Innovation and Foreign Technology in Italy, 1861-2011

Abstract

The purpose of the Economic History Working Papers (Quaderni di Storia economica) is to promote the circulation of preliminary versions of working papers on growth, finance, money, institutions prepared within the Bank of Italy or presented at Bank seminars by external speakers with the aim of stimulating comments and suggestions. The present series substitutes the Historical Research papers -Quaderni dell'Ufficio Ricerche Storiche. The views expressed in the articles are those of the authors and do not involve the responsibility of the Bank.

Explaining growth differences across firms: The interplay between innovation and management practices

“…The investment in new machineries as a channel for technological upgrading has a long tradition in the Italian industrialization history, as extensively documented byBarbiellini et al (2011).…”