This series brings together the most significant works in Business, Economics and Finance by Italian authors that have been selected by the Giappichelli publishing house. It features cutting-edge research, addressing all of the major issues across a wide range of individual disciplines, helping to define and advance the field.
By Silvio Bianchi Martini, Antonio Corvino, Andrea Dello Sbarba
November 07, 2024
This book explores the intricate world of strategic management. Blending theory with practical examples, the authors provide a systematic framework for strategic decisionmaking. The book is divided into two parts. It begins by exploring the perspectives of strategic analysis, examining the firm’s “...
By Roberta Troisi
August 26, 2024
This book investigates the relationship between the firm and the territory, emphasizing the micro-organizational dimension and the interactions between actors at territorial levels. First, the book examines the particular features of the firm considering three key factors - structural design, ...
By Marcello Minenna
July 29, 2024
This book examines the statistics of the G-20 members with the goal of providing an analysis of their economic policies, with a particular emphasis on the financial dynamics of each country's Balance of Payments, in order to offer a framework for better understanding where we are headed in an era ...
By Dario Cottafava, Daniel Torchia, Stefania Camoletto, Laura Corazza
April 04, 2024
This book analyses the seminal role of megaprojects for sustainable development, and the related, complex challenges they bring. It provides insights into the growing social responsibilities that megaprojects have, not only to be environmentally sustainable, but also towards the multitude of ...
By Josanco Floreani, Enrico Geretto, Maurizio Polato, Giulio Velliscig
January 29, 2024
While there is a vast amount of literature examining firm’s networks from an industrial organization perspective, the financial implications of networking remain underexplored. This book fills this gap, by investigating the phenomenon of business networks in the context of management and governance...
By Bernardino Quattrociocchi, Mario Calabrese, Francesca Iandolo, Francesco Mercuri
January 29, 2024
The so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution has prompted companies to adapt to a new business paradigm based on digital interconnection and the ability to respond quickly to the needs of consumers and users. These conditions are closely related to the advent of digital technologies that enable the ...
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By Franca Cantoni, Edoardo Favari
January 29, 2024
Megaprojects, also referred to in the literature as Large Engineering Projects or Major Projects, are generally defined as large-scale investment initiatives worth 1b€/$ or more and, facing similar problems independent of the country where they are implemented and the industry they belong to. The ...
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By Cristiano Busco, Costanza Consolandi, Irma Malafronte, Fabrizio Sammarco, Elisabetta Scognamiglio
November 15, 2023
The Impact of Organizations: Measurement, Management and Corporate Reporting contributes to the growing debate on the importance of measuring, managing, and reporting organizations’ impact in the interest of companies, stakeholders, and policymakers. Through theoretical analysis, data analysis, ...
By Anna Minà, Giovanni Battista Dagnino
September 25, 2023
This book disentangles the foundations of coopetition (i.e., concurrent competition and cooperation) by exploring in-depth the intellectual legacy of Eastern and Western perspectives. In particular, it detects the foundations of coopetition in three Chinese streams of thought; Confucianism, Taoism,...
By Alberto Gabriele, Elias Jabbour
September 25, 2023
Over a hundred years after the first socialist revolution broke the global monopoly of capitalism, a new class of socialist-oriented socioeconomic development is coming to the fore. Capitalism is still dominant worldwide, although its hegemony is no longer undisputed, and humankind is now faced ...
By Brad Sayer, John Dumay, James Guthrie, Laura Corazza
June 08, 2023
Drawing back on the ever-evolving stakeholder management theory, this book responds to calls for more empirical research into the managerial sense making of the stakeholder concept. The book explores how managers make sense of stakeholder management, especially in complex and challenging business ...
By Luigi Cantone, Pierpaolo Testa, Giuseppe Fabio Cantone
May 22, 2023
Decision-making on outsourcing new product development (especially innovation projects), such as engaging and managing the supply chain, is far from easy. It may involve addressing strategic and operational risks that might cause longer development times and increase innovations costs. It is, ...