Abstract

Fondazione Ugo La Malfa has recently produced the first systematic Analysis of Budget data of medium and large size manufacturing companies located in the Italian South. The study, carried in cooperation with the Research Department of Mediobanca, includes 3 sets of data: - budget data for 2008-2010 for some 100 medium and large companies based in Southern Italy included in the annual study by Mediobanca of some 2000 companies; - budget data for 2008 for all the medium size companies located in the South, divided by region and sector of activity; - a complete census of all the plants located in the South employing 500 people or more. Giorgio La Malfa's presentation highlights the main findings of the study (which will be replicated each year) and draws some of the policy conclusions which emerge from the data.