Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Fabrizio Galimberti Title: I problemi nuovi della Nuova Economia Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2001/111 Year: 2001 Issue:111 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=17820&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2001-111001 Number: 1 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Luigi Orsenigo Author-Name: Franco Malerba Title: Modelli history-friendly dell'evoluzione delle industrie: il caso dell'industria del computer Abstract: Modelli history-friendly dell'evoluzione delle industrie: il caso dell'industria del computer (di Franco Malerba, Luigi Orsenigo) - ABSTRACT: In this paper, we review and discuss the main features of a new generation of evolutionary models: "history-friendly" models. They aim to capture, in a stylized form, qualitative and "appreciative" theories about the mechanisms and factors affecting industry evolution, technological advance and institutional change. In particular, "history-friendly" models are meant to build a bridge between highly abstract formal models and more appreciative, empirically driven theorizing. In this paper, we discuss a model of the computer industry which is able to replicate some main stylized facts of the evolution of this sector. On these grounds, we discuss theory-driven counterfactuals, alternative diversification strategies and the effect of antitrust policies. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2001/111 Year: 2001 Issue:111 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=17821&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2001-111002 Number: 2 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Massimiliano Piacenza Author-Name: Giovanni Fraquelli Author-Name: Graziano Abrate Title: Il trasporto pubblico locale in Italia: variabili esplicative dei divari di costo tra le imprese Abstract: Il trasporto pubblico locale in Italia: variabili esplicative dei divari di costo tra le imprese (di Giovanni Fraquelli, Massimiliano Piacenza, Graziano Abrate) - ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study is to provide fresh evidence about the characteristics of cost structure of public transit systems in Italy. The analysis is carried out by comparing the productive performance (average costs and productivity) of small, medium and large-sized companies providing both urban and extra-urban transport service. The sample includes observations of 47 Italian firms operating during the period 1996-1998. In an attempt to analyze the composite nature of costs, we separate components closely related to the physical production of output from those concerning the general organization of transport service and selling activities. The results highlight the role played by input prices and labor and capital productivity in explaining the observed cost differences between companies. The findings also show that inefficiency varies with firm size, network density, the average speed of vehicles and the regulatory context (in terms of the different subsidization mechanisms) that companies have to face. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2001/111 Year: 2001 Issue:111 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=17822&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2001-111003 Number: 3 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Enrico Giovannetti Title: Processi di vita delle imprese cooperative: mezzo secolo di cooperazione a Modena dal dopoguerra ad oggi Abstract: Processi di vita delle imprese cooperative: mezzo secolo di cooperazione a Modena dal dopoguerra ad oggi (di Enrico Giovannetti)- ABSTRACT: The cooperative enterprises in the Province of Modena are ?long life? economic species. Their longevity increases as their ability in developing a network interactions increases. The definition of economic efficiency of the cooperative enterprise is discussed from an institutional perspective attempting to identify a connecting path, from the traditional to the evolutionary-historical point of view. The key-concept examined is that of transaction costs, as the costs of altering the division of labour. Then, the cooperative enterprise appears as both an individual firm and as aggregate movement of firms, that is network of firm relationships, which focus on economising on such costs. In fact, the cooperative movement has deeply reduced the number and the cost of many transactions in the economic system. Overall cooperatives - like enterprises - profited from reduction of such costs, which are often present in other areas and economic contexts. The present paper finds that all of these factors tend to indicate an evolutionarily, efficient path of development, and are the principal reasons for the greater longevity of this enterprise form. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2001/111 Year: 2001 Issue:111 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=17823&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2001-111004 Number: 4 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Alessandro Nova Title: L'economia delle imprese nei distretti italiani: redditivit?, dominanza e strategie differenziali Abstract: L'economia delle imprese nei distretti italiani: redditivit?, dominanza e strategie differenziali (di Alessandro Nova) - ABSTRACT: The paper address the issue of the effects induced on firm profitability, performance dominance and strategic behaviour by belonging to an industrial district. After a short premise on industrial district economic theory, the research compares economic performance and strategies of district vis ? vis non-districts firms. The analysis achieves some relevant results about four major questions: do district firms obtain a higher economic performance than non-district ones? Does the district competitive mechanism lead to economically dominant firms? How much are district firms recognisable on the basis of specifically adopted strategies? Do exist specific value-creating strategies within the district areas? Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2001/111 Year: 2001 Issue:111 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=17824&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2001-111005 Number: 5 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Segio Mariotti Author-Name: Marco Muttinelli Title: La presenza delle imprese multinazionali estere nell'industria italiana Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2001/111 Year: 2001 Issue:111 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=17825&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2001-111006 Number: 6 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Lucia Piscitello Title: Globalizzazione dei mercati e delle imprese: i temi caldi Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2001/111 Year: 2001 Issue:111 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=17826&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2001-111007 Number: 7 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Fabrizio Onida Title: IDE: su che cosa fare ricerca? Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2001/111 Year: 2001 Issue:111 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=17827&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2001-111008 Number: 8 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Stefano Micelli Author-Name: Giancarlo Cor? Title: I distretti industriali nell'economia digitale: una convergenza possibile? Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2001/111 Year: 2001 Issue:111 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=17828&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2001-111009 Number: 9 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Alessandro Sterlacchini Author-Name: Francesco Venturini Title: La diffusione delle ICT nelle imprese della provincia di Ancona Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2001/111 Year: 2001 Issue:111 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=17829&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2001-111010 Number: 10 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Antonello Zanfei Title: Local markets for ICT infrastructures and services: What's left for policy? Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2001/111 Year: 2001 Issue:111 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=17830&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2001-111011 Number: 11