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How to define a profitable and sustainable growth policy in a changing market?
How to define a profitable and sustainable growth policy in a changing market? A case study: a small publishing company. A tireless architect founded Grafill, a small book publishing company, at the end of the 80s. He believed that in the real estate and construction sectors there is a lack of practical, reliable and punctual […]
Matching Commercial & Financial Policies in Small and Micro Family Firms
Matching Commercial & Financial Policies in Small and Micro Family Firms: the Small Business Growth Management Flight Simulator An Interactive Learning Environment (ILE) has been built in order to reproduce the budgeting process of a small family-owned entrepreneurial firm, to capture how current decisions impact on business growth in a longer time horizon. The ILE […]
Fostering Small Business Growth and Entrepreneurial Learning through Accounting and System Dynamics Models
Empirical research on business failure shows how lack of understanding the peculiar context underlying the small business system is often a primary factor of crisis. Particularly when implicit operational growth policies are pursued, high entrepreneurial involvement in current activities and lack of relevant strategic information are major causes of bias and bounded rationality in decision […]
Applying SD to the Management of a SMEs: A Case of Study in wine industry
This paper analyzes a winery company using System Dynamics to investigate policies for sustainable development. The wine production sector and the world market show complex characteristics that limit real understanding of the behaviors generated. System Dynamics can be a powerful tool to improve understanding and find leverage points of complex management systems by supporting managers […]
Other Strategy Issues
List of our Research Papers on the field. Sruogis V, Davidsen P., Bivona E. 1999. The @Corp Case: Enhancing co-operation among managers of different business units, paper presented at the 17th International Conference of The System Dynamics Society – July 20 – 23, 1999 – Wellington, New Zealand. Crespo Marquez A., Bianchi C., Gupta J. […]
Human Resources
List of our Research Papers on the field. Bianchi C., Bivona E. 2003. Managing Intellectual Capital through Interactive Learning Environments based on System Dynamics and Accounting Models – The Dynamic Intellectual Capital Scorecard, Paper presented: EURAM Conference, Milan (Italy), 3-5 April 2003 Bianchi C., Bivona E. 2005. Using System Dynamics ILEs to enhance Intellectual Capital […]
Public Administration
List of our Research Papers on the field. Bivona E., Montemaggiore G. 2005. Evaluating Fleet and Maintenance Management Strategies through System Dynamics Model in a City Bus Company, paper presented at the International System Dynamics Conference – July 17 – 21, 2005 – Boston. Bianchi C., Montemaggiore G. 2006. Building “Dynamic” Balanced Scorecards To Enhance […]
Planning & Control
List of our Research Papers on the field. Bianchi C., Graham W., Gray C. 1998. The Business Plan As A Learning-Oriented Tool For Small/Medium Enterprises: A Business Simulation Approach, paper presentato: International System Dynamics Conference, 1998, Quebec City. Bianchi C., Graham W., Gray C. 1999. Computer-aided Visioning and Learning-oriented Models: A New Edge for Small […]
Small-Medium Enterprises
List of our Research Papers on the field. Bivona E. 1998. Applying SD to the Management of a SMEs: A Case of Study in wine industry. Paper presented at the 16th International System Dynamics Conference, Quebec City, Canada, 20-23 July 1998 Bianchi C., Bivona E. 1999. Fostering Small Business Growth and Entrepreneurial Learning through Accounting […]
