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Best performance-best practice nelle imprese manifatturiere italiane

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The aim of this working paper is to analyse the best practices of a sample of manufacturing firms that have carried out lasting best performance in terms of solvency, growth and profitability. Firstly, the paper analyses the factors that have favoured or hindered best performance, that is: size; ownership and corporate structure; product and production strategies; competitive and international position; human resources management; product and process development, and so on. Secondly, the paper analyses the correlation between size, qualitative and relational growth. By cluster analysis, three groups of firms have been defined with different levels of qualitative and relational contents. The clusters are the dependent variable of an ordered logit regression and the explanatory variables are the performance and structural variables. The research has been founded by the Piedmont Region and, consequently, is focused on the manufacturing companies located in this region.

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  • Giuseppe Calabrese, 2008. "Best performance-best practice nelle imprese manifatturiere italiane," CERIS Working Paper 200808, CNR-IRCrES Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth - Torino (TO) ITALY - former Institute for Economic Research on Firms and Growth - Moncalieri (TO) ITALY.
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    1. Elena Pagliarino & Monica Cariola & Sara Pavone & Alessandro Manello, "undated". "The impact of Rural Development Program on the economic performances of agro-food industry: the results of a counterfactual analysis in Piedmont, Italy," CERIS Working Paper 201422, CNR-IRCrES Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth - Torino (TO) ITALY - former Institute for Economic Research on Firms and Growth - Moncalieri (TO) ITALY.
    2. Sara Pavone & Elena Ragazzi & Lisa Sella, 2015. "Sostenere le imprese agro-industriali in Piemonte: un?analisi controfattuale," SCIENZE REGIONALI, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2015(3 Suppl.), pages 129-143.
    3. Elena Pagliarino & Monica Cariola & Sara Pavone & Alessandro Manello, 2014. "Public policy for the agro-food industry and economic performances: evidences from Piedmont, Italy," ERSA conference papers ersa14p1126, European Regional Science Association.
    4. Sara Pavone & Elena Pagliarino & Alessandro Manello, 2014. "Politiques publiques et secteur agro-industriel: le rôle du programme de développement rural en Piémont1 [Public policies for the agro-food sector: the role played by the rural development programme i," CERIS Working Paper 201414, CNR-IRCrES Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth - Torino (TO) ITALY - former Institute for Economic Research on Firms and Growth - Moncalieri (TO) ITALY.

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    Best performance; Best practice; Manufacturing firms; Size growth;
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    • L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General

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