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Struttura finanziaria, performance produttiva e redditività delle cooperative sociali: un confronto per macro-aree
No full textI PROBLEMI DI ACCESSO AL CREDITO DELLE COOPERATIVE SOCIALI
No full textLa cooperazione sociale in Italia vive un momento di estrema vitalità: conquista spazi sempre maggiori nella fornitura di servizi collettivi, si propone prepotentemente come soggetto centrale delle politiche di welfare, aumenta in maniera sostanziale il suo peso sul PIL e sull'occupazione complessiva. E tuttavia, un'analisi disaggregata su base territoriale della sua performance mostra un quadro controverso, in cui le tante "luci" risultano a volte oscurate da minacciose "ombre". Come al solito, le ombre riguardano soprattutto il Mezzogiorno: in particolare, il successo delle esperienze di cooperazione sociale in quell'area del Paese appare fortemente ostacolato dall'atteggiamento del sistema creditizio, che mette a carico delle unità produttive ivi operanti costi comparativamente più elevati rispetto al resto d'Italia e, soprattutto, non giustificati da considerazioni concernenti differenze nella rischiosità delle relative iniziative imprenditoriali.
In questo volume si delinea una "geografia" della performance delle cooperative sociali operanti sl territorio nazionale, si individuano i fattori esplicativi delle differenze territoriali e si indaga la natura del problematico rapporto del comparto meridionale di questo segmento del sistema produttivo con il sistema creditizio. Un percorso conoscitivo indispensabile per la progettazione di strategie di promozione del settore attente alle problematiche specifiche connesse alle diversità territoriali
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
L’ambiente d’apprendimento nella prima infanzia alla luce della prospettiva Montessoriana: un’indagine in Sicilia
Full text linkThe following paper focus on the growing interest in structuring the learning environment in order to promote the psycho-social-attitudinal development of the infant. The montessorian approach enhances a child-friendly environment. It facilitates active participation in the child’s daily life, thus contributing towards a higher level of independence, self-awareness, self-esteem and self-evaluation. The survey conducted in June 2019 shows that in Sicily less people are adopting montessorian approach nowadays into the early childhood structures
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Stereotipi e metastereotipi di genere. Un confronto intergenerazionale nel contesto del Sud Italia
No full textInflation-Based Fiscal Consolidation: Does Speed Matter?
No full textThe potential role that a permanent increase in the inflation target might have in contributing to debt consolidation has rarely been covered in the literature on the link
between inflation and public debt. This paper thus investigates under what conditions
a higher inflation target might lead to a reduction in the public debt-to-GDP ratio,
in a deterministic environment of a TANK model where monetary and fiscal authorities actively operate. Analysing the economic mechanisms involved led to two key
results. Higher inflation has opposite effects on public debt in the short and long term.
Initially, a rise in the nominal interest rate induces savers to invest relatively more
in bonds. In contrast, once the inflation rate reaches higher values, lower wages and
rates of return impact on savers who reduce investments in bonds. The second finding
is that fiscal consolidation through higher inflation is far from obvious. Overall, the
long-term negative effects of higher inflation on output determine increases in fiscal
deficits. Moreover, a slower inflation adjustment path influences households’ expectations, leading to increases in the debt-to-GDP ratio rather than decreases in the short
term. In light of that, today more than ever, a traditional fiscal policy aimed at reducing the government’s deficit would be needed. Furthermore, revising the monetary policy strategy to increase the inflation target would not be recommended due to the potentially negative effects higher inflation could have on the economy
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