First Author:   Maurizio La Rocca Department of Business Administration and Law, University of Calabria, Italy m.larocca@unical.it         Second Author: Fabiola Montalto Department of Business Administration and Law, University of Calabria, Italy f.moltalto@unical.it         Third Author: Tiziana La Rocca Department of Economics, University of Messina, Italy tlarocca@unime.it         Fourth Author: Raffaele Staglianò Montpellier Business School, Montpellier Research in Management, Montpellier, France r.stagliano@montpellier-bs.com