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Managing alliances, partnerships, and joint ventures
No full textThis chapter summarizes the five main phases of the strategic alliance creation process: partner selection, due diligence, valuation and negotiation, implementation, and evaluation. The actors involved in the process range from internal managers in the engaged organizations to external consultants who aid partner selection and the definition of contractual conditions. Although some differences occur between the creation of different collaboration types, there are common success factors, such as trust among members, low ambiguity, and the compatibility and alignment of the participants’ strategy
Business portfolio: geographical scope
No full textInternationalization represents a widespread strategic choice for companies that want to expand their business portfolio outside their national geographical borders. This chapter describes how companies implement international strategic choices in terms of markets and geographical areas. Methods of entering a new market and implications for the value chain are also discussed
Modes of corporate growth
No full textFirms can develop their business portfolio according to different modes of growth. There is not a preferable mode of growth, but each mode has potential advantages and drawbacks to consider. This chapter discusses how corporate growth can be pursued, presenting the different modes of growth, and specifying specific initiatives firms can consider. The criteria for choosing among the different modes are discussed by highlighting internal and external factors that may influence the ultimate choice of firms
Turnaround and divesting
No full textThe chapter unravels the reasons behind the need for a corporation to transform its CS during a critical time in its life cycle. Any decision to change should be considered thoughtfully to apply the right approach. The latter comes in the form of strategies (portfolio restructuring, operational restructuring, and financial restructuring) that include specific elements to be considered in the short and long term. Finally, the chapter discusses the decision of whether to divest or outsource with the aim of highlighting the various types of actions and strategic choices behind divestiture
Business portfolio: horizontal scope
No full textThis chapter discusses horizontal diversification, a strategic decision to grow a business by offering a new range of products or services, targeting different customer segments, and using novel distribution channels. After presenting the different levels of horizontal diversification, the chapter introduces a list of portfolio maps that describe financial and operational logics to support decision-making about the most appropriate horizontal diversification investments for companies
La sostenibilità e i sistemi di incentivazione: un confronto con l’Europa
Full text linkIl capitolo intende fare chiarezza attorno alle principali caratteristiche che gli schemi di remunerazione assumono nelle imprese italiane e straniere di grandi dimensioni, mettendo inoltre in evidenza l’importanza dei sistemi incentivanti per i risultati aziendali, anche in chiave ESG. Le evidenze empiriche dell’Osservatorio relativamente all’integrazione della sostenibilità negli schemi di remunerazione del vertice delle aziende quotate offre inoltre la possibilità di fare un confronto fra la situazione in essere in Italia e nei principali mercati europei, quali la Francia, la Germania, il Regno Unito e la Spagna
La corporate governance e la gestione della sostenibilità: forme e strumenti
Full text linkNel capitolo vengono discussi i sistemi di governance e gestione che permettono l’assunzione di decisioni attorno alla sostenibilità e le soluzioni organizzative che permettono la loro implementazione. Viene descritto il modello emerso dalle evidenze empiriche raccolte negli ultimi anni grazie alle attività di ricerca scientifica condotte all’interno dell’Osservatorio sulla Governance della Sostenibilità, promosso da Sustainability Makers (ex CSR Manager Network) e da ALTIS-Alta Scuola Impresa e Società dell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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