Books and Book Chapters - Economics and Management

Principi costituzionali e partiti etnoregionalisti

Baroncelli S; Rosini M (Maggioli, 2018)

Tourism and Food: Necessity or Experience?

Maurer O (Springer Nature Singapore, 2018)

The relationship between tourism and food is explored relative to opportunities for experiencing food are used as points of differentiation in tourism destinations world-wide. It focuses on the concept of food tourism, ...

Managing strategic change in family business: The case of Glopac Chemical – TEACHING NOTES

Feranita F; De Massis A; Santora JC; Kotlar J (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

Butticè V; Franzoni C; Rossi-Lamastra C; Rovelli P (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

Di Lascio FML (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

Campopiano G; De Massis A; Kotlar J (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?

Karl K; Butler F; Peluchette J; Gunkel M (Nova Science Publishers, 2018)

Managing strategic change in family business: The case of Glopac Chemical

Feranita F; De Massis A; Santora JC; Kotlar J (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

De Massis A; Rovelli P (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

Lüfter R (Verlag Traugott Bautz, 2018)

Cultural Diversity

Gunkel M (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?

Lechner C; Rigamonti E; Dowling M (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

Scharf K; Tonin M (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

Volo S (CABI, 2015)

Italy

Volo S; Figini P (Springer, 2015)

Second Home

Volo S (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

Minola T; De Massis A (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 ...