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Learning from Failures: a Chance to Overcome the Crisis. E-Government Adoption in the Municipality of Palermo, Italy.

2013

Due to its effect on regional and national competitiveness the issue of e- Government has become particularly relevant in the light of an ongoing financial crisis. Mostly because e-Government has a great potential in reducing the cost of regulatory compliance for government customers, in improving efficiency and tax administration and in avoiding frauds and errors. However, it must not be considered as a simple set of tools for technological innovation but rather a phenomenon that requires redesigning the entire institutional governance model and the roles of the main actors involved. This paper presents part of the PhD thesis project of the author on the implementation and adoption of e-Go…

A Spatial Origin-Destination Analysis of International Tourism Demand. The Case of Italian Provinces

2021

Interest Rate Convergence, External Balances and the Euro Crisis

2016

Typically, the catching-up process between rich Northern Europe and poor Southern Europe and the diverging cost competitiveness between the two regions are considered alternative explanations for the widening current account imbalances in the euro area. This paper proposes a new explanation for the imbalances which led to the 2009 euro crisis i.e. large interest rate differentials among the EMU-12 countries which prevailed before the adoption of the euro. This finding suggests that the euro crisis was, at least to some extent, a consequence of the initial convergence shock.

CLUSTER OF COUNTRIES ANALYSIS BY RESPONSIBLE COMPETITIVENESS, NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AND CORRUPTION

2008

The Global Competitiveness Report, the State of Responsible Competitiveness and the Global Corruption Barometer elaborate annually a countries ranking that emphasize the progress or regress of each country. Using this reports the paper try to make a clusters analysis of world country by responsible competitiveness, national competitiveness and corruption. The main idea of this paper is to split the countries in three categories of clusters - innovators, asserters and beginners - in relation between responsible competitiveness and national competitiveness - and - stars, asserters and beginners - in relation between corruption and national competitiveness. Within the three clusters, countries…

Strategic Asset Building and Competitive Strategies for SMEs which Compete with Industry Giants

2014

This chapter studies companies which are arguably business super-heroes – the small firms which despite the apparent handicap of very limited resources are able to compete against much larger, multinational firms – the micro-giants Davids that take on Goliaths. Through a process of detailed case studies of actual firms, analysis of asset structure, and experiments with a simulation model, the relationships between key assets, critical success factors, and micro-giant competiveness are explored. The model produces six scenarios reflecting different strategies for developing tangible and intangible assets and, critically, the balance between them. A level of aggression is needed in asset buil…

An Overview on European Union Sustainable Competitiveness

2014

Abstract The last few years have emphasized a continuing concern of many institutions, nations, companies for sustainable development. The recent literature brings into attention the concept of sustainable competitiveness beyond sustainable development. The main idea of sustainable competitiveness is reflected by the searching of a model that could balance economic prosperity, environmental issues and social sustainability. In this context, is shaping the sustainability-adjusted global competitiveness index that take into consideration two new dimensions – environmental and social. Practically, the triple bottom line concept will be extrapolated from the microeconomic level to the macroecon…

The rural tourism as development opportunity of farms. The case of direct sales in Siciliy

2014

Tourism has an important role modifying rural communities in their environmental, economic, social and cultural structures, processes and dynamics. In thi s context rural tourism plays a primary role becaus e it is not the rural product that reaches the consumer in the purchase point, but it is the consumer (tourist ) that has to move towards tourist destination to enjoy the pr oduct. So, the aim of this study is to analyse how the opportunities created by the rural tourism can repr esent a vector to promote the growth of farms and territory. Specifically, through a telephone survey conducted among the Sicilian entrepreneurs which j oin to the national network Campagna Amica, it has been an…

Is tourism firm competitiveness driven by different internal or external specific factors?: New empirical evidence from Spain

2015

Abstract The quest to understand the multilevel antecedents of competitiveness has led to a separation of approaches. On one side of the question are the environment theories that analyze the structural characteristics of the general and competitive environment. On the other side are the Resource Based View and its extensions that highlight firm-specific resources and capabilities as the main basis of firms' competitiveness. However, in recent years the nature of competition and shifting economic conditions have given rise to new theoretical approaches that complement the assumptions underlying both environmental and firm theories. Specifically, this study contributes by examining the regio…

Starpreģionu integrācija saistībā ar Dienvidāzijas ekonomiskajiem koridoriem un to ietekmi uz Pakistānas eksporta konkurētspēju.

2016

Šajā maģistra darbā ir pētīta starpreģionālā integrācija saistībā ar ekonomiskajiem koridoriem īpašu uzsvaru liekot uz Dienvidāzijas reģionu, kur valstis kā Pakistāna, Indija, Bangladeša un Šrilanka ir vienlīdz konkurētspējīgas darbaspēka radīšanā un kaut kādā ziņā preču ražošanā. Ņemot vērā eksportspējas līdzību, šie potenciālie partneri starptautiskajā tirgū konkurē viens ar otru. Maģistra darba mērķis ir izpētīt starpreģionu integrācijas konkrētāk ekonomisko koridoru ietekmi uz Pakistānas eksporta konkurētspēju tekstilizstrādājumu un apģērbu rūpniecību. Darbā apskatītas dažādas pieejas konkurētspējas noteikšanai kā arī Pakistānas tekstilrūpniecības industrijas analīze un ekspertu viedokļ…

The importance of the web marketing strategies for the nurseries and gardening companies in the Southern Italy

2013

In the last years, the integrated use of internet in the company marketing strategies has brought about deep changes in the economic sector of the countries. The World Wide Web has become the most important way companies share business information with other enterprises (B2B) and with consumers (B2C). Consequently, the companies have modified the processes making significant changes, mainly in the fields of communication and sales. The study presented here is to be situated in the category of the B2C relations and is specifically addressed to the nurseries and gardening companies in the Southern regions of Italy that use the Internet as a communication and promotion tool. The goal of this p…