CORPORATE FINANCING AND BUSINESS DEMOGRAPHY IN ITALY

Recently, world financial markets were in the midst of a credit crisis of historic breadth and depth. The crisis had significant impact on the corporate sector. Many firms encountered difficulties surviving and adopting correct strategies. This research provides a picture of Italian industrial and service firms in the period 2007-2010. We highlight principal economic characteristics and focus attention on corporate financing. Second, the paper studies business demography and describes the survival of the Italian corporate system. The research uses data published by the Bank of Italy concerning a survey on Italian Industrial and Service Firms in 201. The data is an elaboration of data published by Infocamere in the period 1995-2009. The study uses a multi-disciplinary approach.