Il presente lavoro, oltre a fornire una rassegna della letteratura scientifica sull’importanza della dimensione territoriale nell’analisi dei settori ad alta tecnologia, affronta una serie di possibili criteri di misurazione di tali fenomeni in base alla concentrazione territoriale delle...

(Full paper not available on this website Accepted for publication: European Planning Studies Vol. 19, No. 2, February 2011). It is widely known that one of the most important economic and social facts concerning the European Union consists in the mismatch among its regions in terms of...

This article analyses the case of the ISO14001 certification in the City of Marrakech (Morocco) as first example of a City in Africa and in the Arab world to achieve such ambitious goal. Although originally designed for industrial organizations, the most popular standard for environmental...

Attendance and expansion growth rates in the territory make the tourism sector of significant interest for the implementation of policies on environmental protection at EU level. The need to protect local natural heritage, to integrate the development policies of the tourism industry with other...

Green Supply-Chain Management (GSCM) is an increasingly widely-diffused practice among companies that are pursuing environmental excellence. The motivation for the introduction of GSCM may be ethical (e.g. reflecting the values of managers) and/or commercial (e.g. gaining a possible competitive...

The effects of environmental regulation on competitiveness is always a topic under debate for policymakers and practitioners. The article describes the different ways of defining and measuring the effects of environmental regulation on competition and market forces and synthesizes the most...

Despite the lack of specific incentives, Ground Coupled Heat Pumps (GCHP) installations are booming in Italy both in private and public sectors of the market. Such rapid growth entails an increasing concern for environmental and technical performances since no comprehensive regulation and...

This essay is based on empirical evidence from the case of Tuscany (Italy) and follows previous work on the role and meaning of image in regional development and innovation policies (Bellini, 2004). Discussions about image and branding policies is usually placed in the framework of "place...

This paper analyses migrant access to health care through the Italian legal framework and the use of health care services. In both analyses, an underlying gap and critical issues are demonstrated for migrants regarding their knowledge of the health care system as well as the accessibility and...

Objectives. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the development and application of discrete choice experiments (DCEs) within health economics. Even though the literature include several reviews of the methodology associated with conducting DCEs and analysing the resultant...