O presente trabalho acadêmico visa, antes de tudo, fazer um estudo empírico das micro e pequenas empresas perante a Lei n. 11.101/2005. A pesquisa empírica mostra quais os aspectos da Lei que podem ser alterados e quais as ferramentas que podem ser usadas para enfrentar crises que frequentemente afetam um segmento tão frágil, mas de grande importância para a economia de qualquer país, como é o das micro e pequenas empresas. A escolha de escopo na indústria calçadista levou em conta ser este um dos setores de destaque para o Brasil com sua relevante projeção mundial. Outro fator determinante para essa escolha foram soluções especialíssimas que a indústria calçadista encontrou para contornar crises e o impacto destas nas regiões onde está inserida. Não há no país dados estatísticos suficientes para que se tenha um mapa exato da utilização da recuperação especial pelas micro e pequenas empresas como dispõe o artigo 70 e seguintes, da Lei de Recuperação de Empresas e Falências (LREF). Para verificar se a Lei n. 11.101/2005 está de fato atendendo esse segmento tão importante para a economia brasileira e mundial, foram levantados e analisados dados: dos principais problemas enfrentados, como a recuperação especial está atendendo as expectativas do segmento, e se sua aplicabilidade é realmente aquela visada pelo legislador. Por meio desse estudo, foram consideradas algumas soluções passíveis de adoção, seja por meio de políticas públicas, iniciativa privada ou mesmo por mudanças legislativas. Por ser legislação nova, foi necessário buscar, junto à experiência amadurecida nas legislações estrangeiras, alternativas para sanar os problemas apresentados em nossa ordenação concursal / Il lavoro di tesi ora presentato si propone far luce sulle piccole e microimprese nellambito della legge fallimentare brasiliana (legge n. 11.101/2005). La ricerca empirica rende evidenti sia quali aspetti da modificare nel codice legale sia con quali strumenti fronteggiare le crisi che spesso infrangono un segmento così fragile ma di grande rilievo nell\'economia di un paese, come lo è quello delle piccole e microimprese. La scelta di scopo che ricade sul settore delle calzature ha tenuto conto del suo ruolo chiave ed espressiva proiezione mondiale per il Brasile. Un altro motivo decisivo si associa al fatto dellindustria calzaturiera aver già trovato particolari soluzioni per sottrarsi dalle crisi e dal relativo impatto sulla regione in cui operano. In Brasile non ci sono dati statistici a sufficienza da consentire una visualizzazione accurata sulladozione del recupero speciale comè definito negli articoli 70 e successivi del codice brasiliano riguardanti la procedura riservata alle piccole e microimprese. Per verificare se la legge n. 11.101/2005 risponde in realtà alle esigenze di questo importante segmento dell\'economia brasiliana e mondiale, sono state eseguite raccolta e analisi empirica di dati: dei principali problemi affrontati, come il segmento è corrisposto con il recupero speciale, e se la sua applicabilità sia davvero quella desiderata dal legislatore. Il lavoro ora esposto ha reso possibile la considerazione di alcune soluzioni che possono essere adottate, sia tramite politiche pubbliche, sia nellambito del settore privato, sia pure per modifiche legislative. Trattandosi di una legge recente, è stato necessario appoggiarsi sullesperienza maturata nelle legislazioni di altri paesi per aiutare identificare soluzioni alternative per sanare i problemi presentati nel ordinamento concorsuale brasiliano.

The current economic-financial conditions in Italy are characterized by the financial crisis, decrease in demand, increase in taxation and banking credit restriction. Moreover, this aspects add up to structural problems of the Italian economy, like low level of labor productivity and high public debt. Italian industry is formed mainly by micro and small companies, that are suffering particularly this situation. This research wants to identify successful strategies for micro and small Italian companies to face actual difficulties and compete in these dynamics. To do that, the method chosen is the multiple-case and the qualitative research with semi-structured interviews to key respondents and strategic decision makers of three micro and small Italian companies. Starting from the literature review on strategic subjects, this paper wants to contribute to investigate a range of successful strategies that Italian micro-small companies could adopt to overcome current problems. The findings of this research are that part of the strategic process should be internal to companies, adopting a right size and boundaries, a good corporate culture, a rigorous financial management and a deep innovation’s process, both for process and products. Then, the more successful competitive strategy for Italian small company seems to be a hybrid strategy, mostly balanced on differentiation. Finally, a partial diversification by developing new products or/and new markets is a good strategy to diversify the high risk of the current situation and create new possibilities of success.

La tesi analizza le strategie di internazionalizzazione delle imprese agroalimentari di piccole e medie dimensioni, con particolare riferimento al caso italiano. In particolare, vengono prese in esame diverse forme di alleanze strategiche interorganizzative che tali imprese possono adottare per incrementare l'espansione internazionale e l'ingresso in nuovi mercati. A questo proposito, la tesi è essenzialmente articolata in due studi, uno riguardante il lato "a monte" della catena del valore (ossia il mercato di fornitura), e l'altro il versante "a valle", ossia il mercato del cliente finale. / The thesis analyzes agrifood SMEs internationalization strategies, with specific reference to the Italian case. In particular, the study focuses on the different forms of interorganizational strategic networks to foster geographic expansion and foreign market entry. Regarding this matter, moreover, the thesis is basically articulated in two studies, one concerning the upstream side of the value creation system (i.e. the supply market), while the other the downstream side (i.e. customer market).

The base theme of diploma thesis is the musical life with a focus on musical ensembles in Rychnov nad Kněžnou. At first the history of the town and its musical evolution is presented. In the next part of the thesis the active musical ensembles in Rychnov nad Kněžnou are discussed. They are for example the Rychnov Children's Choir of Carmina, Praus Choir and the X-tet and the Rychnov Temple Choir. There are also instrumental ensembles working at the ZUŠ of Rychnov nad Kněžnou: Sarabanda Flute ensemble, Orecchie grandi String Orchestra, Orecchie piccole String Orchestra, Nona Band, I flauti Matti Flute ensemble and Dance Orchestra ColorBand. The aim of the thesis is to map the culture of Rychnov in the field of artificial music.

This study is an art history of Santa Maria dei Carmini, Venice, from its foundation in c. 1286 to the present day, with a special focus on the late Renaissance period (c. 1500-1560). It explores a relatively overlooked corner of Renaissance Venice and provides an opportunity to study the Carmelite Order's relationship to art. It seeks to answer outstanding questions of attribution, dating, patronage, architectural arrangements and locations of works of art in the church. Additionally it has attempted to have a diverse approach to problems of interpretation and has examined the visual imagery's relationship to the Carmelite liturgy, religious function and later interpretations of art works. Santa Maria dei Carmini was amongst the largest basilicas in Venice when it was completed and the Carmelites were a major international order with a strong literary tradition. Their church in Venice contained a wealth of art works produced by one of the most restlessly inventive generations in the Western European tradition. Chapter 1 outlines a history of the Carmelites, their hagiography and devotions, which inform much of the discussion in later chapters. The second Chapter discusses the early history of the Carmelite church in Venice, establishing when it was founded, and examining the decorative aspects before 1500. It demonstrates how the tramezzo and choir-stalls compartmentalised the nave and how these different spaces within the church were used. Chapter 3 studies two commissions for the decoration of the tramezzo, that span the central period of this thesis, c. 1500-1560. There it is shown that subjects relevant to the Carmelite Order, and the expected public on different sides of the tramezzo were chosen and reinterpreted over time as devotions changed. Cima da Conegliano's Adoration of the Shepherds (c. 1511) is discussed in Chapter 4, where the dedication of the altar is definitively proven and the respective liturgy is expanded upon. The tradition of votive images is shown to have influenced Cima's representation of the donor. In Chapter 5 Cima's altarpiece for the Scuola di Sant'Alberto's altar is shown to have been replaced because of the increasing ambiguity over the identification of the titulus after the introduction of new Carmelite saints at the beginning of the century. Its compositional relationship to the vesperbild tradition is also examined and shown to assist the faithful in important aspects of religious faith. The sixth chapter examines the composition of Lorenzo Lotto's St Nicholas in Glory (1527-29) and how it dramatises the relationship between the devoted, the interceding saints and heaven. It further hypothesises that the inclusion of St Lucy is a corroboration of the roles performed by St Nicholas and related to the confraternity's annual celebrations in December. The authorship, date and iconography of Tintoretto's Presentation of Christ (c. 1545) is analysed in Chapter 7, which also demonstrates how the altarpiece responds to the particular liturgical circumstances on the feast of Candlemas. The final chapter discusses the church as a whole, providing the first narrative of the movement of altars and development of the decorative schemes. The Conclusion highlights the important themes that have developed from this study and provides a verdict on the role of ‘Carmelite art' in the Venice Carmini.

Questo lavoro intende analizzare la correlazione tra innovazione delle imprese e capital sociale, misurato da indicatori classici (come la partecipazione politica e le attività nel tempo libero) e da indicatori maggiormente legati alla dimensione aziendale (come accordi e cooperazioni). L’analisi viene fatta sia per l’Italia che per il Regno Unito attraverso l’uso della Community Innovation Survey 4, la survey europea sull’innovazione e la R&S nelle imprese per i dati su innovazione e capital sociale aziendale. Inoltre vengono utilizzate l’Indagine Multiscopo 2000 per l’Italia e l’Indice di Deprivazione per l’Inghilterra come misure di capitale sociale classico. Infine viene proposta una comparazione dei risultati per i due paesi per l’analisi sul capitale sociale aziendale. Questa comparazione è riletta alla luce di più generali considerazioni sui due differenti sistemi produttivi ed economici. / This work would try to test the correlation between innovation in firms and social capital, measured by classic indicators (like political participation, leisure and activities) and more corporate indicators (like agreements and collaborations). The analysis is carried out for Italy and UK and we use the Community Innovation Survey 4, the European survey on innovation and R&D in the firms, for the data on innovation and corporate social capital. We use the Multipurpose Survey 2000 for Italy and the Index of Deprivation for England like measures of classic social capital. We further try a comparison of the results between the two countries for the analysis on corporate social capital. This comparison is finally referred to more general issues like the two different productive and economic systems.