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 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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

The Local Labour systems are a territorial subdivision useful for the local development. In this Research Report we deal with the theoretical, statistical and methodological aspects in order to collect all those elements that are useful to understand the potentiality represented by the local...

This paper evaluates the economic effects of Structural Funds in Italy. After presenting the distribution of Funds across Italian Regions over the period 1996-2007 and documenting how the Regions manage the financial resources recevied by EU, the paper assesses the impact of Structural Funds on...