Purpose of the paper: This work discusses the introduction of planning and management tools in the case of cultural heritage. The discussion follows an organizational and institutional change perspective. Methodology: A longitudinal case study has been carried out according to an ethnographic approach, based on three years of field work. Findings: Planning and management tools...
Purpose of the paper: This study, which adopts a situationist perspective, analyzes the governance dynamics of Italian museum organizations. It focuses on the role played by the actors involved in the governance practices of the national artistic-cultural heritage, the institutional pressures brought to bear on the conduct of museum directors, and the initiation of isomorphic...
Purpose of the paper: As a conclusive rationale behind continued global growth in entrepreneurial activity remains the subject of academic and economic debate, the purpose of this paper is to provide additional insight into the sources of entrepreneurial intentions. Methodology: The methodology used is grounded theory, an inductive approach which generates theory rather than verification...
Purpose of the paper: The paper aims at analysing the process of startup creation at its very early stage, investigating the connection between the distinctive traits of the entrepreneurs (the so-called founding team) and the arising profiles of their new ventures. Methodology: The data are collected during the determinative initial phases of the venture creation....
Purpose of the paper: The sustainable enterprise focuses on its stakeholders interests. Today this perspective is a central one in the dialogue on enterprise goals and on the nature of the firm but it was already clear in the past history of some enlightened entrepreneurs like Adriano Olivetti. This important entrepreneur was able to balance...
Purpose of the paper: to assess the impact of family involvement on performance, failure probability and acquisitions. Methodology: empirical analysis on a sample of 141 companies listed on the Milan Stock Exchange (2005-2011). To identify family firms, we defined some criteria that consider family presence both in ownership and in management. We also defined a...
Purpose of the paper: This empirical research has the aim of verifying the effects of management team replacement on performance in second-generation family businesses. Methodology: Our empirical investigation examines a sample of 992 manufacturing family businesses. These firms are located in Southern Italy and they are second generation family firms. The sample was divided into:...
Obiettivo: Obiettivo principale del presente lavoro analizzare il family effect al fine di comprendere quando il coinvolgimento familiare in grado di assurgere ad asset, ovvero risorsa critica per il business, ovvero a liability, divenendo causa di distruzione di valore per limpresa familiare. Metodologia: Attraverso il ricorso allo studio di un caso multiplo, la ricerca ha...
Il presente contributo intende analizzare la rilevanza a livello sociale ed economico della creazione di un ambiente favorevole allo sviluppo del venture capital in Italia. Gli autori dimostrano la rilevanza di questa tipologia di attivitper la nascita e lo sviluppo di nuove imprese e, attraverso un modello econometrico sperimentale, presentano le determinanti e, dunque, le...
