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Chasing the perfida Albione: Anglo‐Italian productivity gap in the late 1930s

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents new estimates of Anglo‐Italian labour productivity levels in manufacturing in the late 1930s, derived using the standard single‐deflation approach. The findings confirm a substantial productivity gap between Italy and the United Kingdom at the aggregate level, alongside pronounced intersectoral heterogeneity.
Tancredi Salamone
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative study of ultrasonic and laser assisted machining for sustainable leather cutting in greener industry practices. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Mekid S, Swaminathan V, Chekalil I.
europepmc   +1 more source

Networks paving the way: Apprenticeship, guilds, and access to mastership in early modern Genoa

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates how kinship and professional networks shaped labour market outcomes in the guild‐based labour market of early modern Genoa. Using a newly constructed dataset of more than 8,000 apprenticeship contracts (1451–1530), I examine the extent to which family and guild connections influenced apprentices' chances of attaining ...
Alessandro Brioschi
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Could Fostering Alternative Plant Feedstocks Improve the Sustainability of Leather Manufacturing? A Critical Review. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Beghetto V, Gatto V, Conca S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Managing agency business groups, elite directors, and the rubber boom, 1897–1913

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We identify a new organizational form, the Managing Agency Business Group (MABG), demonstrating how agency houses used interlocking directorships to build groups on the basis of commercial and plantation expertise to access finance on London stock markets and local capital markets in the pre‐1914 rubber boom.
David Higgins, Steven Toms
wiley   +1 more source

Analysing the impact of work environment on job motivation and quality control practices and its effect on production output in the leather industry. [PDF]

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Kaviya A, Arumugam V, Vasudevan A, Razak A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hunting for Hollanders: The community responsibility system, trade sanctions, and public debt in the late‐medieval Low Countries

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract To persuade creditors to lend, cities in the Low Countries relied on a community responsibility system that made all citizens personally liable for public debt. This exposed itinerant citizens to significant risks: their merchandise could be confiscated by creditors, and they could even be imprisoned for debt.
Jaco Zuijderduijn
wiley   +1 more source

How do strategic leaders frame corporate purpose? Investigating competing frames and framing approaches in executive discourse

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Corporate purpose is gaining momentum in contemporary business communities, yet it often appears shrouded in ambiguity. Although research is growing in popularity, the analysis of corporate purpose from the perspective of strategic leaders remains an unexplored domain.
Chiara Pantalena, Luca Manelli, Josip Kotlar, Federico Frattini   +3 more
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Experimental evidence on consumers' willingness to pay in the sustainable fashion industry. [PDF]

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Cascavilla A, Caferra R, Morone A, Morone P.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Realizing the unexpected: How cospecialization supports the serendipity journey in SMEs' digital transformation

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Although innovation is often portrayed as arising deterministically from deliberate strategy and calculated decisions, many significant breakthroughs emerge not from planning but serendipitously. Building on this insight, this paper bridges the literatures on dynamic capabilities and serendipity to examine how SMEs realize serendipitous value ...
Marco Balzano, Riccardo Rialti, Stefano Romito   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source