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Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder: a logistic regression analysis of sustainability and locality as competitive vehicles for human settlements

Gulumser, Aliye Ahu; Baycan-Levent, Tuzin; Nijkamp, Peter - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 1, pp. 95-110

'Associations of the Most Beautiful Villages' in France and Italy. The paper focuses on the critical parameters of a locality …

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Efficiency grounds and welfare effects in decoupling farm support. Insights from an AGE model of the Italian economy

Cavalletti, Barbara; Rocchi, Benedetto - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 9 (2006) 2, pp. 106-121

in Italy. A general equilibrium model has been calibrated on a social accounting matrix of the Italian economy, adapted …

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The 'externalisation' of local public service delivery: experience in Italy and Sweden

Argento, Daniela; Grossi, Giuseppe; Tagesson, Torbjorn; … - In: International Journal of Public Policy 5 (2010) 1, pp. 41-56

addresses these matters with comparative reference to the experience in Italy and Sweden. In doing so, it considers local …

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The indirect effects of manufacturing internationalisation on logistics. A focus on the industrial districts of Veneto

Maggi, Elena; Mariotti, Ilaria; Boscacci, Flavio - In: International Journal of Logistics Economics and … 1 (2008) 2, pp. 205-224

-Eastern Italy) in 1996-2001, on the employment change which has occurred in the logistics companies located in the same industrial …

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New market channels for a non-food agricultural product. The development of an alternative supply chain for the bergamot citrus in Calabria, Italy

Grando, Stefano - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 4 (2008) 4, pp. 291-304

The bergamot, a typical fruit of the Italian region of Calabria, contains an essence that is a basic component for the perfume industry. In the last decades bergamot sector declined dramatically, because of the introduction of an artificial substitute of the essence and for the producers'...

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Anticorruption campaigns and the determinants of corruption in Europe

Monte, Alfredo Del; Cantabene, Claudia - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 3 (2007) 2, pp. 170-191

phenomenon of persisting corruption in Italy and in other countries. Econometric estimates, using statistics on crimes against … the public administration at a provincial level, show that corruption campaign 'Clean Hands' started in Italy in 1990 has …

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Do Foreigners Replace Native Immigrants? Evidence from a Panel Cointegration Analysis

Brücker, Herbert; Fachin, Stefano; Venturini, Alessandra - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

the immigration of foreigners replaces domestic mobility from poor to rich regions. We focus on Italy, which is …

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What makes a joint venture: micro evidence from Sino-Italian contracts

Gattai, Valeria; Natale, Piergiovanna - Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e … - 2012

This paper provides new contract-level evidence on control rights allocation in order to define what makes a joint venture. Property rights theory of the firm identifies circumstances under which joint control alleviates investment distortions due to contract incompleteness. We compare...

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The Dragon and the Elephant on the way to Italy

Gattai, Valeria - Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e … - 2013

This paper provides original evidence about Chinese and Indian Outward Direct Investment in Italy. Firm-level data have …

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Internationalization and Performance of Italian Enterprises

Gattai, Valeria - Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e … - 2013

This paper surveys recent contributions about internationalization and performance of Italian enterprises. It covers both theoretical and empirical studies taking a microeconomic perspective and studying a potential link between firms’ global involvement and heterogeneity in economic, human...

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