This article aims at proposing a simple, easily applicable, but still reliable methodology, based upon the analysis of price differentials, designed for quantifying the intangible versus tangible attributes embedded in commodities traded on the contemporary international ma University of...

Studying first-comers industrialization processes or today’s “new-comers” experiences of industrial development it is clear that firms are not indifferent to geography. This paper illustrates the experience of the Southern China Guangdong Province, where, rather differently from what has...

The economic crisis has shown the weakness of some Italian industries, calling for an effective policy response for promoting innovation of the national system. In this context, the ability to evaluate the presence of cooperative forms of innovation and of open innovation practices becomes...

The analysis starts from the recognition of the difficulties that both Europe and the US are facing in dealing with the current economic crisis and of the emergence of a new middle class in China with increasing needs in terms of welfare. This paper suggests that the exportation of...

The paper offers an analysis of the innovation performance of cluster-based leading enterprises in Guangdong Province (China). It is a first attempt in the international literature to examine the innovation strategy of cluster-based leading enterprises in the context of a transition economy. To...

This contribution explores political consensus over local public spending as a way for policymakers to catalyse long-term electoral support, particularly in industrial democracies, to govern structural change sustainability and orient it towards normative development goals. Local public spending...