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Managing strategic change in family business: The case of Glopac Chemical – TEACHING NOTES
(Sage, 2018)This case is divided into two parts: Part 1 and Part 2, each highlighting strategic decisions the leaders of Glopac Chemical, the Makmur family, needed to make. Glopac Chemical and the Makmur family are pseudonyms and the ... -
The Road to Crowdfunding Success: A Review of Extant Literature
(Oxford University Press, 2018)Literature on crowdfunding has devoted the bulk of its attention to identify the determinants of success of crowdfunding campaigns. In this chapter, we review this research and we highlight the main empirical results that ... -
CoClust: An R Package for Copula-based Cluster Analysis
(InTech, 2018)The aim of this chapter is to present and describe the R package CoClust, which enables implementing a clustering algorithm based on the copula function. The copula-based clustering algorithm, called CoClust, was introduced ... -
Environmental jolts, family-centered non-economic goals and innovation: Toward a framework of family firm resilience
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)Building on extant research on family firm resilience, we propose a framework to discuss the impact of family-centered non-economic goals on a firm’s ability to absorb and react to environmental jolts. This chapter aims ... -
Are Helicopter Parents Creating a Generation of WUSI Employees?
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Managing strategic change in family business: The case of Glopac Chemical
(Sage, 2018)This case is divided into two parts: Part 1 and Part 2, each highlighting strategic decisions the leaders of Glopac Chemical, the Makmur family, needed to make. Glopac Chemical and the Makmur family are pseudonyms and the ... -
Innovation in Family Firms and SMEs: Distinctive Features and Research Challenges
(Edward Elgar, 2018)Innovation is widely recognized as a key asset for firms, positively affecting performance, growth, long term-value creation, and competitive advantage. When studying innovation, scholars usually focus on large and listed ... -
Gegen die Welt: Mensch zu sein
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Cultural Diversity
(Springer Gabler, 2011)Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit den Chancen und Herausforderungen der Cultural Diversity für das strategische Personalmanagement. Außerdem werden die gängigen Kulturtheorien vorgestellt und deren Einfluss auf das ... -
Benetton vs. Inditex and H&M: Another Falling Star?
(Gabler Verlag, 2011)Benetton, known for its colourful clothes, is truly a global company that had grown within 40 years (founded officially in 1965) from a small family business into a EUR 11 billion business. The Benetton core business ... -
Introduction
(MIT Press, 2018)Experts bring economic tools to bear on philanthropic activities, addressing topics that range from the determinants of giving to the effectiveness of fundraising techniques. Economists are increasingly aware of the ... -
Indicator
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Italy
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Second Home
(Springer, 2015)Second homes are dwellings used for the sole purpose of leisure. They include stationary, semimobile, and mobile dwellings that can be converted or purpose-built homes. Second homes are used by owners, by their extended ... -
The social consequences of corporate entrepreneurial practices: Evidence from global initiatives of an Italian family firm
(Routledge, 2015)Italcementi is a well-known family business in Northern Italy, with a long story in the cement industry and has now reached the fifth generation; it is well recognized for having strongly invested in building social capital ... -
An analytical review of destination competitiveness´ indicators
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Italy
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La perfezione tra passato e futuro: Per una diagnosi etica della responsabilità sociale
(Orthotes Editrice, 2018)The essay focuses on the meaning and scope of the concept of responsibility that has taken shape within a certain kind of ethical reflection, which the essay itself calls “responsive”. A “responsive ethics” is one that ... -
Demographischer Wandel, Regionalentwicklung und Raumplanung im alpinen Raum: Strategische Optionen für Gemeinden in Südtirol = Demographic change in the Alpine space: Transdisciplinary strategy definition of spatial planning and regional development
(Facultas.WUV, 2012)Population numbers and structures are subject to constant changes and due to this; communities of Alpine regions do face specific challenges. A case study set in South Tyrol and following a transdisciplinary approach show ... -
Perceptions of Non-Commodity Functions of Mountain Farming in South Tyrol: A Report on Survey Results = Wahrnehmungen zur Multifunktionalität der Berglandwirtschaft: Befragungsergebnisse aus Südtirol
(Facultas.WUV, 2009)This paper reports key results of representative surveys of farmers (n=343) and the general population (n=1020) in the autonomous province of South Tyrol (Italy), conducted for the purpose of exploringperceptions of ...
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