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Best performance-best practice: the case of Italian manufacturing companies

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The aim of this paper is to analyse the best practices of a sample of manufacturing companies that have achieved lasting best performance in terms of solvency, growth and profitability. The paper analyses the correlation between size and qualitative-relational growth. Through cluster analysis, three groups of companies were defined with different levels of qualitative and relational contents. The cluster result is the dependent variable of an ordered logit regression, while the explanatory variables are performance and feature variables. The model confirms that size and growth in size significantly influence the probability of qualitative and relational contents in companies. Moreover, the results suggest that other relevant determinants are: management, location, export growth, type of make, and competitiveness factors. The research was funded by the Region of Piedmont and, consequently, focuses on the manufacturing companies located in this Italian region.

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  • Giuseppe Calabrese, 2009. "Best performance-best practice: the case of Italian manufacturing companies," L'industria, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 2, pages 285-306.
    • Handle: RePEc:mul:j0hje1:doi:10.1430/29797:y:2009:i:2:p:285-306
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    1. Calabrese, Giuseppe Giulio & Falavigna, Greta, 2024. "Do social cooperatives stimulate social change? An investigation on Italian firms based on DEA-Malmquist approach," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 199(C).

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