316 citations · 320 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for
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Procompetitive effects of vertical takeovers. Evidence from the European Union
Chiara Bellucci, Armando Rungi
This study investigates the causal impact of takeovers on firm-level financial accounts on a sample of 4,482 targets in the European Union in the period 2007- 2021. Findings sugges…
Machine Learning for Zombie Hunting: Predicting Distress from Firms' Accounts and Missing Values
Falco J. Bargagli-Stoffi, Fabio Incerti, Massimo Riccaboni +1
In this contribution, we propose machine learning techniques to predict zombie firms. First, we derive the risk of failure by training and testing our algorithms on disclosed finan…
One Call Away. Ownership Chains and Ease of Communication in Multinational Enterprises
Stefania Miricola, Armando Rungi, Gianluca Santoni
This study examines how multinational enterprises structure ownership chains to coordinate subsidiaries across multiple national borders. Using a unique global dataset, we first do…
What do Firms Gain from Patenting? The Case of the Global ICT Industry
Dimitrios Exadaktylos, Mahdi Ghodsi, Armando Rungi
This study investigates the causal relationship between patent grants and firms' dynamics in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry, as the latter is a peculia…
Predicting Exporters with Machine Learning
Francesca Micocci, Armando Rungi
In this contribution, we exploit machine learning techniques to evaluate whether and how close firms are to becoming successful exporters. First, we train and test various algorith…
Talents from Abroad. Foreign Managers and Productivity in the United Kingdom
Dimitrios Exadaktylos, Massimo Riccaboni, Armando Rungi
In this paper, we test the contribution of foreign management on firms' competitiveness. We use a novel dataset on the careers of 165,084 managers employed by 13,106 companies in t…
Measuring the Input Rank in Global Supply Networks
Armando Rungi, Loredana Fattorini, Kenan Huremovic
We introduce the Input Rank as a measure of relevance of direct and indirect suppliers in Global Value Chains. We conceive an intermediate input to be more relevant for a downstrea…
Reputation and Impact in Academic Careers
Alexander M. Petersen, Santo Fortunato, Raj K. Pan +6
Reputation is an important social construct in science, which enables informed quality assessments of both publications and careers of scientists in the absence of complete systemi…