Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Sergio Vacc? Title: La crisi Fiat Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2003/119 Year: 2003 Issue:119 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=21696&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2003-119001 Number: 1 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Riccardo Gallo Title: Razionalizzazione della struttura produttiva di Fiat auto e dei maggiori Oem Abstract: Razionalizzazione della struttura produttiva di Fiat auto e dei maggiori Oem (di Riccardo Gallo) - ABSTRACT: For both 2000 and 2001 and for all the eight largest European car manufacturers, referring to their balance sheet and other public data, the author has analysed their plant capacity and production rate, as well as the interrelationship of fixed, variable costs, sales revenue, and profits. He has estimated each manufacturer?s economic production, or break-even, and the gap between the actual and the economic production. This gap was then correlated to the percentage of current pre-tax profit on net sales. The correlation resulted extremely significant (R2 equal to 0.94). In 2001: Bmw, Psa, VW and Renault?s operation was above the break-even point and they yielded a proportional profit; Ford, DaimlerChrysler and Fiat Auto?s operation was below break-even and they experienced a proportional loss. GM was at the break-even point. So as to move quickly away from this situation Fiat Auto needed to reduce its capacity by shutting down those less efficient plants. Many other car manufacturers had already introduced a similar strategy. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2003/119 Year: 2003 Issue:119 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=21697&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2003-119002 Number: 2 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Giuseppe Volpato Title: Il rilancio di Fiat auto: lo scenario possibile Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2003/119 Year: 2003 Issue:119 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=21698&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2003-119003 Number: 3 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Luca Grilli Author-Name: Marco Delmastro Author-Name: Massimo G. Colombo Title: La dimensione iniziale delle nuove imprese ad alta tecnologia: il ruolo del capitale umano e delle fonti di finanziamento Abstract: La dimensione iniziale delle nuove imprese ad alta tecnologia: il ruolo del capitale umano e delle fonti di finanziamento (di Massimo G. Colombo, Marco Delmastro, Luca Grilli) - ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the determinants of the start-up size of new technology-based firms. While previous empirical studies generally focussed on industry-specific variables, we draw attention to firm-specific effects. In particular, we consider the impact on start-up size of the human capital of founders and their ability to resort to external sources of financing. In the empirical section we consider a sample of 391 young Italian firms operating in high-tech industries in both manufacturing and services. The econometric estimates confirm the explanatory power of firm-specific effects, in addition to the industry-specific effects highlighted by previous work. In particular, they indicate that the human capital of founders and the ability to have access to private equity financing figure prominently in explaining firms? start-up size, while the effect of bank debt is negligible. Furthermore, the specific component of human capital associated with industry-specific professional knowledge and managerial and entrepreneurial experience is found to have a greater positive impact on initial firm size than the generic component, proxied by education and general (i.e. non industry-specific) working experience. This holds true especially for firms that obtain access to private equity, pointing to the complementarity between entrepreneurial talent and external financing. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2003/119 Year: 2003 Issue:119 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=21699&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2003-119004 Number: 4 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Stefano Lucantoni Author-Name: Giovanni Abramo Title: Ricerca pubblica e trasferimento tecnologico: Il caso del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2003/119 Year: 2003 Issue:119 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=21700&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2003-119005 Number: 5 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Gianluigi Guido Title: Segmenti, reti e fabbisogni strategici delle imprese distrettuali calzaturiere pugliesi Abstract: Segmenti, reti e fabbisogni strategici delle imprese distrettuali calzaturiere pugliesi (di Gianluigi Guido) - ABSTRACT: This paper presents an empirical research focused on the footwear firms of two districts in Puglia, Southern Italy (Casarano and Barletta). It aims to show how problems and opportunities set by the growing forces of globalization have a different impact, in terms of strategic requirements, according to the type of district firms, rather than to the district as a whole. Two research objectives are, thus, pursued: firstly, to classify footwear district firms according to their structural and competitive characteristics, as well as their level of relationships (in terms of share of information and cooperation) with the other actors of the network. Secondly, to analyze, according to each cluster of district firms, the strategic requirements defined as gaps between their present competitive situation and the potential one in terms of competitive advantages and future market attractiveness. By using a cluster analysis, nine different segments of district firms were found according to structural and competitive characteristics. For each cluster, collaborative and informative relationships were measured, using local and global indexes of network analysis. Finally, a portfolio analysis was carried out, using the McKinsey matrix, to determine the strategic requirements of each cluster of district firms. Results show that some clusters of medium-sized footwear manufacturers and suppliers of accessories and shoes components have promising potentialities, whereas some other clusters of very small and large-sized manufacturers of the same district are in deep crisis, mainly due to the fragmentation of the production process, high labor costs, and low product differentiation in comparison to new competitors from East Europe and Far East. Normative and marketing implications were discussed for the strategic policies and perspectives of different clusters of district firms. L?Autore ringrazia la dott.ssa Adriana Marraffa per la collaborazione nella raccolta, analisi e discussione dei dati della network analysis. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2003/119 Year: 2003 Issue:119 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=21701&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2003-119006 Number: 6 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Sergio Mariotti Author-Name: Marco Multinelli Title: L'internazionalizzazione passiva dei distretti italiani Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2003/119 Year: 2003 Issue:119 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=21702&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2003-119007 Number: 7 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Anna M. Falzoni Title: Esportare o investire all'estero? Alcune riflessioni sulle determinanti delle scelte di internazionalizzazione delle imprese Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2003/119 Year: 2003 Issue:119 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=21703&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2003-119008 Number: 8 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Annalisa D'Orazio Title: Le piattaforme televisive multicanale. Sistemi nazionali a confronto Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2003/119 Year: 2003 Issue:119 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=21704&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2003-119009 Number: 9 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Stefania Trenti Title: Il settore dell'Ict in Italia: un recupero possibile Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2003/119 Year: 2003 Issue:119 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=21705&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2003-119010 Number: 10