Search results for "Economia"

Tourist destination network analysis: The ego network role

2017

This paper aims to analyse the different roles that enterprises have within a tourist destination by identifying the presence and possible role of leaders within the system. The Social Network Analysis (SNA) is a tool that offers a greater degree of understanding of the operation of the destination. The map of commercial relations between the leading players of tourist supply can provide greater insight into the main relations existing between enterprises and the principles that ensure and regulate operation. In keeping with this objective and building on the results of a previous paper (Iannolino and Ruggieri, 2012), the authors have focused their attention on the role of some enterprises …

AGRI-FOOD TRADE INTENSITY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SCENARIO

2013

In recent years, a political, economic, commercial, social and cultural dialogue get intensified among the Mediterranean countries. In particular, the establishment in 2008 of the Union for the Mediterranean, under the impulse of the French Presidency, represents the last act of the Euro-Mediterranean integration process, that binds more strongly the EU and Mediterranean countries, in particular those of the Southern and Eastern shores. The agriculture is an economic activity of great interest in the Mediterranean area due to the weight of employment and the contribution to the richness it brings to certain countries. In this work we analyze the intensity of agri-food trade among the EU Med…

Determinants of Italy's agri-food trade flows with the Mediterranean non-Eu partner countries

2013

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the determinants of Italy’s agri-food exports in the markets of Mediterranean non-EU partner countries and, particularly, the impact of Agreement Association signed in the Euro-Mediterranean partnership. The Mediterranean Sea situated at the crossroad of three continents, the European, the Asian and the African one, has ever been of great strategic interest for several geo-economical powers and in particular of the European Union as one of its foreign policy main protagonists. Italy as a centred Mediterranean country which is sharing agri-food production with some Mediterranean partners could profit from the EU’s relationships with the partners of …

What drives the disintegration of the loan origination value chain in the banking business

2015

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to analyze the vertical disintegration of the bank loan origination value chain. This paper conducts a study on the credit information market from the perspective of the bank's decision to vertically disintegrate the loan origination value chain. The main aim is to identify the relevant drivers of the decision to vertically disintegrate the credit assessment phase in the lending business.Design/methodology/approach - Transaction cost economics and information asymmetry are the typical perspectives of analysis of the vertical scope of business value chains.Findings - This paper argues that in order to capture the drivers underlying the dynamic evolution…

Vertical integration and profitability of the agrifood industry in an economic crisis context

2015

<p>In a setting of economic and financial crisis, most companies experienced a reduction in their profitability. Thus, our study allows us to identify vertical integration strategies developed by companies to overcome the crisis. This paper is aimed at unveiling the determining factors of the profitability of Spanish agrifood firms, depending on whether they are backwards vertically integrated or not. In order to attain our objective, we implemented a first difference regression model. The main contributions of the article lie in the incorporation of a variable that distinguishes integrated firms from the rest and the separate analysis of the two groups of firms. The results suggest t…

Brokers in the Credit Market: An Examination of the Vertical Scope

2014

This paper analyzes the vertical disintegration of the bank loan origination value chain. The main aim is to identify the relevant drivers which cause the emergence of brokers in the credit market which lead to vertical disintegration of the credit origination value chain. Transaction cost economics is the typical perspective of analysis of the vertical scope of banking value chains. This paper argues that in order to capture the drivers underlying the dynamic evolution of the vertical scope of bank loan origination business models, the above perspectives must be combined and further integrated with a capabilities and resource based view and with a modularity perspective.

TRANSITION MANAGEMENT E SOSTENIBILITÀ: UNA GESTIONE STRATEGICA DEI TERRITORI EUROPEI

2021

The article presents the Transition Management (TM) model as a governance model suitable for achieving sustainability objectives. Future strategies for developing European territories cannot fail to consider the environment crucial for sustainable growth. European policies with the approval of the Green Deal are moving in this direction. The complexity of the current period requires a new governance process, and a cyclical, iterative, interactive, and participatory process of dialogue with local stakeholders characterizes this methodology. TM is a systemic approach postulated as a new governance model capable of conducting and coordinating system innovations towards sustainability in the pa…

La transizione energetica sostenibile: scenari per un'economia a basse emissioni di carbonio

2016

EFFECTS OF THE PENETRATION OF WIND POWER IN THE BRAZILIAN ELECTRICITY MARKET

2016

Climate variability has been the main driver for renewables in the Brazilian electricity market. This article analyzes the vulnerabilities of the dependence on hydropower in renewable energy production due to climate variation, as well as wind power penetration in Brazil, given a set of wind industry policies. Despite Brazilian renewable energy increase, the study shows the impact in energy supply in north region, due to the lack of transmission infrastructure. In Brazil, the potential trade-offs between renewables growth, and transmission infrastructure inconsistencies in terms of policy implementation are not yet well analyzed. Simulation results show the potential conflicts between energ…

Grattacieli. The Will to Believe

2017

Il saggio sui grattacieli affronta la nascita e lo sviluppo, sia in termini formali sia tecnologici, sia economici che sociali, degli edifici "alti" a NYC. Essi, nati intorno alla seconda metà del XIX secolo, caratterizzarono ampie porzioni della città. In primo luogo Downtown, e successivamente Midtown. Lo sviluppo di tale Edificio che ebbe una enorme importanza anche a livello del paesaggio urbano percepito (lo skyline) avvenne al di fuori di un Piano, inteso secondo il modello urbanistico europeo. Le localizzazioni degli edifici, infatti, venivano decise via via, seguendo iniziative di soggetti, sia compresi tra il gruppo degli stakeholders sia tra gli immobiliaristi, sia per iniziativa …