Le piccole e medie imprese italiane nella ri!essione di Francesco Parrillo e nel contesto dell’economia italiana del III millennio: un percorso di ricerca sul capitalismo italiano con una verifca empirica
Author(s)
Date Issued
2020
Type
article
Abstract
Starting from an accurate selection of contributions written, in the 1983-1999
period, by Francesco Parrillo on SMEs (also in its !nancial implications), the
paper proposes to contextualize its analysis in recent times, in order to interpret
the modern nature of the Italian productive system. Emerging relevant topics are
related to the dynamism of Medium-sized !rms, the new digital manufacture,
and to the diversi!cation of funding sources. However, critical issues still remain,
such as small dimension, undercapitalization, outdated governance, which imply
low productivity levels. In this regard, we propose an econometric analysis to test
the hypothesis that a “solution” can come from business networks with !rms that
collaborate on targeted innovation (and/or internationalization) projects.