... be contacted at: barbara.bigliardi@unipr.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Knowledge management Italy Tools Construction industry Multiple case studies Organizations show an increasing interest in knowledge management (KM) because they recognize that an effective use...

... industry where the importance of trademarks is particularly significant (Weller, 2007 ; Davey et al., 2009). In Italy, the fashion industry is second, only after the sector of household electrical appliances, in the ranking of the industries which are more inclined to register trademarks (Intesa...

... spending reviews, social enterprises are called to a shift from a traditional management model based on solidarity to a business oriented one. Design/methodology/approach – The research is based on a survey administered to 344 enterprises, based in five regions of south Italy, with a response...

... After having summarized the role of the country‐of‐origin (COO) in facilitating producers to effectively communicate to consumers the quality of their products, the article presents two case studies: the Chianti Classico wine from Tuscany (Italy) and the tea industry in Guangdong (China...

... Publishing Limited 2012 Knowledge exploration Knowledge exploitation Health care Information and communication technologies Electronic medical record Hospitals Health services Service improvements Italy Despite increasing investments, many change efforts within the healthcare...

... staffs have to collaborate and cooperate to meet the needs of the patients in order to integrate the skills, emerging between: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Electronic medical record Interdependence Knowledge management Health services Italy Since the 1990s the Italian...

... management Customer engagement Web 2.0 Learning Innovation Food industry Italy In a discontinuous business environment facing a fiercer competition and the growing expectations of the consumers, companies are compelled to manage innovation on a continuous basis. Since internal research...

... controversial (Lichtenthaler, 2008), or otherwise it can be better understood in light of the concept of openness suggested here. Our investigation will take place in Italy where, although the scarcity of empirical evidence about OI, there is a plenty of institutional pressures towards the establishment...

... provider of technologies. The authors therefore expect to find three main forms of demand: real, latent, and potential. The specific case is the food industry in Apulia, Italy. First, focus groups identified general business and technology needs. Then in‐depth interviews were conducted with 87 firms...

... for initiating and carrying out KM activities. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Knowledge management Construction industry Communication technologies Italy Nowadays, the environment in which companies work is characterized by unpredictability and disorderliness. In particular...

... Performance management Local government Italy The PMSs adopted in public organisations have often been described as elements influenced by political and social choices and therefore characterised by severe limitations in the role of change and improvement drivers. In particular, one of the major...

... The paper adds further elements to the long debate about the theme of succession, trying to better understand the factors of a successful succession. Case studies Family firms Italy Management succession Numerous studies suggest that family businesses (FBs) play a significant role...

..., but as an IE assessment tool which can assist managers both of textile companies and intermediary bodies. Business excellence Textile industry Italy Spain Greece Only a very small fraction of the Merit‐Tex companies has established a well functioning knowledge management system. Therefore...