@article {647, title = {State of the art on the Nexus between sustainability, fashion industry and sustainable business model}, journal = {Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy}, volume = {32}, year = {2023}, pages = {100968}, abstract = {The fashion industry is one of the most environmentally impactful. It is estimated that about 9\% of greenhouse gas emissions are attributable to this industry. It also turns out to be a highly resource-consuming industry with a rather low recycling rate. With this in mind, the authors wanted to further research the issue of sustainability in fashion. This was done with two main purposes: to update the literature to investigate the latest scientific contributions, to foster their application in sustainable business models; and to help define the state of the art on the topic by investigating the application of sustainable best practices in the market. The study is intended as a basis for future work that will focus on the topic of fashion sustainability and to support the adoption of sustainable business models by companies. This study analyses the fashion industry, particularly the textile, footwear, and leather industries, by searching the scientific literature and business cases for the current state of the art on recent best practices in process, product, and business strategies that have a positive impact on industry sustainability. A systematic literature review and business case research was conducted to identify best practices and gaps on areas of the fashion industry that can be catalysts for change toward a circular economy system based on sustainable business models. Policies and possible solutions to environmental problems related to the fashion industry were also considered. The study showed that there are many technologies, best practices and innovations that aim to make the fashion industry less impactful and, most importantly, circular. Therefore, some representative results for each of the three areas investigated are explored in depth, keeping in mind that there are the companies and sectors involved have sometimes unique peculiarities and characteristics, so it is not possible to have results equally applicable to each business model.}, keywords = {Best practice, Circular economy, Fashion, Sustainable business model}, issn = {2352-5541}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scp.2023.100968}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352554123000025}, author = {Caterina DePonte and Marco Ciro Liscio and Paolo Sospiro} } @article {579, title = {Agglomeration, networking and the Great Recession}, journal = {Regional Studies}, volume = {53}, year = {2019}, pages = {951-962}, publisher = {Routledge}, abstract = {

This paper analyzes how and to what extent firms{\textquoteright} external relations, such as belonging to a local cluster or a business group, affect the probability of firm survival and economic performance after the 2008 Great Recession. Using a large data set of Italian manufacturing companies for the period 2005{\textendash}12, it was found that belonging to a business group or a local cluster mitigates the selection effect determined by the real and financial shocks, while in the case of firms not belonging to groups, only the more efficient units survive. This means that firms belonging to a group or local cluster are expected to show a lower likelihood of failure and also lower performance compared with stand-alone firms. {\textcopyright} 2018, {\textcopyright} 2018 Regional Studies Association.

}, keywords = {agglomeration, business, data set, economic analysis, financial crisis, Italy, manufacturing, networking, probability}, issn = {00343404}, doi = {10.1080/00343404.2018.1511892}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053309295\&doi=10.1080\%2f00343404.2018.1511892\&partnerID=40\&md5=614bc6c55f4bf2ab7f9e3f8384b4eef6}, author = {Cainelli, G. and Giannini, V. and Iacobucci, D.} } @article {596, title = {Bank foundations, social capital and the growth of Italian provinces}, journal = {Regional Studies}, volume = {53}, year = {2019}, pages = {231-244}, publisher = {Routledge}, abstract = {

The funding role of bank foundations in the Italian economy, especially to the non-profit sector, significantly increased over the last 25 years. This paper constructs a novel measure of social capital at the provincial level that explicitly takes into account the bank foundations{\textquoteright} sectors of intervention (such as education, public health, and art and culture), together with other traditional aspects of social capital, and then tests the impact of bank foundations on the economic growth of Italian provinces. The findings suggest that the contribution of bank foundations to social capital positively affects the economic growth of provinces. {\textcopyright} 2018, {\textcopyright} 2018 Regional Studies Association.

}, keywords = {banking, economic growth, economic impact, Italy, regional development, social capital}, issn = {00343404}, doi = {10.1080/00343404.2018.1455971}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85044974106\&doi=10.1080\%2f00343404.2018.1455971\&partnerID=40\&md5=a2480a72d8e44fd106375170775215e3}, author = {Calcagnini, G. and Giombini, G. and Perugini, F.} } @article {594, title = {Income distribution dynamics among Italian provinces. The role of Bank Foundations}, journal = {Applied Economics}, volume = {51}, year = {2019}, pages = {3198-3211}, publisher = {Routledge}, abstract = {

This paper investigates the convergence process and the distribution dynamics of income among Italian NUTS-3 provinces between 2003 and 2011. Findings show the existence of multiple steady-state equilibria which is consistent with the well-documented persistence in income disparities among Italian provinces. The role of grant-making activities by Bank Foundations is assessed on a conditioning scheme. Results suggest that Bank Foundations can affect the shape of the distribution of income and, in the long run, reduce polarization with a tendency for income to collapse towards a unimodal distribution. {\textcopyright} 2019, {\textcopyright} 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor \& Francis Group.

}, keywords = {banking, convergence, income distribution, Italy}, issn = {00036846}, doi = {10.1080/00036846.2019.1572866}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85061431000\&doi=10.1080\%2f00036846.2019.1572866\&partnerID=40\&md5=b04d4ccf7eec9541674ca1ee3e6fe5bf}, author = {Calcagnini, G. and Perugini, F.} } @article {589, title = {What are the trade-offs of academic entrepreneurship? An investigation on the Italian case}, journal = {Journal of Technology Transfer}, volume = {43}, year = {2018}, pages = {198-221}, publisher = {Springer New York LLC}, abstract = {

This study addresses the following research questions: what happens to the propensity to collaborate with other firms, once the researcher creates her own venture? Do her collaborations decrease or do they grow? These questions have been overlooked by the current literature, even though they carry important policy implications. Our key suggestion is that the effectiveness of a technology transfer tool can be better assessed by taking into account the possible crowding-out effects with other channels of knowledge transfer. We do so for Italy, by comparing the behavior of single researchers, before and after the establishment of their own firm, with the behavior of a control group. We assess whether those academics that founded their own firm significantly change their attitude to perform research collaborations with other firms by means of co-publication and co-patenting. We also verify whether creating a firm has an impact on the overall patenting and publication performance. Our results suggest that there is a negative effect on the overall publishing performance, while the patenting activity does not change significantly. Regarding co-publications, our results confirm the existence of a substitution effect between spin-offs and co-publication with firms, while we observe an increase in the case of co-patenting. A closer look at the data, however, suggests that the latter is mainly triggered by the patenting activity that the researcher performs with his or her own company. {\textcopyright} 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

}, keywords = {Academic entrepreneurship, Behavioral research, Economic and social effects, Knowledge management, Patenting activities, Patents and inventions, Policy evaluation, Policy implications, Propensity score matching, Public policy, Publishing, Research collaborations, Spin off, Substitution effect, Technology Transfer}, issn = {08929912}, doi = {10.1007/s10961-016-9482-7}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84968547880\&doi=10.1007\%2fs10961-016-9482-7\&partnerID=40\&md5=2133632f90803ed24d87019494bbaefb}, author = {Barbieri, E. and Rubini, L. and Pollio, C. and Micozzi, A.} } @article {Cainelli2015, title = {Do Geographic Concentration and Vertically Related Variety Foster Firm Productivity? Micro-Evidence from Italy}, journal = {Growth and Change}, year = {2015}, note = {cited By 0; Article in Press}, keywords = {Business Groups , Entrepreneurship}, doi = {10.1111/grow.12112}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84931351442\&partnerID=40\&md5=f0abefdeb2cbd51236eeb538bf93956f}, author = {D. Iacobucci and R. Ganau and G. Cainelli} } @article {Cainelli2015517, title = {Vertical Integration, Organizational Governance, and Firm Performance: Evidence from Italian Business Groups}, journal = {Managerial and Decision Economics}, volume = {36}, number = {8}, year = {2015}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {517-527}, keywords = {Business Groups }, doi = {10.1002/mde.2691}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84946040574\&partnerID=40\&md5=ccc59850054956195f3021811fc692aa}, author = {D. Iacobucci and G. Cainelli} } @article {Guzzini201420, title = {Business Group Affiliation and R\&D}, journal = {Industry and Innovation}, volume = {21}, number = {1}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {20-42}, keywords = {Business Groups }, doi = {10.1080/13662716.2014.879253}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84894027567\&partnerID=40\&md5=8083c7625a7c9edf7a76d9f34ba201f3}, author = {D. Iacobucci and E. Guzzini} } @article {Guzzini2014119, title = {Ownership as R\&D incentive in business groups}, journal = {Small Business Economics}, volume = {43}, number = {1}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {119-135}, keywords = {Business Groups }, doi = {10.1007/s11187-013-9529-1}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84900828425\&partnerID=40\&md5=ff7b123cfe17816ee8e872b0d1134535}, author = {D. Iacobucci and E. Guzzini} } @article {Cainelli2012255, title = {Agglomeration, Related Variety, and Vertical Integration}, journal = {Economic Geography}, volume = {88}, number = {3}, year = {2012}, note = {cited By 16}, pages = {255-277}, keywords = {Business Groups }, doi = {10.1111/j.1944-8287.2012.01156.x}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84861192863\&partnerID=40\&md5=323f7fb9c0cc879f94ec9f5d961396a8}, author = {D. Iacobucci and G. Cainelli} } @article {Iacobucci2012211, title = {Internal capital market and investment decisions in small and medium-sized groups}, journal = {Contributions to Economics}, year = {2012}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {211-227}, keywords = {Business Groups }, doi = {10.1007/978-3-7908-2852-8_11}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866252766\&partnerID=40\&md5=e82a4652111a60eabe1eb03481cb5d69}, author = {D. Iacobucci} } @article {Cainelli20111549, title = {Business groups and the boundaries of the firm}, journal = {Management Decision}, volume = {49}, number = {9}, year = {2011}, note = {cited By 6}, pages = {1549-1573}, keywords = {Business Groups }, doi = {10.1108/00251741111173989}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80054837155\&partnerID=40\&md5=38c31ad9e4ed26b441a0d3d59eadffea}, author = {D. Iacobucci and G. Cainelli} } @article {Iacobucci2010351, title = {The growth of business groups by habitual entrepreneurs: The role of entrepreneurial teams}, journal = {Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice}, volume = {34}, number = {2}, year = {2010}, note = {cited By 21}, pages = {351-377}, keywords = {Business Groups }, doi = {10.1111/j.1540-6520.2010.00378.x}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77952560119\&partnerID=40\&md5=5ced5e1ff5a6f3356a183921cc39ea7e}, author = {D. Iacobucci and P. Rosa} } @inbook { 11566_54832, title = {Il gruppo d{\textquoteright}impresa come strumento di creazione di reti imprenditoriali}, booktitle = {Reti d{\textquoteright}imprese e territorio. Tra vincoli e nuove opportunit{\`a} dopo la crisi}, year = {2010}, pages = {173{\textendash}198}, publisher = {Il Mulino}, organization = {Il Mulino}, address = {Bologna}, keywords = {Business Groups }, author = {D. Iacobucci} } @article { 11566_73315, title = {L{\textquoteright}attuale livello di diffusione dell{\textquoteright}automazione nel distretto calzaturiero fermano-maceratese}, journal = {ECONOMIA MARCHE}, volume = {supplemento al n. 2 /2009, 2010}, year = {2010}, pages = {109{\textendash}131}, keywords = {Business Groups , Technology Transfer}, author = {E. Lanciotti and G. Conte and D. Iacobucci} } @article {Cainelli2009305, title = {Do agglomeration and technology affect vertical integration? Evidence from Italian business groups}, journal = {International Journal of the Economics of Business}, volume = {16}, number = {3}, year = {2009}, note = {cited By 7}, pages = {305-322}, keywords = {Business Groups }, doi = {10.1080/13571510903227049}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955847133\&partnerID=40\&md5=f606b7347f5d48308a2bd0b7a8cd3675}, author = {D. Iacobucci and G. Cainelli} } @inbook { 11566_41651, title = {Processi di crescita e strutture di governance dei gruppi di medie imprese}, booktitle = {Dimensioni e crescita nell{\textquoteright}industria manifatturiera italiana. Il ruolo delle medie imprese}, year = {2008}, pages = {97{\textendash}117}, publisher = {Franco Angeli}, organization = {Franco Angeli}, address = {MILANO}, keywords = {Business Groups }, author = {D. Iacobucci} } @book { 11566_41334, title = {Agglomeration, Technology and Business Groups}, year = {2007}, publisher = {Edward Elgar}, organization = {Edward Elgar}, address = {CHELTENHAM}, keywords = {Business Groups }, author = {G. Cainelli and D. Iacobucci} } @inbook { 11566_41227, title = {Capabilities dinamiche e sviluppo per gruppo nelle imprese di piccola e media dimensione}, booktitle = {Organizzazioni, conoscenze e sistemi locali}, year = {2006}, publisher = {Franco Angeli}, organization = {Franco Angeli}, address = {MILANO}, keywords = {Business Groups }, author = {D. Iacobucci} } @inbook { 11566_38789, title = {Forme giuridiche, struttura della propriet{\`a} e modelli di governance nell{\textquoteright}industria cinese e nel Guangdong}, booktitle = {Il fiume delle perle. La dimensione locale dello sviluppo industriale cinese e il confronto con l{\textquoteright}Italia}, year = {2006}, pages = {101{\textendash}128}, publisher = {Rosenberg \& Sellier}, organization = {Rosenberg \& Sellier}, address = {TORINO}, keywords = {Business Groups , Entrepreneurship}, author = {D. Iacobucci} } @article {Cainelli2006507, title = {Spatial agglomeration and business groups: New evidence from Italian industrial districts}, journal = {Regional Studies}, volume = {40}, number = {5}, year = {2006}, note = {cited By 30}, pages = {507-518}, keywords = {Business Groups }, doi = {10.1080/00343400600757585}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33745904997\&partnerID=40\&md5=2588e9f17f2a5e2abd71a985e86dd788}, author = {D. Iacobucci and G. Cainelli and E. Morganti} } @inbook { 11566_41224, title = {Business groups analysis by hierarchical clustering}, booktitle = {Classification and Data Analysis 2005. Book of Short Papers. Meeting of the Classification and Data Analasys Group of the Italian Statistical Society}, year = {2005}, publisher = {Monte Universit{\`a} Parma Editore}, organization = {Monte Universit{\`a} Parma Editore}, address = {PARMA}, keywords = {Business Groups }, author = {D. Potena and C. Diamantini and D. Iacobucci and M. Panti} } @article {Iacobucci200565, title = {Growth, diversification, and business group formation in entrepreneurial firms}, journal = {Small Business Economics}, volume = {25}, number = {1}, year = {2005}, note = {cited By 26}, pages = {65-82}, keywords = {Business Groups , Entrepreneurship}, doi = {10.1007/s11187-005-4258-8}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-24944579437\&partnerID=40\&md5=3ebcca6b8ba0ff78a057a13e502f2789}, author = {D. Iacobucci and P. Rosa} } @article { 11566_30209, title = {gruppi d{\textquoteright}impresa e le nuove forme organizzative del capitalismo locale italiano}, journal = {L{\textquoteright}INDUSTRIA}, volume = {26}, year = {2005}, pages = {237{\textendash}255}, publisher = {Bologna : Societ{\`a} Editrice Il Mulino}, keywords = {Business Groups }, author = {G. Cainelli and D. Iacobucci} } @inbook { 11566_51933, title = {A machine learning approach to data mining: Delving into the Italian business groups database}, booktitle = {Classification and Data Analysis 2005. Book of Short Papers. Meeting of the Classification and Data Analasys Group of the Italian Statistical Society}, year = {2005}, pages = {313{\textendash}316}, publisher = {Monte Universit{\`a} Parma Editore}, organization = {Monte Universit{\`a} Parma Editore}, address = {PARMA}, keywords = {Business Groups }, author = {A. Cucchiarelli and D. Iacobucci and F. Neri} } @article { 11566_30206, title = {Diffusione e specificit{\`a} organizzativa dei gruppi d{\textquoteright}impresa nei distretti industriali italiani}, journal = {ISTITUZIONI E SVILUPPO ECONOMICO}, year = {2004}, publisher = {Milano : Franco Angeli}, keywords = {Business Groups }, author = {G. Cainelli and D. Iacobucci and E. Morgante} } @article {Iacobucci2004128, title = {Groups of small and medium-sized firms in industrial districts in Italy}, journal = {Contributions to Economics}, year = {2004}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {128-154}, keywords = {Business Groups }, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4644335387\&partnerID=40\&md5=a8f1610331c825c35bd64c451905222e}, author = {D. Iacobucci} } @article {Balloni2004175, title = {The role of medium-sized and large firms in the evolution of industrial districts. The case of Marche}, journal = {Contributions to Economics}, year = {2004}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {175-197}, keywords = {Business Groups }, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4644235705\&partnerID=40\&md5=f864ca7a3118e5c47a1d30757cb31307}, author = {D. Iacobucci and V. Balloni} } @article {NoAuthor200231, title = {Explaining businees groups started by habitual entrepreneurs in the Italian manufacturing sector}, journal = {Entrepreneurship and Regional Development}, volume = {14}, number = {1}, year = {2002}, note = {cited By 27}, pages = {31-47}, keywords = {Business Groups , Entrepreneurship}, doi = {10.1080/08985620110096636}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036145465\&partnerID=40\&md5=18ac902d01c4b3156f25bd06a9946a58}, author = {D. Iacobucci} } @inbook { 11566_39408, title = {Diffusione e caratteristiche dei gruppi di piccole e medie imprese nelle aree distrettuali delle Marche}, booktitle = {Diffusione e caratteristiche dei gruppi di piccole e medie imprese nelle aree distrettuali}, year = {2001}, pages = {174{\textendash}237}, publisher = {GIUFFRE{\textquoteright} EDITORE}, organization = {GIUFFRE{\textquoteright} EDITORE}, address = {MILANO}, keywords = {Business Groups , Smart Specialization Strategy}, author = {D. Iacobucci and V. Balloni} } @article { 11566_82735, title = {Distretti industriali, sistemi di piccola impresa, reti e gruppi: una breve riflessione}, journal = {ECONOMIA MARCHE}, volume = {XIX}, year = {2000}, pages = {7{\textendash}15}, keywords = {Business Groups , Technology Transfer}, author = {V. Balloni and D. Iacobucci} } @inbook { 11566_82734, title = {I gruppi di piccole e medie imprese nell{\textquoteright}industria italiana}, booktitle = {La questione dimensionale nell{\textquoteright}industria italiana}, year = {1999}, pages = {313{\textendash}358}, publisher = {IL MULINO}, organization = {IL MULINO}, address = {BOLOGNA}, keywords = {Business Groups }, author = {A. Carone and D. Iacobucci} }