Small and medium firms, artisan firms and subcontractors

Analyses and studies of small and medium firms, artisan firms and subcontractors deal with multiple topics connected with the competitive challenges faced by small firms among which the strategies for repositioning of the firms within the filières, the processes of innovation and internationalization, the forms of aggregation and the networks of firms.

The research methods employed are of both quantitative and qualitative kind and involve surveys on statistically representative samples of firms or on qualitative samples referring to specific typologies of firm.