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Abstract #304716

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Activity Number:	139
Type:	Contributed
Date/Time:	Monday, August 8, 2005 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor:	Business and Economics Statistics Section
Abstract - #304716
Title:	Competitiveness of Different Groups of Italian Enterprises Detected Using Robust Classification Methods
Author(s):	Matilde Bini*+ and Bruno Bertaccini
Companies:	Università degli Studi di Firenze and Università degli Studi di Firenze
Address:	Department of Statistics "G. Parenti", Florence, 50134, Italy
Keywords:	Clustering ; Competitiveness ; efficiency ; performance measures
Abstract:	In recent years, there has been a reduction in the competitiveness of the Italian industrial system. The main problem is the insufficient development of the total productivity related to the low investment in innovation of processes, products, and organizational structure of the enterprises. The aim of this paper is to analyze the competitiveness for different groups or clusters of enterprises detected using adequate indicators of market and product specialization, efficiency, and opening to the international markets of the enterprises. The clusters of enterprises are identified by the classification robust analysis. The results obtained using recent data supplied by Istat (Italian National Statistical Institute) are presented.

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