Search results for " Azienda"

Essays on Corruption

2021

Paper III and Paper IV is not published yet. Corruption is blamed for reductions in operational efficiency, information asymmetry, limited income distribution, policy failure, and weak economic growth and development. Corruption can originate from either the “demand-side” (the recipients of the bribe) or the “supply-side” (the givers of the bribe). This double edge effect of corruption on the economy and society makes it a multidisciplinary subject and phenomenon. Thus, scholars from different fields and disciplines, such as finance, banking, economics, accounting, law, foreign aid, and international business, examined and analyzed corruption as a multidisciplinary subject. In this disserta…

Cultura aziendale e coscienza manageriale nella prospettiva dello sviluppo integrale

2012

L'influenza della qualità e della cultura del management nel contribuire allo sviluppo integrale delle aziende e del territorio

La governance dei distretti turistici in ottica di Destination Management

2014

E-Government's Role in Shifting the Paradigm of Performance in the Public Sector

2015

The emergence of e-government changed the world of the Public Administration (PA) and the discipline of Public Management dramatically. Through the presentation of a case- study of the municipality of Palermo, this article attempts to discuss the renewed need for assessing performance of e-government services in a local government and to disclose the main critical issues in accomplishing this evaluation. Palermo is experiencing the implementation of a second- generation e-government project that is embodied in the realization of a web portal. The conceptualization of a framework to assess the performance of the digital services appears to be crucial in order to improve the system and to avo…

Le economicità d’azienda. Profili storici e considerazioni teoriche intorno alla teoria dell’equilibrio economico di Enrico Cavalieri

2014

Unleashing Growth Potential in ‘Stunted’ SMEs: Insights from Simulator Experiments

2006

The literature recognises the phenomenon of 'dwarf' or 'stunted' small and micro firms (in Italian nanismo aziendale) and that they might represent potential lost opportunities for owners and the local economy. This paper describes the development of a simple 'insight' model to simulate the behaviour of such firms. The model replicates the basic no-growth, cyclical behaviour attributed to them and shows how changes in targets and attitudes towards asset management can change that behaviour to one of stable growth. In this simple form, the model does link behaviours to system structure and could support individual entrepreneurs in understanding the reasons for dwarfism in their firm and the …

Influence of board of directors on firm performance: Analysis of family and non-family firms

2015

This article analyses how board structure can affect both financial and social performance, comparing family and non-family firms. Our theoretical framework is based on the integration of the agency theory, traditionally used in the analysis of the impact of the board on the firm's financial performance, with the stakeholder theory, which is more appropriate in the analysis of the social aspects of the firm. Three main aspects are addressed: the analysis of the firm's social performance; the integration of agency theory with stakeholder theory; and the study of the specific characteristics of family firms' boards. The research confirms that neither the agency theory nor the stakeholder theo…

La comunicazione istituzionale sociale e ambientale nelle aziende pubbliche e private

2015

Oggetto di questo articolo è la comunicazione esterna d’azienda, avente caratteri di istituzionalità, con esplicita generalizzazione a tutto ciò che non è espressamente finanziario o economico-patrimoniale. Si tratta della comunicazione sociale, quando investe variabili di carattere umano e sociale, siano esse economiche o no ovvero di quella ambientale, quando sono investite variabili di carattere naturale. Secondo i più recenti sviluppi è trattato il tema della comunicazione integrata nelle due suddette dimensioni oltre che in quelle più tradizionali di tipo finanziario, economico e patrimoniale, anche con una proposta a carattere normativo. Una scelta di campo fondamentale è il riferimen…

Ethical preferences for influencing superiors: A 41-society study

2009

With a 41-society sample of 9990 managers and professionals, we used hierarchical linear modeling to investigate the impact of both macro-level and micro-level predictors on subordinate influence ethics. While we found that both macro-level and micro-level predictors contributed to the model definition, we also found global agreement for a subordinate influence ethics hierarchy. Thus our findings provide evidence that developing a global model of subordinate ethics is possible, and should be based upon multiple criteria and multilevel variables. Journal of International Business Studies (2009) 40, 1022–1045. doi:10.1057/jibs.2008.109

Exploring the determinants of anti-mafia entrepreneurial behaviour: an empirical study on southern Italian SMEs

2017

This study analyses organized crime from an economic perspective and highlights the crucial role of extortion in mafia activities. From an economic viewpoint, we debate the conditions that lead companies to resist mafia extortion. To study the reactions of firms to extortion, we adopt an institutional perspective and consider the contribution of different theories in the socially responsible behaviour and organized crime literature, in an attempt to understand this complex entrepreneurial behaviour better. A sample of 116 southern Italian SMEs, whose entrepreneurs have publicly opposed mafia extortion, was selected. By adopting a matched-pair design, anti-mafia firms were subsequently match…