Productivity dynamics of Italian firms: Patterns, determinants and new challenges in the wake of the pandemic crisis

The workshop presents the first results of the ISTAT-SSSA joint research project on “The links between performance and organizational-strategic choices of enterprises: measurement and analysis”. In particular, the study of the productivity dynamics of Italian business firms is addressed, offering a micro-level perspective, and making use of the information retrieved by means of the integrated dataset developed by ISTAT in the recent years, which allows to provide a detailed and fine-grained perspective of patterns, determinants and new challenges in the wake of the pandemic crisis.

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PROGRAMME

Opening address (11.30-11.45)

Francesco Maria Chelli (Director of Department for Statistical Production, ISTAT)

Giovanni Dosi (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna)

Session 1 (11.45-13.15)

Patterns and determinants of productivity dynamics of Italian firms

• Productivity dynamics in Italy: learning and selection - Federico Tamagni (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna)

• From organizational capabilities to corporate performances: at the roots of productivity slowdown - Angelica Sbardella (Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi)

• Automation and employment: preliminary evidence for Italian firms  - Daniele Moschella (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna)

            Chair and discussant: Jelena Reljic (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna)

Session 2 (14.30-16.00)

Challenges ahead for the Italian productive system: from the pandemic crisis to sustainability

• Firm responses to the pandemic crisis: sticky capabilities and widespread restructuring - Maria Enrica Virgillito (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna)

• Italian firms in times of troubles: Covid-19 pandemic as a test of structural solidity - Federico Sallusti (ISTAT)

•  Sostenibilità ambientale, profili strategici e performance delle imprese manifatturiere italiane  - Stefano De Santis (ISTAT)

            Chair and discussant: Marco Grazzi (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

Round table (16.00-17.00)

Taking stock of the evidence and further steps

Chair: Stefano Costa (ISTAT)

Panellists: Giovanni Dosi (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies), Roberto Monducci (Professional Affiliate at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies and Advisor of the Minister of sustainable infrastructures and mobility), Fabio Rapiti (Director of Economic Statistics, ISTAT)