The paper explores the structural changes, in response to internationalization, in an important traditional activity (food chain, meat processing) in a typical ‘district area’. In the paper, attention is focused on the ‘Institutional structure of production’ (Coase, R. 1992) and the...

Medium-sized European cities are facing serious problems in terms of the exploitation of local resources (land, water, air). In this article, we observe existing links between sustainable development and cities’ economic and structural features. We adopt a multi-scalar perspective, since the...

The institutions which support fair trade offer solutions capable of combining the benefits of international trade with socially, economically and environmentally sustainable enterprise. The case of the creation of the supply chain for the harvesting and sale of Brazil nuts and its evolution...

In this article, we observe existing links between sustainable development and cities’ structural features. First, we identify cluster of cities that are homogenous in structural terms. We then adopt a multiscalar perspective. We compare the results at different territorial scales (LAU-2 and...

<em>La mobilità come common ambientale: uno schema per la valutazione delle politiche</em> - The debated issue of sustainable mobility has become one of the main points on every decision-maker agenda since the last thirty years. The idea proposed in this work is to redefine the resource «mobility» as...

<i> Le virtù dei commons:imprese cooperative e formazione di beni pubblici di filiera. Un esercizio di classificazione contrattuale </i> (di Enrico Giovannetti) - ABSTRACT: The paper discusses the mechanisms involved in the establishment of cooperative institutions and their roles. These institutions...

<i> Processi di vita delle imprese cooperative: mezzo secolo di cooperazione a Modena dal dopoguerra ad oggi </i> (di Enrico Giovannetti)- ABSTRACT: The cooperative enterprises in the Province of Modena are ‘long life’ economic species. Their longevity increases as their ability in developing a...