Entrepreneurship studies have tended to give primacy to specific human capital as being the primary determinant of the entrepreneurial choice. Several empirical studies show that in addition to prior parental experience of entrepreneurship, formal education plays a considerable role in...

In recent years, the increase in competitiveness, as a result of the economic globalization and crisis, has caused the bankruptcy of many Italian small family businesses working in traditional industries. Meanwhile, family firms that have been working in a perspective of process and product...

Purpose – The Internet of Things (IoT) represents the network connection of people, processes, data and things. Due to the relevant position that this intelligent infrastructure is acquiring, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of IoT on the companies’ value, with...