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This book offers a detailed analysis of the key sectors in the Italian economy, with the focus especially on areas in which the economy excels, such as the automatic packaging machinery sector, pharmaceutical production, the food and wine industry, and tourism. The book explains how, contrary to widespread opinion, Italy is one of the world’s most competitive countries in foreign trade, as confirmed by a new index compiled by Fondazione Edison that highlights its strengths and top traded products. The main characteristics of the Italian productive system, which is primarily composed of SMEs, are documented, and a map illustrating the importance of the various industrial districts is proposed, identifying their sectors of specialization, historical roots, and development. The principal steps in Italy’s industrialization over the past 150 years are then outlined, in particular for the manufacturing system – the main driver of Italian exports. In-depth analyses of the mechanical industry and the machinery sector follow. In combining meticulous analysis of statistical data with a historical perspective, this book will appeal to all with an interest in the Italian economy.

Statistical science --- Industrial economics --- Economics --- Mathematical statistics --- Applied physical engineering --- Business policy --- Plant and equipment --- Production management --- Business economics --- Civil engineering. Building industry --- World history --- werktuigen --- fabrieken --- economie --- industrie --- statistiek --- productie --- economische geschiedenis --- econometrie --- machines --- Industrial organization. --- Industries. --- Manufactures. --- Statistics . --- Economic history. --- Industrial Organization. --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes. --- Statistics for Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance. --- Economy-wide Country Studies. --- Economic History. --- Economic conditions --- History, Economic --- Manufactured goods --- Manufactured products --- Products --- Products, Manufactured --- Commercial products --- Manufacturing industries --- Industrial production --- Industry --- Industries --- Organization --- Industrial concentration --- Industrial management --- Industrial sociology --- Statistical analysis --- Statistical data --- Statistical methods --- Mathematics --- Econometrics --- Industries, Primitive

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This book offers a detailed analysis of the key sectors in the Italian economy, with the focus especially on areas in which the economy excels, such as the automatic packaging machinery sector, pharmaceutical production, the food and wine industry, and tourism. The book explains how, contrary to widespread opinion, Italy is one of the world’s most competitive countries in foreign trade, as confirmed by a new index compiled by Fondazione Edison that highlights its strengths and top traded products. The main characteristics of the Italian productive system, which is primarily composed of SMEs, are documented, and a map illustrating the importance of the various industrial districts is proposed, identifying their sectors of specialization, historical roots, and development. The principal steps in Italy’s industrialization over the past 150 years are then outlined, in particular for the manufacturing system – the main driver of Italian exports. In-depth analyses of the mechanical industry and the machinery sector follow. In combining meticulous analysis of statistical data with a historical perspective, this book will appeal to all with an interest in the Italian economy.

Statistical science --- Industrial economics --- Economics --- Mathematical statistics --- Applied physical engineering --- Business policy --- Plant and equipment --- Production management --- Business economics --- Civil engineering. Building industry --- World history --- werktuigen --- fabrieken --- economie --- industrie --- statistiek --- productie --- economische geschiedenis --- econometrie --- machines --- Italy

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This book analyzes the wrapping and packaging machinery sector in the Emilia/Bologna district in Italy and compares the most recent trends with those in the industry in Schwäbisch Hall and Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, which represents a direct rival. In a detailed and original study, the authors trace the evolution of manufacturing in Bologna during a period that witnessed extraordinary growth in automatic wrapping and packaging machines, leading the sector to become a central pillar of Italian mechanical engineering. Similarly, the history of the industry in the Emilia district is described, highlighting the factors that led to its success. A comprehensive comparative analysis of the German and Italian sectors is then performed. Export figures and the trade balance for the sector are examined based on Eurostat data, and the significance of the two districts in terms of global trade is identified with reference to UN data. In addition, the number of companies, sales, and the size of the workforces are thoroughly compared. The book will be of interest to economists and others with an interest in the development and importance of the automatic packaging machinery sector.

Economics/Management Science. --- Industrial Organization. --- Trade. --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools. --- Economics. --- Machinery. --- Industrial organization (Economic theory). --- Economie politique --- Machines --- Economie industrielle --- Industrial organization (Economi. --- Management --- Business & Economics --- Industrial Management --- Management Theory --- Packaging machinery industry --- Business. --- Commerce. --- Manufacturing industries. --- Machines. --- Tools. --- Industrial organization. --- Industrial equipment industry --- Machinery industry --- Manufactures. --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes. --- Industries --- Organization --- Industrial concentration --- Industrial management --- Industrial sociology --- Manufactured goods --- Manufactured products --- Products --- Products, Manufactured --- Commercial products --- Manufacturing industries --- Trade --- Economics --- Business --- Transportation --- Commerce --- Traffic (Commerce) --- Merchants

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The enlargement of the European Union towards the East from May 2004 has generated an increase of about 100 million inhabitants in the EU population, and has especially brought along major challenges and important opportunities both for the "new" countries and for the "old" member states. That is the main focus of this volume, which is divided into three sections. The first analyses the effects of the enlargement on the functioning of Community institutions, on the relations with the other Eastern European countries, and finally on regional and global economic dynamics; the second section analyses in detail the role of the monetary politics of the European Central Bank and the activities of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; and the third deals with the importance of the entrepreneurial class in ensuring the success of the transition process of the Eastern European economies.

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