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024 7 _a10.1007/978-88-470-2589-9
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100 1 _aColtorti, Fulvio.
_eeditor.
245 1 0 _aMid-sized Manufacturing Companies: The New Driver of Italian Competitiveness
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by Fulvio Coltorti, Riccardo Resciniti, Annalisa Tunisini, Riccardo Varaldo.
264 1 _aMilano :
_bSpringer Milan :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2013.
300 _aXIV, 192 p.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
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347 _atext file
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490 1 _aSxi — Springer per l’Innovazione / Sxi — Springer for Innovation,
_x2239-2688
520 _aThe structure of Italian industry is characterized by a predominance of small sized companies and the presence of very few large companies. For a long time a conviction was shared among scholars and practitioners that the strength and safety of Italian industry were based on its industrial districts, that is, the system of interdependent and co-localized small companies which derive their competitive force from an effective and efficient division of labour. This book stresses the idea that a new, vital and promising phenomenon for the competitiveness of Italian industry is focused on mid-sized companies, and the systems of interconnected firms that form a constituent part of their business model. These companies, which originate largely from districts and other local production systems, are a strong entrepreneurial force complementing the districts that have characterized Italy and made Italian industry famous worldwide. A quantitative and qualitative analysis of these firms is provided in this book. Business models and strategies implemented by a number of successful Italian mid-sized manufacturing companies are also explored. Consequences in terms of management and industrial policies are provided. A final look at the German Mittelstand gives a useful comparison.
650 0 _aEconomics.
650 0 _aEntrepreneurship.
650 1 4 _aEconomics/Management Science.
650 2 4 _aBusiness/Management Science, general.
650 2 4 _aEntrepreneurship.
650 2 4 _aBusiness Strategy/Leadership.
700 1 _aResciniti, Riccardo.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aTunisini, Annalisa.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aVaraldo, Riccardo.
_eeditor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9788847025882
830 0 _aSxi — Springer per l’Innovazione / Sxi — Springer for Innovation,
_x2239-2688
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2589-9
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