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The charming appeal of brand heritage and its suitors
No full textOutward Foreign Direct Investments (OFDI) from emerging economies have begun to increase significantly and have been growing at a faster pace than FDI from the developed world. The research seeks to assess the impact of Chinese acquisitions and their implications for the Made in Italy luxury sector and its firms. This paper presents the preliminary results stemming from a single case study on a Chinese acquisition in order to provide some in-depth insights over the influences and the motives driving Chinese firms to invest in the luxury Made in Italy, the patterns and modes of the Chinese acquisitions as well as the competitive strategies and the distinctive challenges that both investors and acquired firms have to face. From the findings, it emerges that both the investor and the acquired firm need to overcome several key challenges if they want to mutually benefit from the acquisition
Turning a crises into an opportunity – Innovation during the pandemic
No full textBy relying on 23 in-depth interviews, the paper investigates innovation strategies and lessons implemented by firms across countries and a wide variety of industry sectors in response to the current COVID-19 crisis. The study provides a taxonomy of the various types of innovation responses to the existing crisis and disruption
The charming appeal of brand heritage and its suitors
No full textOutward Foreign Direct Investments (OFDI) from emerging economies have begun to increase significantly and have been growing at a faster pace than FDI from the developed world. The research seeks to assess the impact of Chinese acquisitions and their implications for the Made in Italy luxury sector and its firms. This paper presents the preliminary results stemming from a single case study on a Chinese acquisition in order to provide some in-depth insights over the influences and the motives driving Chinese firms to invest in the luxury Made in Italy, the patterns and modes of the Chinese acquisitions as well as the competitive strategies and the distinctive challenges that both investors and acquired firms have to face. From the findings, it emerges that both the investor and the acquired firm need to overcome several key challenges if they want to mutually benefit from the acquisition
The Chinese acquisition of a traditional Made in Italy firm
No full textThis paper was part of the 'International Business after the BRIC’s rush FDI in and from emerging market economies' conference theme track
The Impact of Chinese Acquisitions on the Made in Italy Luxury Sector
No full textThe competitiveness of the Made in Italy luxury industry is in question. Traditionally Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has flowed from the advanced developed economies into developed and developing countries. More recently a new trend has emerged in the pattern of FDI. Outward bound FDI from emerging economies has begun to increase significantly and has been growing at a faster pace than FDI from the advanced developed world. The proposed project seeks to to study the impact of Chinese acquisitions and their impact on the Made in Italy luxury sector and its stakeholders. The proposed project has been funded by Marie Curie CIG grant and will start next June. The overall goal of the project is to establish and implement a substantial research agenda that will assist policy makers in responding to this trend and will be of value to all stakeholders in the Italian luxury industry as they face this facet that inevitably globalization entails
An Analysis of Chinese acquisitions of Made in Italy firms in the luxury sector
Full text linkOutward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) from emerging economies has begun to increase significantly and has been growing at a faster pace than Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the developed world. This research seeks to assess the impact of Chinese acquisitions and their implications for the “Made in Italy” luxury sector and its firms. This paper presents a cross-case analysis of two Chinese acquisitions in order to provide some in-depth insights into the influences and the motives driving Chinese firms to invest in the luxury Made in Italy sector, the patterns and modes of the Chinese acquisitions as well as the competitive strategies and the distinctive challenges that both investors and acquired firms have to face. From the findings, it emerges that both the investor and the acquired firm need to overcome several key challenges to be mutual benefits from the acquisition
The allure of brand heritage – The Chinese acquisition of an Italian luxury pen maker
Full text linkOutward Foreign Direct Investments (OFDI) from emerging economies have begun to increase significantly and have been growing at a faster pace than FDI from the developed world. The research seeks to assess the impact of Chinese acquisitions and their implications for the Made in Italy luxury sector and its firms. This paper presents the preliminary results stemming from a single case study on a Chinese acquisition in order to provide some in-depth insights over the influences and the motives driving Chinese firms to invest in the luxury Made in Italy, the patterns and modes of the Chinese acquisitions as well as the competitive strategies and the distinctive challenges that both investors and acquired firms have to face. From the findings, it emerges that both the investor and the acquired firm need to overcome several key challenges if they want to mutually benefit from the acquisition
Evidence from Chinese acquisitions of Made in Italy firms in the luxury sector – The acquisition of a traditional luxury firm
Full text linkOutward Foreign Direct Investments (OFDI) from emerging economies have begun to increase significantly and have been growing at a faster pace than FDI from the developed world. The research seeks to assess the impact of Chinese acquisitions and their implications for the Made in Italy luxury sector and its firms. This paper presents the preliminary results stemming from a single case study on a Chinese acquisition in order to provide some in-depth insights over the influences and the motives driving Chinese firms to invest in the luxury Made in Italy, the patterns and modes of the Chinese acquisitions as well as the competitive strategies and the distinctive challenges that both investors and acquired firms have to face. From the findings, it emerges that both the investor and the acquired firm need to overcome several key challenges if they want to mutually benefit from the acquisition
Assessing the applicability of a sizing framework into online fashion retail
Full text linkThis paper describes the e-Size project, its objectives, its contribution to specific innovation areas, the methodological approach adopted, as well as presenting the preliminary results of an exploratory survey administered to a convenience sample of customers in the attempt to assess the potential validity of the use of the sizing applications amongst fashion retailers. Our findings illustrate that all of the participants found that the sizing application was helpful because of the size recommendation for online shopping. Most of the participants agreed that the recommended sizes were accurate. They also found the experience to be easy and straightforward. Nonetheless, there is room for improvement
From asset exploitation to asset exploration – Some evidence from Chinese acquisitions of Made in Italy firms in the luxury sector
No full textOutward Foreign Direct Investments (OFDI) from emerging economies have begun to increase
significantly and have been growing at a faster pace than FDI from the developed world. The
research seeks to assess the impact of Chinese acquisitions and their implications for the Made in
Italy luxury sector and its firms. This paper presents the preliminary results stemming from a single
case study on a Chinese acquisition in order to provide some in-depth insights over the influences
and the motives driving Chinese firms to invest in the luxury Made in Italy, the patterns and modes
of the Chinese acquisitions as well as the competitive strategies and the distinctive challenges that
both investors and acquired firms have to face. From the findings, it emerges that both the investor
and the acquired firm need to overcome several key challenges if they want to mutually benefit
from the acquisition
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