Trust is an informal mechanism of governance that seems to work in family businesses differently from other types of companies. This conceptual paper analyzes the impact of internal trust on the competitiveness of firms over time. To this end, we introduce different modes of intra-firm trust,...

Carrying out successful succession in family businesses is an issue of vital significance for businesses themselves, and a great challenge for the pragmatics of family business management. It is also an issue important for the dynamics of Poland's economic development since it regards a wide...

Le donne sono altamente penalizzate nel mercato del lavoro italiano. Non e solo un problema di crisi economica, molti fattori impediscono un aumento del tasso di partecipazione femminile in Italia. Tali fattori vengono analizzati nel paper. In particolare, si esamina la relazione fra donne e...

The paper investigates the relationship between underground activities and financial deepening. We find a strong negative impact of the share of irregular employment on outstanding credit to the private sector. A shift of 1 per cent of employees from regular activities to irregular ones...

In 2009 the Treaty of Lisbon expanded the competences of the EU creating a Common Investment Policy. China has been defined by the European Commission as a perfect candidate for a future bilateral investment agreement. This research would like to investigate the impact of changing EU-China...

Obiettivo del presente lavoro Š analizzare l'incidenza e la rilevanza dell'affitto figurativo e il suo impatto sulla distribuzione del reddito, sia in riferimento all'intera popolazione che a suoi sottogruppi. L'analisi si basa su dati provenienti dall'Indagine EU-SILC sui redditi e le...

We discuss the international specialization of Italy as a determinant of its rate of economic growth, documenting an incomplete economic evolution: Italy is still a follower economy in some aspects while it is being followed in some others. We show that the productivity level associated to the...

Il lavoro ha l'obiettivo di analizzare sociologia ed economia dal punto di vista del loro statuto di scienze, cercando di evidenziare reciproche contraddizioni e possibili terreni di condivisione, allo scopo di rintracciare una "nuova alleanza" tra i due corpi disciplinari.<br>[The paper aims to...

This paper is a review article that highlights some key differences between male and female entrepreneurs in the Turkish labour market. A critical evaluation of the literature revealed that female entrepreneurs often have similar reasons for starting their own businesses.

Small firms are a major player in development. Thus, entrepreneurship is frequently attached to these rms and it must be present in daily management of factors such as planning and cooperation. We intend to analyze these factors, comparing familiar and non-familiar businesses. This study was...