This article provides an overview of the main consequences of the recent economic crisis on the auto industry and examines its implications for firms’ strategies in the light of the recent turn of public policies. We show that the "industry of industries" is still a potential source of...

Indicators are widely used tools to measure the sustainability of a nation. The definition of a concept conditions strictly its measurement. Therefore, the definition of sustainable development will determine the appropriateness of the variables selected for its measurement. The first part of...

The plans for sustainable development and the role of the parks. The involvement of the population in the management, protection and enhancement of the territory. The development of rural areas and the action of the park.

The financial crisis focused investors interest towards a sustainable ethical finance. Greater attention to environmental protection led to the spread of a new kind of finance, or ecological finance, with the development of some specific categories of ethical funds based on an environmental and...

The achievement of the "food safety" is strictly linked to the enterprises and their production capacity. But it is equally important for the achievement of a new sustainability the role played by the markets - financials and commodities ones -, as well as by their operators, particularly to...

L’art. 44 della Costituzione enuncia due principi fondamentali relativi al tema "Terra e lavoro": razionale sfruttamento del suolo e stabilire equi rapporti sociali nelle aree agricole. Oggi si utilizza una formula più moderna e si parla di "uso sostenibile" della terra. Ciò significa che la...

Nelle economie post-industriali la cultura ha assunto un ruolo pervasivo per migliorare la sostenibilità e l’innovatività dei modelli locali di sviluppo attraverso l’iniezione di creatività e conoscenza nei sistemi e nelle produzioni territoriali. La fattibilità e il successo delle...

The debated topic of sustainable development planning. Land resource as well as protect and enhance collective.

This paper aims to discuss Fair Trade as an alternative economic model, that aims to help producers in developing countries to make better trading conditions and promote sustainability, enforceable in economic and social contexts other than its traditional scope. The paper analyzes the critical...