...Abel Duarte Alonso; Alessandro Bressan Purpose – Collaboration among businesses, particularly in the current global economic downturn, can be a key strategy contributing to their survival. This study examines the case of micro firms involved in Terracotta art in Impruneta, Italy, and the extent...

... investigated so far. Italian investment in SMCs needs to improve to defend Italian firms' competitive position. Statistics show that Italy and SMCs specialize in similar industries. SMCs are developing in machinery, textile, and agri‐food sectors, becoming important partners of Italian competitors...

... heights” of their economies; and the manner in which the European telecommunications sector is being restructured. Until the mid‐1980s, all European countries had an incumbent monopolist as the national provider of telecoms services. The situation in Italy was particularly complex. Telecom Italia...

..., based in Italy. The survey was administered as part of an activity aimed at exploring the European identity of relatively young professionals. There is an overview of opinions along with a list of responses to the specific questions of the survey. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Respondents recognised...

...Jennifer Taylor Pierre   Blet SJ Translated from the French by Lawrence Johnson . PIUS XII and the Second World War . Gracewing , 302 pp. , ISBN: 0 85244 511 3   £17.99 © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Europe History Italy Eugenio Pacelli, elected Pope in 1939...

... Personal computers Service quality Product quality Innovation Italy Product design EUROPEAN BUSINESS REVIEW From the Quantity of Quality to the Quality of Quality A NEW COMMANDMENT FOR THE 1990s Pier Giorgio Perotto Since 1979 Pier Giorgio Perotto has been President and Managing Director of ELEA...