Purpose – Considering that context is important and relying on a contingency perspective, the purpose of the study is to analyze the relationship between an entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and firm performance in one of the world’s oldest economies: Italy. The contingency perspective relies...

Purpose: Considering that context is important and relying on a contingency perspective, the purpose of the study is to analyze the relationship between an entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and firm performance in one of the world's oldest economies: Italy. The contingency perspective relies on...

Performance Measurement Systems (PMS) are widely used, yet the evidence for their effect on productivity is still limited. We gather survey data describing the use of PMS by 246 manufacturing firms in Italy and match it with financial data for the study period 2003-2012. We develop a PMS score...