List of the leading Italian companies (1,059 leading groups and 2,393 individual companies), operating in the following sectors: industry, commerce, finance, leasing, factoring, banking, and insurance. The data refer to the 2017 and 2018 financial year. A list of the most dynamic firms in terms of growth in sales with profit rates equal to at least 4% of their turnover is also available for download.
Inclusion in this survey constitutes the basis for the companies selected for the most dynamic Italian companies.
The survey is available free of charge in electronic format (by download).
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R. E. Carpenter e L. Rondi, Italian Corporate Governance, Investment and Finance (Turin: Working Paper Ceris-CNR, 2000)
R. Gallo, Manuale di Finanza industriale (Milan: Giuffrè, 2001).
A. Colli, Il quarto capitalismo; 2002; Marsilio.
G. Becattini-F.Coltorti, Aree di grande impresa ed aree distrettuali nello sviluppo post-bellico dell'Italia: un'esplorazione preliminare;
Rivista Italiana degli Economisti, Supplemento, n. 1-2004.
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- Presentation 01-12-2017, Bocconi University, Milan (italian version)
- Presentation 13-03-2017, Nextam, Milan (italian version)
- Presentation 16-02-2017, Arel, Rome (italian version)
- Presentation 07-2-2017, Palazzo Giustiniani, Rome (italian version)
- Focus on the Italian banking system (2015)
- Note Texas ratio calculation (italian version)