This paper provides first empirical evidence of the joint effects that innovation strategies and human resource management practices exert on firm growth. By exploiting unique information from a large sample of Italian manufacturing companies in the very recent years, it shows that investing in...

The heterogeneity among European manufacturing systems has widened in the last 15 years under the competitive pressure of new industrial powers within and outside the EU boundaries and as a result of the 2008 global recession. This paper describes this transformation, in terms of the sectoral...

Italian Abstract: Questo capitolo esamina l'ampia letteratura esistente sul tema dell'imprenditoria familiare, attingendo a contributi di economia, finanza e management. Lo scopo è quello di evidenziare e discutere criticamente punti di forza e di debolezza di questa forma di governance...

The heterogeneity among European manufacturing systems has widened in the last fifteen years under the competitive pressure of new industrial powers within and outside the EU boundaries, and as a result of the 2008 global recession. This paper describes such transformation, in terms of the...

This paper studies how family firms reacted to the 2008 economic crisis in terms of employment adjustment. By using a difference-in-difference approach, we provide empirical evidence that divergent paths of adjustment between family and non-family firms exist, with family firms systematically...

This paper studies how family firms reacted to the 2008 economic crisis by adjusting employment. In particular, we look at how the geographical distribution of the workforce may have led to divergencies between family and non-family firms. Using a difference-in-difference approach, we provide...

Italian Abstract: Con particolare riferimento al periodo 2007-2012, questo lavoro analizza le principali caratteristiche delle imprese familiari in Italia, in termini di scelte occupazionali, accesso al finanziamento bancario, strategie di innovazione e di internazionalizzazione. L'analisi...

This paper provides first empirical evidence of the joint effects that innovation strategies and human resource management practices exert on firm growth. By exploiting unique information from a large sample of Italian manufacturing firms in the very recent years, it shows that investing in...