This paper aims to analyse how an innovative financial tool for female-led Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) can contribute to the development and sustainability of these businesses. Women’s enterprises can only reach high levels of indebtedness if there are equally high personal guarantees. Women’s enterprises have always been distinguished from men’s enterprises by simpler financial […]
This paper aims to investigate which are the relationships between Italian agri-food companies, governed by women, sustainability and social media. The aim of this paper is to analyse how agri-food companies are sustainable and if disclose their way of being sustainable through social media. In addition, this paper aims to investigate what economic benefits Italian […]
This paper aims to identify and analyze the main areas on which scholars have focused in relation to crowdfunding (CF) and their contribution to the uncertain period. In particular, this review analyzes the role of this financial instrument during the Covid-19 emergency. The analysis was conducted through a systematic literature review (SLR) of 235 research […]
Long-lasting family businesses are usually equipped with dense storytelling about the foundation and the development of the firm. These narrations are implemented through various techniques and carry on much information about heritage, values and people who made the longevity and the success of the firm. From the cultural point of view, family businesses are particularly […]
The aim of the paper is to analyse how innovative financial tools can contribute to the development and sustainability of the territory and his local products. This research is supported by a qualitative research of case study (Yin, 2014). Thus, the paper applies the CAOS model of micro-entrepreneurship by Paoloni (2011) with a few changes […]
The Italian banking system has profoundly changed during the last 20 years both due to the privatization of the major State banks and out of the greater use of market financing taken place on the stock exchange. Thanks to the M&A process, nowadays, banks are larger and more complex than in the past but, M&A […]