In this paper, we study firm reputation by investigating the interaction between individual reputations of Italian wineries and a large set of (possible) determinants. With respect to winery reputation, we find a positive effect for firm age and size and producer's intrinsic motivations and a...

The concept of reputation has been used in every field of economic research, given its capacity to affect the outcome of all economic and financial transactions. The theoretical debate on reputation is very rich, but the mechanisms of reputation building have not been explored enough from the...

The literature on collective reputation is still in its infancy. Despite the existence of a (limited) number of valuable theoretical works studying the process of collective reputation building, there is still no comprehensive analysis of this concept. In addition, due to data limitation, there...

<i> Le determinanti dell'inerzia strutturale della gerarchia manageriale: fattori tecnologici ed organizzativi </i> (di Massimo G. Colombo, Marco Delmastro) - ABSTRACT: The present paper aims at studying the determinants of organizational change by looking at the evolution of the organizational...

<i> La dimensione iniziale delle nuove imprese ad alta tecnologia: il ruolo del capitale umano e delle fonti di finanziamento </i> (di Massimo G. Colombo, Marco Delmastro, Luca Grilli) - ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the determinants of the start-up size of new technology-based firms. While...

Economists have offered a number of explanations on the introduction of monetary incentives within firms. These range from the classical agency model to the impact exerted by factors such as monitoring technology, influence activity and organizational structure. Numerous empirical contributions...

This paper tests the predictions of economic theory on the determinants of the allocation of decision-making power through the estimates of ordered probit models with random effects. Our findings show that the complexity of plants' operations and organization, the characteristics of the...