The contribution of cultural organizations to the increase of the competitive position of cities has become increasingly significant in recent years through the role they play in urban development. Thus, increasing the number of visitors is a fundamental objective for the development strategy of...

Culture and cultural infrastructure of a city represent in the current economic climate one of the vectors that can contribute to the success of urban development programs, regional, and in many cases, national. Experience shows that the synergy effect acquired by the urban management as a...

The concern of managers in the cultural field, regarding knowledge and application of management tools used by organizations aimed at obtaining profits, has become obvious taking into account that the environment of the cultural organizations is becoming increasingly competitive. Currently, most...

The analysis of successful experiences in urban development shows that one important vector in increasing the popularity of a metropolis, so necessary in urban competition, is the "theatre-logo". "La Fenice" in Venice, Royal Theatre in Madrid, La Scala in Milan, "Globe" Theatre in London,...

This paper develops a new insight enabling the empirical study of media capture: minority shareholders of newspapers and readers face similar risks. Both are adversely affected when corrupt insiders use the newspaper for personal profit and receive invisible revenues. This means that relevant...

The creative economy is a holistic and multidisciplinary concept that deals with the interaction between economics, culture and technology, and centred on the production of creative contents in goods and services. One of the most relevant dimensions of creativity is the territorial one. Despite...

In this paper we analyze if an `urban mortality penalty' exists for today's developing countries, repeating the history of industrialized nations during the 19th century. We analyze the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) of 19 Sub-Saharan African countries for differences in child and adult...

Rural-urban social inequality in Russia is evident. Russian public opinion proposes to reduce the rural-urban income gap, both within the framework of the self-regulating market paradigm, reflected in public programs and within the planned command economy framework. In the same ways, it proposes...

This research examines the quantity, composition and distribution of new housing supply across Australia 2006–16 and seeks to explain variations in local rates of production with reference to demand-side considerations (e.g. population drivers, market cycles) and supply-side considerations...

This paper studies the spatial structure of firms, both theoretically and empirically. Two new facts in Danish register data motivate the analysis. First, firms have become more fragmented over time. Second, headquarters (HQ) establishments have become more manager intensive, despite a...