Italian abstract: A partire da un’analisi dell’articolo di Carlo Trigilia “Crescita squilibrata: perché la sociologia economica ha più successo nella teoria che nelle pratiche?”, pubblicato nel 2007 sulla rivista Stato e Mercato, viene sviluppata una proposta teorico-metodologica, di...

The mafia business has spread out its interest towards new sectors, from tourism to large-scale retail trade and public services, like wastes, producing an income estimated around 6% of italian GPA. Moreover, the Mafia presence in the economic field presents also a "clean" face that, through...

The financing of innovation impacts on economic growth. What’s, among bank-based or market-based system, the best organizational form? The paper supports the view that both forms have to be merged into a unique approach (law and finance view) embracing not only the overall quality of the...

In this paper we analyse four determinants of turnout in petition referendums. We find that distributive referendums have higher turnout than efficiency referendums; the higher the percentage obtained by parties campaigning for abstention, the lower turnout. Furthermore, referendums held in June...

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...

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...

The paper reviews the literature on the evaluation of the macroeconomic of the EU Structural Funds and it focuses on the macroeconomic models used by the European Commission for the assessment of the Objective 1 Community and Structural Frameworks. It emerges that more detailed Structural Funds...

This article falls within the scope of research on social capital, and describes the practices for the analysis of training needs and implementing sectorial training plans through the Comunità Montana 5 Valli Bolognesi, near Bologna, in northern Italy. Analysis of scenario emerges...

This paper describes the action-research aimed at implementing Sectorial Training Plans in the territory of the former Mountain Community Cinque Valli Bolognesi, near Bologna in central northern Italy. Been involved in research are a variety of agencies, both public and private, institutional...