Aim of this paper is to analyse the spatial aspects of technology transfer (t.t.) in Cnr Institutes of Piemonte, a highly industrialised region in North Western Italy. The specific purpose is to verify two hypotheses 1) If the spatial propagation of t.t. follows the Hägerstrand...

The paper examines the fragmentation of production from the view-point of industrialised countries. From this perspective, the following questions are addressed: how do local systems evolve in the process of de-localisation of productions? Which are the short term and long term effects to be...

This paper discusses the results of a research project on new technology-based firms. The aim of the project is to analyze the innovation activity of new technology-based firms. The focus is on the process of knowledge creation that fuels innovation. The analysis is based on an empirical...

The European market is rapidly enlarging towards the Eastern part of the continent. This phenomenon is stimulating the enterprises localized in the North-Eastern part of Italy to innovate their productivity processes and their products in order to preserve their competitiveness in the national...

Italian Abstract: La qualità dell’approvvigionamento energetico costituisce un importante fattore di competitività per le imprese e di benessere per le famiglie. Analizzando i divari sul territorio italiano nella continuità della fornitura elettrica, il lavoro mostra come, in media per...

Italian Abstract: Il presente saggio e' finalizzato ad esaminare alcuni tipi di rimedi proconcorrenziali nel settore delle comunicazioni elettroniche (in particolare, i processi di separazione funzionale e strutturale) e l’impatto che possono avere le misure di mero enforcement, tenendo in...

The paper presents a model of the market for early child care services, where the preferences of households and local government are influenced by relative prices, disposable income and cost conditions, as well as «social norms» such as the attitude to working women and the value assigned to...