This paper aims to examine the evolution of Industrial Research in Italy in the last decades. The analysis provides a survey of the most important contributions in the literature; a careful definition of the concepts "basic, applied and pre-competitive research"; the theoretical foundation of R&D...

This paper aims at examining the regional industrial policies at present in place in the United Kingdom. The analysis is divided in two parts: while the first one provides a survey of the national level, the second one is focused on the regional level. After a thorough description of the...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro esamina lo sviluppo dell'e-Government in Italia e le sue criticità. Gli ostacoli principali risiedono nei ritardi registrati nelle competenze digitali dei cittadini e in un’insoddisfacente capacità del settore pubblico di sfruttare pienamente i vantaggi...

The aim of this paper is to review the main features of the new theory of public utilities regulation, theoretically assuming asymmetric information. The results considered imply a departure from first best outcomes and give way to a strategic interaction between firm and regulator. The role of...

In the Lisbon strategy, Member States committed to making structural reforms to their economies. Within this context, the European Council called for R&D investment to approach 3% of GDP by 2010, of which 2% should come from private sector. At the moment, in Italy R&D investment represents 1,2%...

This paper analyzes the use of quantitative information in shaping and communicating the Italian central government's e-government policy (as of January, 2006).