The present paper aims to define the concept of synergy in the context of strategic management of organizations and to emphasize the importance of taking it into consideration by the companies that activate today in a global economy. The transposition of synergy into objectives aimed by the...

The flexibility that modern companies must show in regard to global market entails the recourse to work teams which are multicultural adapted and aware of their role and place in the overall structure of the organization. The technological changes along with the customer needs diversification...

We study the effects of managerial practices in schools on students' outcomes. We measure managerial practices using the World Management Survey, a methodology that enables us to construct robust measures of management quality comparable across countries. We find substantial heterogeneity in...

We study if Italian teachers do apply gender discrimination when judging students. To this aim, we use a difference-in-differences approach that exploits the availability of both teachers (non-blind) and standardized test (blind) scores in math and language that Italian students receive during...

We study how managerial practices of school principals affect student performance and aspirations. We link administrative data on secondary Italian students to the management scores of their school principals in 2011 and 2015 based on the World Management Survey methodology. The frequent...

We study the effects of managerial practices in schools on students' outcomes. We measure managerial practices using the World Management Survey, a methodology that enables us to construct robust measures of management quality comparable across countries. We find substantial heterogeneity in...

The paper highlights the main categories of risks that transnational companies can face when implementing foreign investment. These risks affect the company’s performance and therefore they must be properly managed. Risk factors, risk categories and risk control measures are analyzed here. We...

The choice of the best production cost calculation method is a decision that must be taken performing a very clear distinction, the two notions being frequently confused as being the same thing, the cost expense respectively. The construction production makes no exception to the rule, especially...

The present paper focuses on the verification of the hypothesis according to which the organizational climate, the quality of all resources involved in the educational process and especially the quality of the management have a very important role in obtaining performance. After the conceptual...

The supply of women into senior management has changed little despite well-intentioned efforts. We argue that the biggest effect is from supply-side factors that inhibit females' decision to enter competitions: Women are under-confident about winning, men are over-confident; women are more risk...