In this work we consider the link between corporate governance and social responsibility (CSR) in local utilities companies. More specifically, we use the term 'tool of corporate governance' as a tool able to support the governance of a company to reach its strategic aims, reconcile efficiency...

Il lavoro analizza il processo di riallocazione della proprietà nei settori manifatturieri di 16 paesi europei nel biennio 2006-2007, concentrandosi sullo studio dei fattori istituzionali, settoriali e tecnologici alla base di fusioni ed acquisizioni. In particolare si esaminano le determinanti...

Recently, within several debates, the idea of a participatory economy has been recovered as a viable solution towards labour and firm’s costs flexibility to cope with unemployment and the increasingly competitive economic environment. This paper is an attempt to integrate the main recent...