The paper analyses a sample of Italian firms that over the last decade have been actively involved in re-calibrating their strategies, experiencing a strong change at the technological and organizational level. The aim of the paper is to identify the characteristics of the firms that pursue...

The traditional food supply chain is arranged as a complex array of producers, handlers, processors, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. As the food supply chain grew in complexity over time, little emphasis was placed on reserving information regarding the origin of raw materials and...

The range of up-to-date means to achieve success in business is rather extensive. The question is how to use them effectively taking into consideration conceptual changes in modern business strategies. Characteristics of development of the firm as a learning organization and crea-tion of...

Readers of the Marshall Studies Bulletin are familiar with the literature on post-Marshallian economics that has advanced various different interpretations of Marshall's legacy. As Peter Groenewegen rightly points out in the introduction to his volume, study of the lives of major Marshallians,...

This paper aims to analyze the impact of recent industrial changes on the governance structure of power relationships. To achieve this goal, three insights are discussed. First, the definition of what a firm is in both economic theory and in corporate law is clarified. Second, the four core...

This research examines the determinants of firms’ growth. Our findings indicate that firms willing to grow substantially and government programs designed to boost firms’ growth should put emphasis on investing in newer technology, diversifying from regional markets towards national and...

Strategic entrepreneurship can be described as simultaneous opportunity seeking and advantage seeking. Younger firms are generally more flexible and therefore enjoy 'discovery advantages', whereas established firms tend to be resource rich and more experienced and consequently enjoy...

The motivation of this discussion is threefold: to integrate transaction costs (TCs) into a standard model of the firm; to examine the interaction between organisational factors (i.e. TCs) and standard demand-cost factors; and to analyse key propositions of transaction cost economics with the...

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