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Local and territorial determinants in the realization of public-private-partnerships: an empirical analysis for Italian provinces
Full text linkThis is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Taylor and Francis in European Planning Studies on 17/07/2019, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1640187
The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.Relational networks and intangible factors are crucial elements for the competitiveness of a territory. Public–Private–Partnerships (PPPs), in particular, allow for the provision of goods and services that favour the exploitation of complementarities between public and private resources. They aim at promoting an increase in the overall efficiency of investment projects through a complex mechanism that distributes risk and revenues among stakeholders. This paper examines the local and territorial determinants of PPPs through an econometric analysis based upon Italian municipal data, grouped at the provincial level. Using a tobit model, we analyse the relationship between the realization of successful PPP initiatives and different sets of factors, including less analysed local and territorial determinants. We stress the role of the local management of infrastructure assets, the administrative efficiency of local authorities and the diffusion of previous local development initiatives. Local management and territorial context factors explain most of the occurrence of successful PPP initiatives in the pre-crisis period while usual determinants (infrastructure endowment and financial distress) display a weaker effect.This work was supported by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) through the Fund for Research Projects of National Interest (PRIN) [Grant Project Number 2008PP5E98].Published versio
Possibilities of growth of a candidate to European Union: The case of Romania
No full textIn this paper the socio-economic situation and perspectives of
growth of Romania will be discussed.
Romania is one of the “second wave” East European countries candidate
to enter the EU in 2007. Romania’s position, apparently similar to those
of the other candidates, is however quite peculiar. In spite of some positive
signals (growth, exports, FDI, productive international networks), it
deeply suffers from internal socio-economic inequalities, obsolete industries,
scarce technological progress, weak public administration, lacking
infrastructure. Moreover, concerns arise – as repeatedly stressed by European
Union Commission – with regard to the safeguard of human rights.
Nowadays trade liberalization and policies directed to convert the productive
system are ongoing in this country with the main objective of
fulfilling the EU acquis.
In this “race”, however, strength aspects and fragility elements of the
context play a fundamental role in influencing the result of major changes
that are taking place in Romania.
On one side the country benefits from a position in international production
system that could be a stimulus to endogenous growth processes,
on the other, however, serious internal obstacles still remain strong.
Following a trace highlighted by the recent literature on the effects of
trade liberalization, the author will examine Romania’s case to identify
main factors that could contribute to a stable path of growth and those
that constitute an obstacles to growth and internal convergence.
The analysis developed here constitutes a first step of a critical review
of such a complex case that, as a matter of fact, is different from those
of other CEECs that have entered the UE, even dissimilar from Bulgaria’s
position
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
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
European integration and regional dimension of unbalances
Full text linkEuropean integration and regional dimension of unbalances are analysed in the light of knowledge economy mechanisms
Positive forces and vicious mechanisms behind innovative activity in a lagging region
No full textLiterature about economic growth of less developed regions is traditionally concentrated on problems related to gaps and on the ways by which such regions might “run after” or even catch-up the more advanced economies. In these approaches, therefore, the central issue very often consists in the application of growth models constructed on the experiences of development.
On the other hand, pure literature on development refers mainly to Third World realities and deals essentially with problems linked to economic and social development of low income countries. Last but not least, traditional literature about technological change generally analyses growth processes of industrialised countries and aims at identifying general patterns and models that, however, reflect the success cases they are build upon.
However, in the last decades theoretical frameworks considering the role of “system” variables and mechanisms have provided some interpretative guidelines that seem useful to catch some aspects of the innovation processes taking places in lagging regions.
In this paper, therefore, through an empirical approach it is verified if “context” variables are relevant for innovative activity in a lagging self-contained region (i.e. Sicily)
Integrazione europea e flussi di conoscenza:crescita e divari regionali dei nuovi stati membri
No full textRethinking Regional Innovation Systems to capture regions’ variety
No full textOver the last few decades the concept of Regional Innovation Systems has given rise to a line of research which aims to highlight the functioning of network relationships and their importance in the innovation process at a meso-economic level.
Despite limitations, this approach has thrown up some interesting reflections on the systemic nature of the process of innovation at regional level. It proposes some insights to draw an interpretive framework which includes elements for analysing disparate regions.
The aim of this paper is to highlight the main aspects of the issue that might allow to go over in the debate opening up perspectives for analysing regional systems of innovation, both advanced and less favoured, so as successful and unsuccessful ones.
The identification of a shared taxonomy, that will act as an optical prism through which decomposing various components, capturing virtuous dynamics, as well as mechanisms of lock-in and malfunctioning of innovative systems at a regional level, will support policy making directed to regional growth
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