Il lavoro approfondisce alcune criticità del contesto normativo che governa il sistema aeroportuale italiano. In particolare, sono discussi gli incentivi che il quadro delle regole dovrebbe creare al fine di favorire uno sviluppo equilibrato e coerente degli aeroporti. Infatti, sebbene negli...

The public policy discussion concerning next generation networks NGNs began in Europe in 2005, when the capacity of mobile networks was far lower than it is now, and has thus concentrated on fixed networks. Looking ahead, the discussion of access problems to NGNs should consider the competitive...

A market for ideas may be, in a sense, “priceless”, since it may be relying on a somehow different kind of “value standard” (“truth-, goodwill-, beauty-, virtue- seeking”) than the “mundane” intangible serviceability of tangible goods, but, in another sense, it uses labour,...

The paper addresses primarily the crucial question of how to apply the international regulatory standards to Islamic banks.

The first chapter of the report briefly sums up the main elements of the academic debate around IPR. The second moves to the economic case and analyses its different aspects: weight of copyrighted industries, level of revenues generated for creators, role in business models (old and new) but...

Innovation is at the centre of the EU's growth strategy for the coming decade (EU2020). New technologies and their adoption by EU farmers are essential in maintaining European agriculture competitive in a global world. Within this context, nanotechnology represents an innovative technology with...

The development of ICT is considered as an important indicator of globalization. The main hypothesis is that the development of ICT and global activities of both countries and regions are positively correlated. As criteria for global activities the exports and FDI-inflows are taken. The...

The penetration and effects of ICT varies amongst countries. For small countries like Singapore the effects of ICT is especially prominent. This paper focuses on how Singapore exploited the benefits of ICT by analyzing first the evolution of ICT policies and the important role of the government...