LEADER 07180nam 22008415 450 001 9910438256103321 005 20200919162931.0 010 $a88-470-2589-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-88-470-2589-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000393385 035 $a(EBL)1083473 035 $a(OCoLC)851315248 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000935415 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11576667 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000935415 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10971291 035 $a(PQKB)10199792 035 $a(DE-He213)978-88-470-2589-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1083473 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6315691 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1083473 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10983221 035 $a(PPN)170493830 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000393385 100 $a20130616d2013 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMid-sized Manufacturing Companies: The New Driver of Italian Competitiveness /$fedited by Fulvio Coltorti, Riccardo Resciniti, Annalisa Tunisini, Riccardo Varaldo 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 1$aMilano :$cSpringer Milan :$cImprint: Springer,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (202 p.) 225 1 $aSxI - Springer for Innovation / SxI - Springer per l'Innovazione,$x2239-2688 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a88-470-2588-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""1 Background and goals of the book ""; ""1.1 In medio stat virtus: the growing interest in the mid-sized company ""; ""1.2 The research and its goals ""; ""References""; ""2 Mid-sized companies according to Mediobanca-Unioncamere ""; ""2.1 Introduction ""; ""2.2 Origins of medium-sized enterprises ""; ""2.3 The Mediobanca-Unioncamere report on medium-sized Italian industrial businesses ""; ""2.4 Distribution of Italian medium-sized enterprises "" 327 $a""2.5 Characteristics and trends of medium-sized Italian industrial companies """"2.6 Concluding comments""; ""References""; ""3 A quantitative analysis of the companies under examination ""; ""3.1 Introduction ""; ""3.2 Financial profi le of the companies under examination ""; ""3.3 Panel companies versus Italian MSEs ""; ""3.4 Panel companies versus benchmark firms ""; ""3.5 Concluding comments ""; ""References""; ""4 Virtuous business models for international competitiveness ""; ""4.1 Introduction ""; ""4.2 The governance issues and trajectories of growth "" 327 $a""4.2.1 Once upon a time the entrepreneur a??? """"4.2.2 The continuous strain to grow ""; ""4.2.3 Sustainable growth""; ""4.2.4 The stability of the governance ""; ""4.2.5 The positive contamination of entrepreneurial and managerial elements ""; ""4.3 The vital network of inter-organizational relationships ""; ""4.3.1 The mid-sized company and its market network between stability and variability""; ""4.3.2 The strategic value of the mid-sized companya???s relationship base ""; ""4.3.2.1 The ability to maximize benefits ""; ""4.3.2.2 Coping with burdens and costs of business relationships "" 327 $a""4.3.3 The mobilization of business relationships between local and global """"4.3.4 The implementation of a management approach to business relationships ""; ""4.4 The dynamic focus strategies ""; ""4.4.1 Differentiation and strategic niches ""; ""4.4.2 Refocus strategies ""; ""4.4.3 Multi focus strategies ""; ""4.5 The new value chain of mid-sized Italian companies ""; ""4.5.1 Innovation orientation ""; ""4.5.1.1 Structured and open innovation ""; ""4.5.1.2 Open and unstructured innovation ""; ""4.5.1.3 Structured and closed innovation ""; ""4.5.1.4 Unstructured and closed innovation "" 327 $a""4.5.2 Product customization """"4.5.3 Market strength ""; ""4.5.3.1 The Brand-Communication-Retail model ""; ""4.5.3.2 The Product-Client model ""; ""4.6 Competing in international markets ""; ""4.6.1 Internationalization as a strategic a???musta??? ""; ""4.6.2 Global niches and emerging countries ""; ""4.6.3 The different entry modes ""; ""4.6.4 Four internationalization orientations ""; ""4.6.4.1 Sales orientated internationalization ""; ""4.6.4.2 Efficiency-orientated internationalization ""; ""4.6.4.3 Diff erentiation-orientated internationalization "" 327 $a""4.6.4.4 Innovation-orientated internationalization "" 330 $aThe structure of Italian industry is characterized by a predominance of small sized companies and the presence of very few large companies. For a long time a conviction was shared among scholars and practitioners that the strength and safety of Italian industry were based on its industrial districts, that is, the system of interdependent and co-localized small companies which derive their competitive force from an effective and efficient division of labour. This book stresses the idea that a new, vital and promising phenomenon for the competitiveness of Italian industry is focused on mid-sized companies, and the systems of interconnected firms that form a constituent part of their business model. These companies, which originate largely from districts and other local production systems, are a strong entrepreneurial force complementing the districts that have characterized Italy and made Italian industry famous worldwide. A quantitative and qualitative analysis of these firms is provided in this book. Business models and strategies implemented by a number of successful Italian mid-sized manufacturing companies are also explored. Consequences in terms of management and industrial policies are provided. A final look at the German Mittelstand gives a useful comparison. 410 0$aSxI - Springer for Innovation / SxI - Springer per l'Innovazione,$x2239-2688 606 $aBusiness 606 $aManagement science 606 $aEntrepreneurship 606 $aLeadership 606 $aBusiness and Management, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/500000 606 $aEntrepreneurship$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/514000 606 $aBusiness Strategy/Leadership$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/515010 615 0$aBusiness. 615 0$aManagement science. 615 0$aEntrepreneurship. 615 0$aLeadership. 615 14$aBusiness and Management, general. 615 24$aEntrepreneurship. 615 24$aBusiness Strategy/Leadership. 676 $a338 686 $a8,2$2ssgn 702 $aColtorti$b Fulvio$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aResciniti$b Riccardo$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aTunisini$b Annalisa$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aVaraldo$b Riccardo$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910438256103321 996 $aMid-sized manufacturing companies$965001 997 $aUNINA