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 Marcello Minenna
July 26, 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 ...
By Brad Sayer, John Dumay, James Guthrie, Laura Corazza
June 07, 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 21, 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, ...
By Pietro De Giovanni, Pierroberto Folgiero
March 10, 2023
This book illustrates two approaches for firms to shape successful circular strategies, namely, the Circular Economy and Circular Districts. The former considers firms’ challenges when turning theoretical circular models into practice. Thus, it discusses the opportunities and difficulties in ...
By Roberta Troisi
December 29, 2022
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, ...
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By Franca Cantoni, Edoardo Favari
July 08, 2022
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 ...
By Roberto Albano, Ylenia Curzi, Tommaso Fabbri
May 06, 2022
System, Actor and Process: Keywords in Organization Studies is intended as an epistemological ‘compass’ to navigate through the multifaceted key concepts typically used in organizational practice and research. The book illustrates thirty-four keywords using a tripartite structure: each keyword is ...
By Stefano Villa
November 17, 2021
Varying factors such as the aging of the population, the increasing burden of chronic conditions and the recent global pandemic have highlighted the need for a redesign of healthcare production processes. This book provides a useful framework to capture the necessary organizational conditions to ...
By Lucia Marchegiani
March 22, 2021
Knowledge capital is at the core of the socio-economic global system. Profit and not-for profit firms, institutions, and organizations, in general, face unique opportunities and threats related to knowledge management. Digital technologies and digital transformation offer a wide array of ...