Measuring Business Excellence: Volume 18 Issue 1

Measuring value creation: VAIC and EVA

Gianpaolo Iazzolino, Domenico Laise, Giuseppe Migliano

This study proposes a comparison between Value Added Intellectual Coefficient (VAIC) and one of the most important performance evaluation methods, the Economic Value Added (EVA)…

Intellectual capital and performance of listed companies: empirical evidence from Italy

Domenico Celenza, Fabrizio Rossi

The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between corporate performance and Value Added Intellectual Coefficient (VAICTM) on the one hand, and the relationship…

Seeking the stakeholder-oriented value of innovation: a CKI perspective

Roberto Palmieri, Carlo Giglio

The paper focuses on the management of the innovation process. It provides a more comprehensive approach for the analysis of the mutual relationships among creativity, knowledge…

Incentives and performance measures for open innovation practices

Karl Joachim Breunig, Tor Helge Aas, Katja Maria Hydle

To guarantee alignment between ongoing activities and organizational goals, innovation management theory emphasizes management control and explicit innovation strategies as…

Assessing the link between revenue management and performance: insights from the Italian tourism industry

Giacomo Di Foggia, Valentina Lazzarotti

The aim of this paper is to analyse the role and scope of revenue management and its impact on performance of Italian tourism industry. The paper takes into consideration…

Between solidarism and business management: assessing management factors for social enterprise: a survey in Italy

Roberto Linzalone, Antonio Lerro

The aim of this paper is to investigate the management dimensions and factors of social enterprise, in order to identify valuable management innovation challenges. Given the deep…

Corporate and product brands: do they improve SMEs' performance?

Lara Agostini, Roberto Filippini, Anna Nosella

The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of brands on small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) performance in the fashion industry, trying also to shed light on the…

Grasping knowledge-based value creation dynamics in 21st century organizations

Daniela Carlucci