The influence of ecolabels and environmental information on fishery and aquaculture consumption

This paper investigates whether the exhibition of sustainable information (i.e., eco-labeling) influence the consumption of fishery and aquaculture products. Using data from the Eurobarometer survey (ebs-95.1) we explore the consumers’ environmental attitudes by tracking the trend in consumption of seafood products before/after the pandemic situation, with a focus on the products showing ecolabels.

Un anno di "Regional Sciences and Urban Economics"

CULTURA E SVILUPPO. IDEE E STRUMENTI. INTRODUZIONE PER UN DIBATTITO

La cultura incide sullo sviluppo secondo molteplici canali. Ed anche il grande progresso dell'industria manifatturiera italiana non può essere compreso senza il legame con la cultura del Paese. Oggi appare particolarmente forte il legame fa cultura, patrimonio culturale e sviluppo dell'industria turistica. Il lavoro sviluppa alcune riflessioni su questi temi. The causal link between culture and development is extremely complex and is expressed by following patterns that can not be traced inside of unitary or homogeneous analytical schemes. In this debate, there is a broad acknowledgement that «culture matters». First of all, and even more than in the past, as a source of externalities with …

Piattaforme oil and gas e sviluppo turistico: evidenze da una analisi esplorativa sull’accettabilità del decommissioning circolare

Lo studio propone una lettura dell’accettabilità sociale del decommissioning circolare delle piattaforme oil and gas a fini di sviluppo turistico con una particolare attenzione alle installazioni presenti in Italia. Esso mostra come: 1) il pubblico riconosca un certo potenziale di riutilizzo turistico delle piattaforme; 2) l’accettabilità sociale sia ostacolata da distorsioni percettive; 3) la modifica di tali percezioni richiedano compiute policy di marketing sociale. This study focuses on the social acceptability of oil and gas platforms circular decommissioning and its potential for tourism development purposes, especially in Italy. It shows how: 1) the public acknowledges potential for …

LE AZIENDE FAMILIARI DEL DISTRETTO DELLA PESCA DI MAZARA DEL VALLO

This essay presents the first results of a research that is part of a recent study aimed at deepening the relationship between family businesses and local development, contributing to filling a gap in knowledge that has only recently been highlighted. Multiple Corrispondence Analysis is the statistical method used for the synthesis of questionnaires for the study of relationships that characterize family businesses present on the territory considered. From the analysis emerge all the characteristics of the aggregate behaviors that allow to deepen the understanding of the dynamics of the relationship between family businesses and regional development.

Profilo Strategico e scelte innovative nelle imprese del settore manifatturiero siciliano

In 1959, Penrose highlighted how the firm's organisation of economic activity is based on its perception about the adjustment of production to the market, more than on objective evaluation. So, she underlined not just the importance to identify the nature of the determinants about firm behaviour, but also how the assessment of these factors must consider the production context where they originate. Now, this context for Penrose has to be considered as an image in the mind of the entrepreneur of the possibilities and restrictions of the market. In line with this view, and with the recent approach to innovation policies, this work analyses the survey data collected in 2008 on the innovation n…

Le preferenze dei consumatori verso i marchi e le etichette di qualità dei prodotti ittici

Il consumo dei prodotti ittici è ormai sempre più analizzato per via delle implicazioni socio-economico-ambientali che da esso ne derivano. Se da un lato un maggiore consumo è sicuramente positivo in termini di salubrità, dall’altro mette in crisi il sistema ambiente per l’eccessivo sfruttamento degli stock ittici. Negli ultimi anni, vi è stata inoltre una progressiva crescita dell’attenzione del consumatore all’impatto ambientale dei processi produttivi con la conseguente maggiore presenza sul mercato di prodotti che utilizzando brand e label associati procedure certificate cercano di aggiungere alla qualità dei prodotti ittici percepita dai consumatori anche componenti che valorizzano pro…

La valutazione dell’investimento pubblico nell’industria della trasformazione ittica in Sicilia. Un’indagine esplorativa

This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the effects and impact on family businesses of policies based on public funding to sustain the development of declining regions. It presents the case of a measure promoted the Sicilian Regional Government to try to revert the economic decline of the fishing industry in Sicily. Sicily is the largest Island in the Mediterranean Sea, and Fishing has been a traditional activity in the region for centuries. In the last decades, the industry has been facing serious problems, including increasing obsolescence of the fleet, inefficient marketing facilities, fish depletion in local waters. Mazara del Vallo, located in the South-West of the i…

The economic impact of the EFF on the competitiveness of Sicilian fish companies

The measure 2.3 of the European Fisheries Fund, in Sicily, claimed investments of fish companies in production capacity expansion and modernization of fish processing. Have these investments been effective in supporting the competitiveness of these companies and have they influenced the economic sustainability of the regional seafood chain? Proposed analysis contributes to this assessment through an exploratory survey and a review of the changes in their business performance.

The Family Business in the Fishing District of Mazara del Vallo. Critical issues and Dynamics

This work-in-progress paper presents the early results of a survey aiming to understand the relationship between family firms and regional development in contemporary economic, by examining the negative effects of “family inertia” on the acquisition of dynamic capabilities necessary to enhance competitiveness and establish inter-firm cooperation strategies in family businesses in the context of an industrial district. Family firms are acknowledged for playing an important role in the creation, organization, and allocation of regional resources and in regional processes. Industrial districts are recognized as fertile fields for the development of inter-firm interrelations that may produce po…