Mid-sized Manufacturing Companies: The New Driver of Italian Competitiveness

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Coltorti, Fulvio (Editor), Resciniti, Riccardo (Editor), Tunisini, Annalisa (Editor), Varaldo, Riccardo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Sxi — Springer per l’Innovazione / Sxi — Springer for Innovation,
• Subjects: Business.; Management science.; Entrepreneurship.; Leadership.; Business and Management.; Business and Management, general.; Business Strategy/Leadership.

The structure of Italian industry is characterized by a predominance of small sized companies and the presence of very few large companies. For a long time a conviction was shared among scholars and practitioners that the strength and safety of Italian industry were based on its industrial districts...