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“An Implicit Authorization to the Use of Force? Overview of Some Precedents in the International Law Practice”,
No full textFrom objects to systems. From systems to networks?
No full textThe aim of this essay is to sketch a "third way" in the study of social complexity drawing on Edgar Morin and Bruno Latour
A Service Innovation Approach to Foster Sustainability within HEIs
No full textThe study moves from the need to depict the role of universities in furthering sustainability and sustainable development goals in society (Purcell et al., 2019) starting from the set of entangled relationships linking Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) with local businesses, government agencies, students, the civil society, and international partners. The relevance of HEIs in such a domain is also mirrored in their communication and reporting efforts (Lozano, 2011).
This paper focuses on the identification of the main drivers and barriers that HEIs
encounter in their increasing attempts to implement sustainability-oriented strategies, policies and initiatives. The chosen approach relies on service innovation to the extent that such concept can provide HEIs with the necessary support to stimulate the development of sustainability-related strategies and activities. Indeed, universities play a relevant role as collector of knowledgeable actors and innovators in the social context in which they are embedded (Gallouj et al., 2018).
The research questions guiding our study highlight the core aspects of the debate
concerning universities as catalysers of sustainability in multiple domains. The analysis conducted for the study is based on mixed method methodology, combining qualitative and quantitative data gathered from semi-structured interviews and two surveys on a broader sample of deans and academics across European HEIs.
The outcomes of our study are expected to contribute to the advancement of knowledge concerning the depiction of sustainability-oriented policies and strategies to be adopted by HEIs. Such results help to combine the need for innovative solutions in terms of the service provided in the field of education and research, with the increasing interest in service provision towards the private sector, the civil society, and the governmental institutions
Framing the main patterns of an academic innovation ecosystem. Evidence from a knowledge- intensive case study
No full textPurpose – This research aims to shed new lights on the most shared constructs developed on Innovation Ecosystems, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Technology Transfer Ecosystem proposing an additional stand-alone ecosystem.
Design/methodology/approach – This research is built upon a qual-quantitative analysis of an empirical case. The latter analysis is performed through a single case study methodology on the San Giovanni Hub of the Federico II University of Naples.
Findings – Evidence show how a technological hub orchestrates three main ecosystems for the knowledge exploitation: the technology transfer ecosystem, devoted to gathering knowledge from universities’ labs towards industries; the innovation ecosystem, able to manage the exploration and exploitation of new knowledge and techniques; the entrepreneurial ecosystem, that supports startup/spinoff creation process.
Research limitations/implications – Limitations mainly concern the fact that it is centred on just one case study.
Practical implications – Practical implications imply new opportunities for collaboration involving different stakeholders as university administrators, researchers, businesses and policymakers, creating a supportive environment for innovation.
Originality/value – The research offers a new vision about the role of Universities as creators and enablers of ecosystems pursuing diverse value propositions. The Academic Innovation Ecosystem is a new conceptualization of this role played by a university, and it can convey innovation and entrepreneurial attitude within its ecosystem leveraging on the transfer of university knowledge and technology
Innovation and entrepreneurship in smart cities: the role of research centres in marginal urban areas
No full textA current topic on which is struggling both in scientific literature and in the political sphere is the regeneration of urban deprived areas. It is well established that the thickness of local markets can enhance entrepreneurial activity (Vernon (1960)). It’s this true also for the particular case of new services? In past it is has been established that because they carry out so many different tasks, a balance of skills may be beneficial to entrepreneurs (Lazear, 2004, 2005). An actual approach, from service's prospective, useful to promote the entrepreneurial activity, is think in term of a smart city. The concept of “Smart City”, providing a solution for making cities more efficient and sustainable, has been quite popular in recent years, encouraging reflections, ideas, researches and projects for a “smart” urban development, particularly with reference to the smart service (Spohrer and Maglio, 2010; Barile and Polese, 2010). In this frame which rule have the universities and the research centres? We know that universities potentially contribute to healthy and sustainable regional economies in numerous ways (Goldstein, 1995). This paper proposes a model, with both theoretical and managerial implications, to analyze and to model the effects, if they are relevant, of the interdependence between research centres and the entrepreneurial activity in deprived urban areas in the age of smart city. So the paper aims to give an answer to the question regarding the possibility to requalify an area through a research centre considering, as driver of the approach, the entrepreneurial activity related to the new smart services for citizens generated by this co-creation value. Empirical results regard the east area of Naples (Italy)
Le opportunità per una rivoluzione urbana. Il caso delle capitali europee della cultura.
No full textL'articolo si propone di fornire una breve panoramica sulle questioni di pianificazione urbanistica delle Capitali europee della cultura,
con una particolare enfasi sulla organizzazione della città di Matera
Innovazione, PMI e il Policy Framework Europeo
No full textInnovation trends across European SMEs represent a sensible topic for the EU, which is increasingly engaged in the implementation of policies and programmes to support the development of innovation. Thus, in order to foster investments in R&D and convert research into improved goods, services, or processes for the market.
Enhancing innovation for SMEs also implies a shift from the classical industrial development a paradigm based on wide-scale industrial production, towards the “local development paradigm”, according to which more efforts should be addressed to the valorisation of a less globalised production, also able to better meet social needs. European competitiveness on a the global scale has to be consistent with this new perspective, in which product customisation
and exclusivity are the main characteristics of the supply, together with the need for constant innovation enhancement.
In such an evolving economic context, the EU is striving to promote Innovation initiatives, in compliance with the European Union regulatory framework and taking into account the
analysis provided by Innobarometer and Innovation Union Scoreboards reports
Trasferimento tecnologico e University engagement come interpretazione dei processi locali di innovazione. Un’analisi esplorativa
No full textOur study aims to illustrate the contribution of the settlement of a knowl edge-intensive hub in terms of innovation, technology and knowledge transfer
processes. The main theme of the study is the Hub of the «Federico II» University of Naples, the San Giovanni Hub («SGH»), a university campus and a
research centre which hosts laboratories, companies and a hybrid form of advanced training programmes in collaboration with multinational companies
INNOVATION AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS IN AN “ENGAGED” UNIVERSITY. THE CASE OF THE “FEDERICO II" SAN GIOVANNI HUB (SGH)
Full text linkWhat happens when a former industrial area (dismissed for nearly 20 years) is replaced by a knowledge-intensive Hub hosting: a University Campus, research centres and laboratories, firms, and a hybrid form of advanced education programmes in partnership with global-scale companies?
The present research aims at defining the scope of such emerging phenomenon occurring in a peripheral suburb in the East area of the city of Naples (Italy), and characterised by the settlement of a knowledge intensive Hub involving innovation, technology and knowledge transfer processes.
The main subject of the study is the San Giovanni a Teduccio “Federico II” University Hub, a university campus and research centre hosted by a peripheral urban suburb in the East area of Naples and herein named the San Giovanni Hub (“SGH”) or simply the “Hub”
La Dimensione Europea della Corporate Social Responsibility
No full textThe European Commission (EC) has been increasingly active in pushing European Union (EU) Member States to implement efficient public policies regarding the adoption of a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) approach for both private and public organisations. The 2011 “Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A renewed EU strategy 2011-14 for Corporate Social Responsibility (COM(2011)681)” is considered to be a pivotal starting point. The document emphasises the importance of a responsible business conduct underlined by the EU policy agenda.
The chosen strategy of the EU Commission indicates the ways in which business can benefit from a CSR-consistent approach and provide an added value for the community, at the same time. Indeed, a rising number of business activities across Europe is choosing to pose CSR strategies at the centre of their business model.
This paper aims at showing the ways in which CSR guidelines and provisions enacted by the EU are affecting “responsible” government-driven initiatives within Member States.
After a brief review of the theoretical framework regarding the concept of CSR, the paper will focus on the EC approach on CSR. To this end it will analyse both “softer” activities, such as communication and disclosure ones aiming at increasing the awareness of CSR issues, and stronger actions involving government engagement finalised to implement a regulatory framework. Furthermore, an overview of the main international and European regulatory instruments will be provided, concerning the adoption of socially responsible behaviours and their related disclosure to stakeholders and the community as a whole
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