Regulation of prescription and dispensing of antibiotics has a twin purpose: to enhance access to antibiotic treatment and to reduce inappropriate use of drugs. Nevertheless, incentives on antibiotics to dispensing physicians may lead to inefficiencies. We model the interaction between competing physicians (with and without dispensing of drugs) and patients exposed to bacterial infections when...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2012 ; 2012INFO007.
Content-based publish/subscribe (or simply content-based) networking is a relatively new communication paradigm compared to IP networking, with a different approach to addressing network hosts. In content- based networking addressing as well as information dissemination center around information and interests. A host's address is represented by its interest and information is routed by a...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2013 ; 2013COM006.
Information and communication practices relating to tourism, as they occur in the frame of the so-called web 2.0, constitute a peculiar context where communicative interactions assume specific features. Prospective tourists face several challenges when making travel decisions because of the very nature of tourism products, which are intangible and perishable, and because of the extraordinary...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2013 ; 2013COM005.
In recent years, the family context has emerged as one of the most important contexts for the study of argumentation. The activity of mealtime, in particular, represents a privileged moment for studying how parents and children interact with each other, because it is one of the few moments during the day in which all family members come together and engage in intensive verbal interaction....
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2013 ; 2013COM004.
Context: Online public opinions using various forms of social media are generating challenges for the tourism industry, which is intrinsically a “reputation-dependent” domain. Electronic-word-of-mouth (eWOM) has forced destination managers to rethink branding strategies, suggesting a shift from an architecture brand perspective to a live context perspective where travel markets are...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2012 ; 2012INFO006.
Software testing is one of the most common approaches to verify software systems. Despite of many automated techniques proposed in the literature, test cases are often generated manually. When a software system evolves during development and maintenance to accommodate requirement changes, bug fixes, or functionality extensions, test cases may become obsolete, and software developers need to...
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In: International small business journal, 2008, vol. 26, no. 4, p. 433-462
The aim of the present study is to make a contribution to the understanding of how knowledge can be accumulated in family business. Four family firms from Switzerland and Italy are part of this research. Existing literature combined with the case studies analysed lead to the development of a knowledge model which outlines factors responsible for knowledge accumulation viewed as an ‘enabler...
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In: Family business review, 2008, vol. 21, no. 2, p. 169-181
The speed of change in competitive environments has prompted firms to develop processes directed at enabling organizational adaptation. This is captured by the concept of dynamic capabilities. We focus on a particular form of business organization, that is, the family firm. Specifically, we argue that knowledge integration—a dynamic capability through which family members' specialized...
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In: Family business review, 2010, vol. 23, no. 4, p. 341-354
This article sheds light on the valuation of family firms when compared with nonfamily firms as acquisition targets. The authors argue that although the majority of theoretical and empirical research explicitly recognizes the prevalence and superior performance of family firms around the world, acquiring companies tend to regard family firms as unprofessional and inefficient organizations,...
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In: Entrepreneurship & regional development: an international journal, 2010, vol. 22, no. 3-4, p. 321-348
What factors influence exit from the founder's business and subsequent entrepreneurial renewal in a generational family firm? Guided by this research question, we trace the development of the Italian Falck Group from its inception as a steel company in 1906 – ascension as the largest privately owned steel producer in Italy – losses in the 1970s and 1980s leading to business exit from steel...
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