The Competitiveness of the Italian Manufacturing Industry: an Attempt of Measurement

Vrontis, Demetris; Tardivo, Giuseppe; Bresciani, Stefano; Viassone, Milena

doi:10.1007/s13132-016-0397-1

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“…N. Jurcut support his view on the need to consider competitiveness in the context of sustainable development [8]. However, there are authors like D. Vrontis, G. Tardivo, S. Bresciani, M. Viassone who do not consider the impact of sustainable development when assessing competitiveness [9]. In assessing the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry of the regions, they propose to use the following factors: the number and size of firms, the characteristics of the entrepreneur, the level of investment, internationalization, the ability to create networks and partnerships, outsource part of their activities, innovation [9].…”

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“…However, there are authors like D. Vrontis, G. Tardivo, S. Bresciani, M. Viassone who do not consider the impact of sustainable development when assessing competitiveness [9]. In assessing the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry of the regions, they propose to use the following factors: the number and size of firms, the characteristics of the entrepreneur, the level of investment, internationalization, the ability to create networks and partnerships, outsource part of their activities, innovation [9]. Other researchers W. Cui, X. Cui, C. Hao assessed the competitiveness manufacturing industry of provinces of China, based on three factors: productivity, innovation, environmental protection and resources [10].…”

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Prospects of Competitiveness of Production of Regions Participating in the Project “New Silk Road” Taking Into Account Concepts “Lean Production” and “Economy of Sustainable Development”

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Gareeva²

2020

Proceedings of the “New Silk Road: Business Cooperation and Prospective of Economic Development” (NSRBCPED 2019)

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The authors propose an improved method of assessing the competitiveness of production of regions. The novelty of this method lies in the principles of selection of competitiveness factors based on the concepts: "Lean production", "Economy of sustainable development", "Change Management" (previously these concepts were not taken into account in the methods of other researchers). The study selected and classified (using the method of expert evaluation) influencing factors of competitiveness of production on five criteria: longterm and short-term action factor; financial results production and sales of the product; compliance to norms (standards) in the production and sale of the product; the extensiveness of changes in the production and sale of the product; interaction and integration in the production and sale of the product. Approbation of the methodology for assessing competitiveness was carried out on the example of rubber and plastic products of the Russian regions participating in the project "New Silk Road" (using a score and ranking). Approbation of a technique of an estimation of competitiveness on an example of production from rubber and plastic of the Russian regions-participants of the project "New Silk Road" (by means of point estimation and a ranking) is carried out. As a result, the proposed method allows to classify the regions participating in the project "New Silk Road" by types of competitiveness and on this basis to form a strategy of business cooperation and prospective of economic development.

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Section: Literature Review and Research Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prospects of Competitiveness of Production of Regions Participating in the Project “New Silk Road” Taking Into Account Concepts “Lean Production” and “Economy of Sustainable Development”

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Gareeva²

2020

Proceedings of the “New Silk Road: Business Cooperation and Prospective of Economic Development” (NSRBCPED 2019)

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“…Literature has also pointed out that consumers' interest to adopt new technologies depends on their attitudes towards technology (Giovanis et al, 2018). The production of innovative technologies also depends on characteristics of producers, such as their level of technological intensity (Karagouni, 2018), yet studies have documented the need for companies to follow a road of the green economy (Vrontis et al, 2016). The automotive industry is facing significant restructurings to face PHEV and EV developments, and some players opted for joint-ventures or mergers and acquisitions (e.g.…”

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Can green taxation trigger plug-in hybrid electric vehicle acquisition?

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Pádua

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse to what extent financial incentives under the green tax reform introduced in Portugal in 2014 drive behaviours of acquiring a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). Design/methodology/approach The existent literature identifies a number of factors that influence the interest for PHEV acquisition, including access to financial incentives. However, empirical evidence is not clear as to which factors are more relevant. The authors extend an existent theoretical model of five factors by including ten factors. On this basis, the study carries out a survey and develops a structural equation model to investigate what drives the interest to acquire a PHEV. Findings Financial incentives are superior to other factors in explaining the interest in acquiring a PHEV. Education, lower income levels, living in larger cities and driving smaller vehicles shape the interest on these vehicles differently. Financial incentives were found to closely offset the difference in price between conventional vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Social implications This study finds that public policies can be powerful in shaping consumers’ behaviour, although the amount of the financial incentive is key to triggering a large-scale effect. Originality/value The survey in this study allows an in-depth and ex ante analysis of the interest in acquiring PHEV under a green tax reform, taking into account other dimensions and socio-economic variables not accounted for in existent studies.

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“…La ventaja competitiva comprende capacidades que permiten a una organización diferenciarse de sus competidores y es el resultado de decisiones de gestión críticas (Li, Ragu-Nathan, Ragu-Nathan, & Rao, 2006). Vrontis, Tardivo, Bresciani, and Viassone (2016) sostienen que, en el contexto, cada vez más dominado por la fuerte y creciente competencia entre compañías en el mundo, obliga a las empresas manufactureras a cambiar el enfoque de la ventaja competitiva a los elementos relacionados con la competitividad, la innovación y los activos intangibles (Vrontis et al, 2016) Y es por ello que las organizaciones tienen que buscar ventajas competitivas sostenibles, como lo sustenta Herciu and Ogrean (2018), en donde afirman que la competitividad empresarial sostenible puede definirse en términos de la capacidad de una empresa para combinar sinérgicamente todos sus recursos con el fin de lograr una mejor productividad, rentabilidad, eficacia y sostenibilidad a largo plazo y en este sentido Buckley (1990) menciona que la competitividad sostenible es una interrelación entre el rendimiento competitivo, el potencial competitivo y el proceso de gestión.…”

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La Competitividad como Estrategia de Crecimiento en las Organizaciones

VALENZO-JIMÉNEZ¹

2019

La Competitividad Como Estrategia De Crecimiento en Las Organizaciones

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The Competitiveness of the Italian Manufacturing Industry: an Attempt of Measurement

Cited by 23 publications

References 45 publications

Prospects of Competitiveness of Production of Regions Participating in the Project “New Silk Road” Taking Into Account Concepts “Lean Production” and “Economy of Sustainable Development”

Prospects of Competitiveness of Production of Regions Participating in the Project “New Silk Road” Taking Into Account Concepts “Lean Production” and “Economy of Sustainable Development”

Can green taxation trigger plug-in hybrid electric vehicle acquisition?

La Competitividad como Estrategia de Crecimiento en las Organizaciones

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