The aim of this work is to provide information of use in evaluating Italian local public entities from two angles. 1) computerization and supply of web-services; 2) �accounting transparency� and use of accounting information for internal control and benchmarking. The analysis is based...

THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DISPARITIES IN ARGENTINA AND THE FOCEM. WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF THE EU COHESION FUND? Comparing the economical integration processes that have been started since few decades in South America with what has been realized in Europe, it is evident a strong...

The Internet Economy increases the integration among the subject involved in the production and diffusion of knowledge, in particular sources and interfaces of innovation: their action is amplified when Information and Communication Technology (ICT) favors the creation of an integrated network...

This paper presents the results of an empirical survey carried out by Ceris-Cnr on the food-process machines industry in the South of Italy (Mezzogiorno).This survey has highlighted that in the southern regions, although the presence of important agroindustrial poles, the food-technology...

Italian Abstract: Il perimetro della Città metropolitana di Napoli come stabilito dalla Legge n. 57/2014 non è coerente con le “mappe funzionali” dell’area metropolitana di Napoli prodotte dagli studi sino ad ora condotti. A loro volta, queste mappe si sovrappongono solo parzialmente e,...

Le politiche pubbliche possono giocare un ruolo importante nell’orientare la diffusione su larga scala del lavoro a distanza. Diverse comunità in tutto il mondo stanno sperimentando soluzioni innovative. In Italia, la Provincia autonoma di Trento ha sviluppato una strategia per il lavoro a...

The aim of this study is to develop a new method to measure local endowments of transport infrastructures. Starting from the analytical approach of the �new economic geography�, which emphasizes the role of spatial location in determining the growth performance of an economy, it is...

This paper aims to provide an overview of practice and policies in social housing sector in the European Union. In order to establish meaningful comparisons between Member States – that are characterized by a great heterogeneity in housing systems – first of all we present a definition of...

Italian Abstract: Una spiegazione condivisa dell'arretratezza economica di Napoli – la metropoli europea con i disequilibri economici, ambientali e socialii e spaziali più profondi – non riesce a consolidarsi in Italia. Di conseguenza, la domanda “Quali politiche di sviluppo per...