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Le dimensioni della crescita aziendale
No full textIl libro offre una sintesi del ricco dibattito sulla crescita e sui modelli evolutivi dell’impresa. Individua quindi tre categorie principali: crescita dimensionale, crescita qualitativa, crescita relazionale. Questa semplificazione offre una sorta diriferimento cartesiano entro cui collocare le traiettorie di crescita, traiettorie che mai corrono lungo un solo asse. Attraverso questi utensili concettuali vengono raccolte, elaborate e presentate alcune esperienze aziendali rappresentative di una varietà di processi di crescita.
Gli otto sentieri di sviluppo descritti nel testo non possono e non devono essere ripercorsi: da essi vanno attinte le logiche che hanno ispirato la crescita, il metodo con cui questa è stata attuata, le coordinate che la descrivono. Ma ogni impresa deve trovare una propria, originale traiettoria nello spazio tridimensionale dello sviluppo. A questa impresa il libro può suggerire, prima ancora che una crescita di dimensioni, delle possibili dimensioni di crescita
United Nations Global Compact: Where are we going?
Full text linkPurpose: In a world characterised by increasing environmental and social awareness, the number of corporate social responsibility and sustainability initiatives has significantly grown. Among these, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) is one of the most important, involving more than 12,000 companies. The purpose of this study is to investigate the UNGC’s worldwide diffusion, both at country and industry level, to understand the reasons leading to the highlighted dissemination patterns, and to propose various future projections. Design/methodology/approach: The study pursues its objectives by applying the logistic curve model to data provided by the United Nations. The analysis is complemented by adopting instability and concentration indexes. Findings: Results suggest that, while human rights and environmental safeguard in some areas and industries will remain a controversial issue, UNGC adoption will continue growing and giving the participants the required legitimacy to compete in worldwide markets. Originality/value: To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper that analyses the UNGC’s worldwide diffusion and proposes a prediction model for its future dissemination. The findings are of considerable importance in extending the knowledge of the initiative and in understanding the potential values of its adoption
Reconfiguring the global supply chain: Reshoring
No full textReshoring - the relocation of insourced or outsourced manufacturing activities back to the home-country - has become a topical issue in the scholarly, management, and policy debate. The political and economic changes in the globalchessboard, the decrease in cost advantages of some countries, the growing awareness of the "total cost" of offshoring, and the supply shortages experienced during the covid-19 pandemic have caused many companies to rethink their global supply chain configuration choices. The aim of this chapter is to shed light on the reshoring phenomenon by identifying the main trends, presenting some exemplary cases, discussing motivations and determinants, and explaining the decision-making and implementation processes. This chapter can support managers in global supply chain reconfiguration decisions and policy makers in designing suitable interventions at this respect
Introduction
No full textThis introductory chapter highlights the key complexities of the modern business environment and how they impact on strategic supply management. Major determinants of change discussed include globalization, information and communication technologies, the changing nature of value, increased awareness of the scarcity of resources, and instability of capital markets. The phases and stages of development of supply management are mapped out, from its rise in the nineteenth century, most notable milestones of which are outsourcing in the 1970s and cooperative supply relations from the 1980s. The new supply management role is characterized as a complex adaptive system, in contrast with traditional purchasing and supply functions
The “dark side” of Industry 4.0: How can technology be made more sustainable?
Full text linkPurpose: A positive outlook on the impact of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) on sustainability prevails in the literature. However, some studies have highlighted potential areas of concern that have not yet been systematically addressed. The goal of this study is to challenge the assumption of a sustainable Fourth Industrial Revolution by (1) identifying the possible unintended negative impacts of I4.0 technologies on sustainability; (2) highlighting the underlying motivations and potential actions to mitigate such impacts; and (3) developing and evaluating alternative assumptions on the impacts of I4.0 technologies on sustainability. Design/methodology/approach: Building on a problematization approach, a systematic literature review was conducted to develop potential alternative assumptions about the negative impacts of I4.0 on sustainability. Then, a Delphi study was carried out with 43 experts from academia and practice to evaluate the alternative assumptions. Two rounds of data collection were performed until reaching the convergence or stability of the responses. Findings: The results highlight various unintended negative effects on environmental and social aspects that challenge the literature. The reasons behind the high/low probability of occurrence, the severity of each impact in the next five years and corrective actions are also identified. Unintended negative environmental effects are less controversial than social effects and are therefore more likely to generate widely accepted theoretical propositions. Finally, the alternative hypothesis ground is partially accepted by the panel, indicating that the problematization process has effectively opened up new perspectives for analysis. Originality/value: This study is one of the few to systematically problematize the assumptions of the I4.0 and sustainability literature, generating research propositions that reveal several avenues for future research
Antiendomysium antibodies and coeliac disease : solved and unsolved questions. An italian multicentre study.
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Il back-reshoring nel settore manifatturiero: il caso delle aziende del Triveneto
No full textDopo decenni di continuo crescente ricorso all’offshoring e all’outsourcing, si sta assistendo (anche nel nostro Paese) al rimpatrio (totale o parziale) di produzioni precedentemente delocalizzate. E’ il cosiddetto back-reshoring che alcune multinazionali (quali Apple e General Electric) stanno sperimentando, al pari di piccole e medie imprese.
Il contributo offre una sguardo di sintesi sul fenomeno in parola che rappresenta una scelta strategica emergente ancora poco definita (quanto a dimensione, estensione geografica, implicazioni manageriali e di politica industriale) attraverso il data base dell’Osservatorio Uni-CLUB MoRe Back-reshoring gestito da un gruppo di ricerca costituito da cinque Atenei italiani.
Dopo aver inquadrato il back-reshoring all’interno dei possibili percorsi di internazionalizzazione d’impresa, talvolta caratterizzati da tracciati sinusoidali, il documento offre una caratterizzazione del fenomeno nel contesto mondiale e nazionale attraverso le evidenze relative a 423 decisioni di back-reshoring condotte da parte di 371 imprese a livello internazionale.
Il documento prosegue con la presentazione dei primi risultati di una case study research sviluppata in Veneto e Friuli Venezia Giulia su aziende che hanno già sperimentato il rimpatrio (parziale o totale) delle produzioni. L’elaborato si chiude con l’analisi di alcuni elementi chiave di uno dei casi esaminati: Fitwell Srl operant nel distretto calzaturiero di Montebelluna
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