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Interpersonal Social Networks and Internationalization of Traditional SMEs
No full textThis study aims to understand the role of interpersonal social networks in the international strategies of “traditional SMEs,” namely small firms that are “born local” and that operate in low-tech and non-knowledge-intensive industries. Specifically, building on the social capital approach and the international entrepreneurship literature, this study investigates how the structure and the content of interpersonal social networks affect both the activities of exploration/exploitation of opportunities abroad, as well as the path and the performance of the internationalization processes in the pre-entry and post-entry phases. Results show the dynamics of internationalization as a “social embedded” endeavor, by highlighting heuristics and path-dependent phenomena connected to the features of the interpersonal social networks. Findings contribute to the literature as to the decision-making processes, the role of trust, and the possible negative effects generated by the structure and the content of the interpersonal social networks, including the market withdrawals
Inter-Organizational Governance, qualitative evidence from the Business Aviation Supply Chain
No full textCompetition, tecnology innovation and industrial structure in the business aviation industry
No full textThis article aims to investigate the nature of competition and the industrial structure in the Business Aviation Industry (BAI). The aircraft product is a typical Complex Product System (CoPS). Recent study based the nature of the competition in the CoPS industries on the knowledge needed to generate and develop the product. We proposed an extended approach, including collateral assets and scale economies, to understand the drivers of competitive advantage and the industrial structure in the BAI.
The methodology research is based on archival data (1930-2004), empirical analysis (1994-2004) and interviews to industrial experts. We find that the BAI tends to oligopoly, because there are high barrier to entry: collateral assets, scale economies, knowledge, and financial resources to compete in the global CoPS industry. Finally, we demonstrated that the product technology innovation is not a relevant force for the incumbent survival. Our research is helpful to managers who need to devise strategy to reduce the uncertainty about the dynamic of Business Aviation (BA) evolution market. Choosing to study the BA market satisfies two needs: to give more insight to the Italian aeronautical industries and, second, the scientific novelty of the analysis. In the next years, the business aviation market will be the most rampant sector of the aeronautical civil arena, and several Italian aeronautical companies showed particular interest. Besides, analyzing a barely investigated market sector represented a strong motivation as well
La gestione dei processi di tournaround. Un caso esemplare: la PIRELLI S.P.A.
No full textCasa editrice ESI, Napol
La gestione dei processi di tournaround. Un caso esemplare: la PIRELLI S.P.A.
No full textCasa editrice ESI, Napol
Sunflower seedlings subjected to incresing water deficit stress: oxidative stress and defence mechanisms
No full textSunflower seedlings (Helianthus annuus cv. Licia Stella) reached a mild, moderate and severe level of water deficit stress after 5,8 and 11 days of soil water depletion, respectively. At a moderate level of water deficit stress, an elestic adjustment occurred. At the same time, in response to a minor osmotic potential and an intermediate rate of water potential decrease, glutathione level increased and enzyme activities related to the ascorbate/glutathione cycle were induced. At severe water deficit stress, the efficiency of this defence mechanism fell, oxidative processes intensified and soluble protein content decreased further. The results of the present experiment suggest that during water deficit stress the water status of the plants plays a key role in the activation of defence mechanisms
Castel Nuovo: un urban center per una nuova rete di relazioni con il Centro Antico di Napoli
No full textInduced Stratification
No full textThis article will highlight the archaeological, architectural and environmental values in the oldest part of Naples, a place endowed with historic structures that clearly reveal the different languages, code-styles and eras of the city’s history. An orthogonal Greco-Roman road network and a series of cloistered convents constructed in the modern era characterize the urban fabric. The area was always animated by the presence of educational structures since the Greek gymnasia enlivened the city with their gyms and stadiums until the end of the classical age when education was relegated to the religious orders in convents and churches. As in all European cities, the history of cultural institutions in Naples is marked by a series of starts and stops beginning in 1224 when Frederick II founded the institution for the study of the legal arts and all other professions. After 1507, what later was to become the Federico II university found some degree of continuity and, even more importantly for our research, it succeeded in opening up to and integrating groups arriving from territories far beyond state borders. In 1724, Matteo Ripa, who had worked at the court of the Manchu Kangxi emperor, founded the Chinese College; its recognition in 1732 by Clement XII gave birth to what would later become L’Orientale, the University of Oriental Studies. This first period of multiculturalism continued and was manifested in the research developed at the University Federico II International Master in Design for the Historic City. Despite its advanced state of decay, the area is characterized by the unyielding endurance of human values. Through a research project for both knowledge and development, we sought to locate a university campus for multicultural studies in the Naples historic center using contemporary architectural interventions that communicate with existing historic structures, endowing them with value and keeping alive an urban fabric distinguished by tangible and intangible values
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