Full Title
ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE
Publisher
FrancoAngeli
ISSN
0391-2078 (Printed Journal)
1972-4977 (Online Journal)
Journal Issue Number
1
Journal Issue Designation
1
Journal Issue Date
2009
Full Title
L'evoluzione delle imprese multinazionali italiane e il ruolo del quarto capitalismo
By (author)
First Page
123
Last Page
134
Language of text
Italian
Publication Date
2009/04
Copyright
2009 FrancoAngeli srl
Introduction or preface
- The purpose of this article is to outline the evolution of Italian multinational firms during the 2001-2007 period. The descriptive statistics show that a selected group of medium-sized firms has outperformed the other Italian multinationals in terms of growth rate. The evidence is consistent with the hypothesis of the emergence in Italy of the so-called "fourth capitalism", as an alternative successful model to both the industrial districts and the large chandlerian corporations. Some limits of this structural evolution are also discussed.Keywords: foreign direct investments (FDIs), Italian multinational firmsParole chiave: investimenti diretti esteri (IDE), imprese multinazionali italianeJel Classification: F23