This study aims to build a synoptic picture of the facets of the economic category called “value”, with practicality in the tangible cultural heritage field, from the point of view of a traditionally economists-specific approach: concern for the financial sustainability of any decision....

“Cultural heritage” defines something inherited from the past that has a certain cultural significance. The closeness between economists and heritage valuation experts is relatively recent and is due both to comprehending, by the last, that resources are limited and costly, and to economists...

According to the common definition, cost-benefit analysis (CBA) estimates and aggregates the monetary equivalent of present and future social costs and benefits regarding public investment projects (PIP), discounted and compared, aiming at deciding their opportunity. Monetary evaluation problem...

Since 1065, when the first university in Europe was founded – University from Parma, higher education has been in a continuous reformation, both from educational politics point of view and from funding mechanisms point of view. Therefore, this study aims at presenting the main funding models...

The rapid growth over recent decades of the impact of natural disasters on economies, especially in vulnerable areas, urges stakeholders to promote innovative solutions involving risk transfers that account for the new risk exposures. These proposed solutions are designed to optimize and...

The rapid growth over recent decades of the impact of natural disasters on economies, especially in vulnerable areas, urges stakeholders to promote innovative solutions involving risk transfers that account for the new risk exposures. These proposed solutions are designed to optimize and...