TY  - BOOK
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ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Mid-sized Manufacturing Companies: The New Driver of Italian Competitiveness
T2  - Sxi  Springer per lInnovazione / Sxi  Springer for Innovation,
SN  - 9788847025899
AV  - HF4999.2-6182 
U1  - 650 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Milano
PB  - Springer Milan, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Economics
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - Economics/Management Science
KW  - Business/Management Science, general
KW  - Business Strategy/Leadership
N2  - The 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2589-9
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