Anna Spadavecchia
Biographic Data
| ID | 1069629 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Spadavecchia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Spadavecchia |
| SIGNATURE | SPADAVECCHIA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Reading |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1468-0206 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Introduction. New advances in quantitative business history
This introduction presents a special issue of Revista de Historia Industrial - Industrial History Review devoted to quantitative business history. After a brief overview of the role and position of quantitative approaches in the methodological debate in business history, we summarize some of the salient points of the articles included in this special issue. These articles highlight the valuable use of quantitative datasets and methods in business…
The banking-industry relationship in Italy: Large national banks and small local banks compared (1913–1936)
Using a large dataset of Italian joint-stock companies, this article analyses the networks of corporate interlocks of the major universal banks and 20 most ‘central’ local banks in a critical period of Italian industrialisation. The networks of the two types of banks were largely independent, with universal banks being affiliated principally to larger concerns in electricity, transport and storage, and financials; and local banks to riskier, youn…
Old” and recent knowledge in a global industry: The semiconductor design industry and France, 1970s-2013
Être en possession des toutes dernières connaissances est un facteur important qui permet aux entreprises d’innover et d’être compétitives dans un environnement des affaires qui évolue sans cesse, et une abondante littérature a étudié ce type de connaissances. En revanche, le rôle des connaissances « anciennes » dans le processus d’innovation est moins connu. La présente recherche porte sur les multinationales de conception de semi-conducteurs à …
Building Industrial Districts: Do Subsidies Help? Evidence from Postwar Italy
The “historical alternatives” approach calls for research into the role of national institutions and public policies in the resilience or decline of industrial districts. Policies in support of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were launched in various Western economies in the second half of the twentieth century. This article focuses on the paradigmatic Italian case and investigates the importance of government subsidies for SMEs on firm…
Fundamental Patents, National Intellectual Property Regimes, and the Development of New Industries in Britain and America during the Second Industrial Revolution
Several “new” industries of the second industrial revolution were characterised by one, or few, “fundamental” patents, without which manufacture of a viable product was not practicable. The degree of monopoly control that such patents conveyed was mediated by national socio-legal regimes, encompassing both patent law and its interpretation and enforcement. Using four case studies (two for the UK – a low anti-trust environment, and two for the USA…
Did the 48-hour week damage Britain's industrial competitiveness?1: Britain's Competitiveness
Britain's 1919 introduction of a 48-hour week for industrial workers has been highlighted as a key factor depressing its relative labour productivity. This largely ignores both any potential offset to lower hours from higher hourly productivity and the fact that the 48-hour week was also introduced in almost all other industrialized nations (generally involving substantially greater reductions in hours). We examine the international context and t…
Managing the embedded multinational: A business network view
Managing the embedded multinational: a business network view, by Mats Forsgren, Ulf Holm and Jan Johanson, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005, x + 227 pp., £69.95 (hardback), ISBN 1-84542-61
State Subsidies and the Sources of Company Finance in Italian Industrial Districts, 1951–1991
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Financing Industrial Districts in Italy, 1971–91: A Private Venture
Italian economic performance over the last 40 years, since the end of the ‘economic miracle’ and the ‘Hot Autumn’ of 1969, has puzzled experts. The country has considerable weaknesses in advanced i
Building Industrial Districts: Do Subsidies Help? Evidence from Postwar Italy
The “historical alternatives” approach calls for research into the role of national institutions and public policies in the resilience or decline of industrial districts. Policies in support of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were launched in various Western economies in the second half of the twentieth century. This article focuses on the paradigmatic Italian case and investigates the importance of government subsidies for SMEs on firm…
The banking-industry relationship in Italy: Large national banks and small local banks compared (1913–1936)
Using a large dataset of Italian joint-stock companies, this article analyses the networks of corporate interlocks of the major universal banks and 20 most ‘central’ local banks in a critical period of Italian industrialisation. The networks of the two types of banks were largely independent, with universal banks being affiliated principally to larger concerns in electricity, transport and storage, and financials; and local banks to riskier, youn…
Financing Industrial Districts in Italy, 1971–91: A Private Venture
Italian economic performance over the last 40 years, since the end of the ‘economic miracle’ and the ‘Hot Autumn’ of 1969, has puzzled experts. The country has considerable weaknesses in advanced i
Did the 48-hour week damage Britain's industrial competitiveness?1: Britain's Competitiveness
Britain's 1919 introduction of a 48-hour week for industrial workers has been highlighted as a key factor depressing its relative labour productivity. This largely ignores both any potential offset to lower hours from higher hourly productivity and the fact that the 48-hour week was also introduced in almost all other industrialized nations (generally involving substantially greater reductions in hours). We examine the international context and t…
State Subsidies and the Sources of Company Finance in Italian Industrial Districts, 1951–1991
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Financing Industrial Districts in Italy, 1971–91: A Private Venture
Italian economic performance over the last 40 years, since the end of the ‘economic miracle’ and the ‘Hot Autumn’ of 1969, has puzzled experts. The country has considerable weaknesses in advanced i
Managing the embedded multinational: A business network view
Managing the embedded multinational: a business network view, by Mats Forsgren, Ulf Holm and Jan Johanson, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005, x + 227 pp., £69.95 (hardback), ISBN 1-84542-61
Did the 48-hour week damage Britain's industrial competitiveness?1: Britain's Competitiveness
Britain's 1919 introduction of a 48-hour week for industrial workers has been highlighted as a key factor depressing its relative labour productivity. This largely ignores both any potential offset to lower hours from higher hourly productivity and the fact that the 48-hour week was also introduced in almost all other industrialized nations (generally involving substantially greater reductions in hours). We examine the international context and t…
Fundamental Patents, National Intellectual Property Regimes, and the Development of New Industries in Britain and America during the Second Industrial Revolution
Several “new” industries of the second industrial revolution were characterised by one, or few, “fundamental” patents, without which manufacture of a viable product was not practicable. The degree of monopoly control that such patents conveyed was mediated by national socio-legal regimes, encompassing both patent law and its interpretation and enforcement. Using four case studies (two for the UK – a low anti-trust environment, and two for the USA…
Old” and recent knowledge in a global industry: The semiconductor design industry and France, 1970s-2013
Être en possession des toutes dernières connaissances est un facteur important qui permet aux entreprises d’innover et d’être compétitives dans un environnement des affaires qui évolue sans cesse, et une abondante littérature a étudié ce type de connaissances. En revanche, le rôle des connaissances « anciennes » dans le processus d’innovation est moins connu. La présente recherche porte sur les multinationales de conception de semi-conducteurs à …
Building Industrial Districts: Do Subsidies Help? Evidence from Postwar Italy
The “historical alternatives” approach calls for research into the role of national institutions and public policies in the resilience or decline of industrial districts. Policies in support of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were launched in various Western economies in the second half of the twentieth century. This article focuses on the paradigmatic Italian case and investigates the importance of government subsidies for SMEs on firm…
The banking-industry relationship in Italy: Large national banks and small local banks compared (1913–1936)
Using a large dataset of Italian joint-stock companies, this article analyses the networks of corporate interlocks of the major universal banks and 20 most ‘central’ local banks in a critical period of Italian industrialisation. The networks of the two types of banks were largely independent, with universal banks being affiliated principally to larger concerns in electricity, transport and storage, and financials; and local banks to riskier, youn…
Introduction. New advances in quantitative business history
This introduction presents a special issue of Revista de Historia Industrial - Industrial History Review devoted to quantitative business history. After a brief overview of the role and position of quantitative approaches in the methodological debate in business history, we summarize some of the salient points of the articles included in this special issue. These articles highlight the valuable use of quantitative datasets and methods in business…
Economics (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Finance (5 works) · Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues (4 works) · Business history (3 works) · Finance (3 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (3 works) · Market economy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works)