How SMEs engage in open innovation: a survey

G Santoro, A Ferraris, E Giacosa… - Journal of the Knowledge …, 2018 - Springer
Although open innovation has gained more and more attention in innovation management,
even for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), still lack heterogeneous explanations …

Rethinking the literature on “multiple embeddedness” and subsidiary-specific advantages

A Ferraris - Multinational Business Review, 2014 - emerald.com
Purpose–This paper aims to synthesize the literature on embeddedness of MNE
subsidiaries, rethinking the concept of “multiple embeddedness” in order to clarify the …

Innovation-receiving subsidiaries and dual embeddedness: impact on business performance

S Bresciani, A Ferraris - Baltic Journal of Management, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the degree of
subsidiary's external and internal embeddedness and the contribution on subsidiary's …

The family variable in the French and Italian wine sector

S Bresciani, E Giacosa, L Broccardo… - EuroMed Journal of …, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to highlight the differences in terms of economic and
financial performance, between family firms (FFs) and non-family firms (NFFs) in the wine …

How to strengthen the business model of an Italian family food business

E Giacosa, A Ferraris, F Monge - British Food Journal, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on how a medium-sized company operating in
the food sector should strengthen its business model, thanks to a combination between …

Determinants of performance in the hotel industry-an empirical analysis of Italy

S Bresciani, A Thrassou… - Global Business and …, 2015 - inderscienceonline.com
Among the diverse services of the tourism sector, this paper concentrates on the hotel
industry, which includes a set of companies that is homogenous in production and …

Entrepreneurial exploration and exploitation processes of family businesses in the food sector

D Vrontis, F Culasso, E Giacosa, M Stupino - British Food Journal, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the entrepreneurship theory in family
firms as it focuses on the relevance of an ambidextrous entrepreneurial strategy, thanks to …

Strategic reflexivity in the hotel industry–a value-based analysis

A Thrassou, D Vrontis… - World Review of …, 2014 - inderscienceonline.com
In an incessantly altering global tourism industry, hotels are forced to develop new strategic
models. Models that do not simply fit new competitive conditions, but perpetually and …

The role of the innovation catalyst in social innovation-an Italian case study

A Ferraris, C Grieco - Sinergie Italian Journal of Management, 2015 - ojs.sijm.it
Purpose of the paper: Social innovation is emerging as a dominant discourse, especially in
facing the issues posed by the current crisis. Due to its close link with the local area in which …

The localization choice of multinational firms' R&D centers: a survey in the piedmont area

S Bresciani, A Ferraris - Journal of Promotion Management, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Research on the linkages between R&D, environment, strategy, and localization choices is
quite new and often lacks empirical investigation. The aim of this article is to study the …