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Tesi etd-04102014-125934


Tipo di tesi
Tesi di laurea magistrale
Autore
TAGLIALATELA, JONATHAN
URN
etd-04102014-125934
Titolo
Growth and Financial Dynamics of Innovating Firms: An Empirical Analysis of Italian SMEs
Dipartimento
ECONOMIA E MANAGEMENT
Corso di studi
FINANZA AZIENDALE E MERCATI FINANZIARI
Relatori
relatore Barontini, Roberto
Parole chiave
  • financial dynamics
  • firm performance
  • innovation
  • mixed model
Data inizio appello
30/04/2014
Consultabilità
Completa
Riassunto
In order to investigate the effect of innovative efforts on firm’s growth and financial dynamics, we examine two samples of Italian SMEs in manufacturing industry; the selection process started searching for the firms that applied for patents in 2005, and selecting 249 ”top innovators” among small and medium enterprises ; then a set of comparable non-innovating firms has been chosen. Our finding shows that innovative activity is not a significant determinant of firm growth and debt level; instead innovating firms turn out to be more profitable than non-innovating.
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