRUPPI D'IMPRESA NEI DISTRETTI INDUSTRIALI ITALIANI
No full textHow to evaluate the impact of academic spin-offs on local development: an empirical analysis of the Italian case
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