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Domestic vs. International correlations of interest rate maturities
2010
The association between long and short interest rates is traditionally envisaged from a purely domestic perspective, where it is believed an empirical regularity. Hence, the weakening of this relationship in the first half of the 2000s has represented a conundrum, calling for a reassessment of the term structure and the conduct of monetary policy. Some commentators have called for investigations into the international dimension of this puzzle. Hence, in this paper we employ recent advances in panel data econometrics to investigate the co-movement of interest rate maturities both at the domestic and international levels for a sample of industrial countries. Specifically, we use the Ng (2006)…
(Eco)linguistic planning and language-exchange management
2010
L’autor presenta un ventall de polítiques orientades a mantenir la integritat dels espais ecolingüístics, relacionades amb la traducció, amb l’ensenyament de llengües, amb l’intercanvi de productes culturals i, en general, amb la gestió dels intercanvis lingüístics.
‘The Great War’ in the Auto-Making Industry. Banal Nationalism and Symbolic Domination and Country-of-Origin Effect in Consumer Culture
2020
In spite of ongoing economic globalization, country-of-origin effect (COO) still remains crucial for corporate marketing and advertising strategies in consumer markets. Such nationalism has now com...
Intensity of Italy's agri-food trade with countries outside the EU Mediterranean
2013
This paper aims to present a framework of trade relations between Italy and the countries of southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. More specifically, using the indicators proposed in the analysis of international trade, we want to analyse the intensity of trade in agri-food products and the strength of trade ties between the bordering Mediterranean countries. The analysis of the intensity of trade flows of food products from Italy and the partner countries of North Africa and the Near East has allowed us to trace a network of flows between the countries in the area. If we can see an overall weakening of the agri-food trade, the analysis for individual partner states, however…
Editorial. Migration and migration studies in late neoliberal times
2021
We are witnessing an “ostentatiously inhuman” (ostentatamente disumana) (Ferrajoli 2018) politics directed against migrant women and men in every part of the world, particularly in the more affluent countries. These countries were formerly referred to as developed countries, thus using a term that failed to cover over the colonialist rhetoric used against less developed ones. The same rhetoric resurfaces today, as shown by those countries that have recently joined the network of global(ised) development. This politics makes no distinctions based on age, religious orientation, economic, social, and political motivations of migration. We are facing a “war against migrations” (Palidda 2018) in…
Old towns in “smart cities” between conservation and metamorphosis. Pending European Union guidelines
2014
In reflecting upon the role of environmental capital as represented by old towns in smart cities, the author reveals the consequences of re-plastering the facade of ancient buildings while emphasizing the resulting risk of globalization of historic districts. This is followed by a critical consideration concerning the active protection of old towns and their cultural typicality and geographical context, prerequisites for the development of specific guide-lines for the European Union. Explanation is also provided about how the restoration dynamics of the old towns are irreversibly changing the urban landscape in European cities. Strict regulations regarding the preservation of European old t…
Imperium Romanum: Romanization between Globalization and Colonization
2021
Anyone following the debate on “Romanization” in recent years will have noted that North European (especially Anglo-Saxon and Dutch) contributors to the debate have adopted a different perspective from those of Central and Southern Europe. The first group turned their attention away from the city and the urban elites to the countryside, and to the material culture of the peasant and native social groups, developing a position that was defined as "anti-colonial". Other archaeologists (Italians and French, but also Germans), instead, have continued to lay emphasis mainly on the role of local elites in the "Romanization" process, investigating the usefulness of interpretative categories such a…
Web engineering and multi-criterion analisys of modeling languages used in production systems
2010
Abstract Economic globalization and strong, unprecedented, industrial competition, the overwhelming influence of information and communication technology, the Internet and its most important service, i.e. the World Wide Web have an undisputed impact upon all enterprises, exerting a strong influence on the competition system, the accelerated development of new products and services through reducing the development time of the product life cycle, as well as the improvement of upstream and downstream communication with suppliers and customers. Within this framework, taking into account the decline in worldwide economy, especially during the past few years, this paper aims to proposing a new so…
Small towns between Globalization and Sustainability
2011
I piccoli centri urbani rappresentano una frazione significativa della popolazione totale in molte regioni del mondo. Molti di questi centri hanno subito modifiche in seno alla loro economia e tipologia a causa della globalizzazione e dei cambiamenti economici del mondo avvenuti già nella metà del ventesimo secolo. L’economia locale indipendente delle piccole città, che è stata assorbita dall’economia globale, ha determinato la perdita delle identità locali e la loro stessa qualità di vita. In tale ragione risiede l’importanza di una progettazione urbana sostenibile - intesa come l’interazione tra economia, ambiente e benessere sociale – finalizzata a conservare i valori locali delle piccol…
Law and glocalization
2022
The chapter intends to analyze the existing relationship between, law, globalization and grobalization. Having briefly illustrated the key concepts of globalization and grobalization, in order to examine the above relationship the chapter analyzes first the concepts of hybridity, mixity and diffusion as used in comparative law, in order to determine to which extent the same concepts as used in legal sociology cannot create misunderstandings. After having clarified all the key elements for the analysis, then the chapter focuses on how globalization and grobalization intersect with law, putting forward some related examples. The chapter ends with some conclusive remarks.