On 4th January 2005 the USA Information Literacy community is shocked by the Stanley Wilder's article “Information Literacy Makes all the Wrong Assumptions” published on The Chronicle of Higher Education. The article strongly criticises against Information Literacy and academic libraries. As...

Taken literally, the concept of "Information Society" means considering information as the fulcrum of everyday activities and implies attention to a number of factors, including: the volume of information available today; the variety of information content, information formats and vehicles of...

This paper aims to analyze the Italian University’s physical and human cognitive assets. First we focus on the continuous reductions in public funding (CNVSU, 2011; OECD, 2010) that constrained the Italian university to develop 'entrepreneurial skills', in other words due to the lack of...

The aim of the paper is the analysis of the immigrants' school insertion paths in Italy. The analysis focuses on the immigrants' school participation in the secondary school, considering also the first and the second generation. The data has been extracted from official statistical databases,...

As well known, human capital plays a crucial role both for private and social wellbeing. Notwithstanding, measurement of human capital is not univocally defined in empirical analyses, since different indicators and methods are employed and, sometimes, the proxies seem to be not very efficient...

Given the deep economic and social differences of the Italian territories, the aim of the paper is to examine if there is a relationship between the territorial features of the Italian provinces and the school participation of young immigrants. The analysis focuses on the education experiences...

Italian Abstract: L'ecosistema dell'innovazione e la rilevanza della Ricerca e Sviluppo stanno acquisendo sempre più valor strategico nei processi di ristrutturazione e reingegnerizzazione delle attività di impresa. La crescita e lo sviluppo si basano su quei fattori che permettono di guardare...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro analizza in un’ottica comparativa la domanda e l’offerta di istruzione terziaria nel Centro-Nord e nel Mezzogiorno e le conseguenze che ne derivano per la formazione di capitale umano. Con riferimento alla domanda, si descrive l’andamento delle iscrizioni e come...

Italian Abstract: Nel settore della ricerca pubblica l'Italia investe meno della media europea. Se rapportato alle risorse impegnate e ai ricercatori, l'output risulta però elevato e la sua qualità media, condotta presso università ed enti di ricerca, non è molto lontana rispetto a paesi...

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