Services and local development are relevant topics for current political and economic debate in Italy. New patterns are recently arise in links among industrial districts, services economy and economic development. The present article reports the remarks, presented as a short interview, made on...

Services are now facing the challenges of knowledge economy: in this work we describe the historical evolution of the concept of "service" through the relevant steps and breakthrough points of the transformation process shown by the tertiary sector. Furthermore, we identify some critical...