The growing olive oil consumption recently raised the interest for the international olive oil trade, increasing the complexity of the market. Profits attracted multinational industries and corporations, whose interest crosses the National borders, influencing trade relationships. At the same...

<em>Capitale sociale e performance economica: un’applicazione al sistema di produzione dell’olio extra-vergine di oliva biologico della provincia di Bari</em> - Social capital and economic firm performances: an application to the organic extravirgin olive oil net-chain in the province of Bari The...

This paper aims at showing the explanatory potential of network methods applied to the analysis of Country level competitiveness within specific productive sectors. More specifically, we focused on each Country’s position within the network of international commodity trade relationships,...

Energy production from anaerobic digestion of organic waste and dedicated digestable biomass is a promising climate change mitigation option. Over the last ten years anaerobic digestion has become established in many European countries. The plants have been developed for renewable energy...

The paper analyses how different aspects connected with regulations can influence theconsumers’ quality perception and the value that consumers attribute to the wine sectorproducts. In particular, aspects concerning labelling and presentation of designations of origin,which, in turn, mirror...