The Network as digital instrument and organizational structure to support the internationalization of Italian SMEs

Abstract

Italian medium and small enterprises are facing a new competitive scenario, characterized by the adoption of Internet Technologies as necessary tools to be visible on international markets. My document aims to analyze which are the instruments Italian firms could adopt to increase their exposure in international markets and to affirm the quality of Italian manufacturing all over the world. An additional objective is to understand how network contracts and other forms of collaboration could represent structural solutions to overtake SMEs dimensional and financial problems