Evolution of Italian Enterprises in the 20th Century (eBook)

Renato Giannetti, Michelangelo Vasta (Herausgeber)

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2009 | 2006
XIII, 310 Seiten
Physica (Verlag)
978-3-7908-1712-6 (ISBN)

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During the first two-thirds of the 20th century the themes of sectorial structure and compared performance prevail in Italian economic historiography. In contrast, in the last part of the century attention is focused on the behavior of single economic actors and their micro-economic strategies.

This book intends to act as a bridge between the two approaches, and reconstructs the secular journey of Italian industrial enterprise through an original study.

Inhalt

Preface 6
Acknowledgments 12
Contents 14
1. The historiography 15
1.1. Introduction 15
1.2. The macroeconomic approach 16
1.3. The microeconomic approach 22
1.4. Industrial 27
2. Industrial structure (1911 2001) 29
2.1. Introduction 29
2.2. The features of Italian industry in the long run 31
2.3. The causes of change: a first approximation 37
2.4. Additions, I: the location of Italian industry 39
2.5. Additions, II: the rest of the secondary sector 40
2.6. Conclusions 41
3. The concentration of the industrial structure (1913 1971) 62
3.1. Introduction 62
3.2. Levels of industrial concentration 65
3.3. The role of groups 71
3.4. Conclusions 73
4. The demography of manufacturing firms (1911 1971) 75
4.1. Introduction 75
4.2. The size distribution and mobility of firms 75
4.3. Technology, product cycle and firm survival 82
4.4. Conclusions 94
5. The largest 200 manufacturing firms (1913 99
5.1. Introduction 99
5.2. Source and methodology 101
5.3. Structural changes 103
5.4. Stability turbulence 111
5.5. Intra-sectoral turbulence: the dynamics of the incoming firms 117
5.6. Conclusions 121
6. Ownership and control in Italian capitalism (1911 1972) 123
6.1. Introduction 123
6.2. Sources and methodology 126
6.3. Extension of the relations and collusive mechanisms 129
6.4. Sectors and size 133
6.5. The central companies 143
6.6. The industrial groups 149
6.7. Conclusions 154
7. Firm performance (1900 1971) 165
7.1. Introduction 165
7.2. The regulatory framework 166
7.3. Methodological note 167
7.4. An overall view 170
7.5. The profitability of the manufacturing sectors 178
7.6. Technological intensity and profitability 188
7.7. Firm size and profitability 190
7.8. The determinants of firm performance 192
7.9. Conclusions 200
8. Business strategies from Unification up to the 1970s 202
8.1. Introduction 202
8.2. How the survey works 203
8.3. The sample and its representativeness 206
8.4. Who owned Italian industry? 209
8.5. Between State and market 212
8.6. Diversification or core business? 214
8.7. Market and commercial policies 216
8.8. Internal organization 218
8.9. Innovative activities 221
8.10. Labor and human capital 225
8.11. Business financing 227
8.12. Conclusions 230
Annex 8.1. Sources: jubilee publication and business histories 233
Annex 8.2. The questionnaire 242
Annex 8.3. Compiled files 246
9. Entrepreneurs and managers (1913 1972) 250
9.1. Introduction 250
9.2. Characteristics of the sample 251
9.3. Origins of the BL: age and place (region) of birth 255
9.4. Education and training 257
9.5. Parliamentary offices and appointments 261
9.6. Titles of nobility 262
9.7. The BL by career sector 262
9.8. The interlocking directorates among the BL 264
9.9. Typology of the BL 265
9.10. Conclusions 273
Conclusions 275
Appendix: the source and the Imita.db dataset 279
References 284
List of figures 305
List of tables 306
List of authors 309
Index 311

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.6.2009
• Reihe/Serie: Contributions to Economics
• Reihe/Serie: Contributions to Economics
• Zusatzinfo: XIII, 310 p. 21 illus.
• Verlagsort: Heidelberg
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: Economic Growth • Economic History • enterprises • Industries • Italy
• ISBN-10: 3-7908-1712-0 / 3790817120
• ISBN-13: 978-3-7908-1712-6 / 9783790817126