The rural landscape is one of the most valuable agricultural externalities and it is often affected by modifications in the agricultural production process. Moreover, some rural areas are deteriorating due to the depopulation process while others are being transformed owing to socio-economic...

The rural landscape is one of the most valuable agricultural externalities and it is often affected by modifications in the agricultural production process. Moreover, some rural areas are deteriorating due to the depopulation process while others are being transformed owing to socio-economic...

The goal of this paper is to explore the propensity toward inter-organizational cooperation in small- and medium-sized family businesses as compared to non-family businesses, and to assess the factors that could influence the establishment of collaborative agreements at the family-business...

In this paper is we attempt to construct and validate a typology of innovation strategies among family SMEs applying the Miles and Snow's configurational model. We also try to extend the scope of the model testing the fit between entrepreneurial, managerial and governance characteristics and...

<i> Financial and corporate governance systems and technological change: the incompleteness of fit the UK and Italy </i> (di Andrew Tylecote, Francesca Visintin) - ABSTRACT: Our argument revolves around a simple link: technological (and therefore economic) performance of firms and countries is a...

La protezione del paesaggio è stata per lungo tempo affidata alla Pubblica Amministrazione, che per lo svolgimento di questo compito si è avvalsa degli strumenti vincolistici. Questi ultimi, però, si sono dimostrati incapaci di far fronte alle conseguenze negative derivanti dall’abbandono...

In this paper we examine whether it is possible to create a market for ecosystem services deriving from rural landscape and environmental conservation. First of all to do this we consider the results of some studies we have conducted in recent years about monetary and non-monetary environmental...