The competitiveness of the Italian industrial system during the last decade has shown a strong slowdown. To compete in international markets, Italian firms reduced their costs instead of fostering on innovation and investments, being largely influenced by small size. Only the so-called “Made in Italy” sectors succeeded in international markets. To analyze this phenomenon, we investigate, at firm and sector level, factors affecting export competitiveness in “Made in Italy” sectors using a multilevel longitudinal model in the period 1999-2005. We find that “Made in Italy” role in international markets strongly depends on firms’ geographical location and sector of activity and on their innovative capacity and productivity.
Made in Italy Firms Competitiveness: A Multilevel Longitudinal Approach
Bini M;Velucchi M
2010-01-01
Abstract
The competitiveness of the Italian industrial system during the last decade has shown a strong slowdown. To compete in international markets, Italian firms reduced their costs instead of fostering on innovation and investments, being largely influenced by small size. Only the so-called “Made in Italy” sectors succeeded in international markets. To analyze this phenomenon, we investigate, at firm and sector level, factors affecting export competitiveness in “Made in Italy” sectors using a multilevel longitudinal model in the period 1999-2005. We find that “Made in Italy” role in international markets strongly depends on firms’ geographical location and sector of activity and on their innovative capacity and productivity.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
