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    The Economics of Cars

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    The automotive sector represents more than a simple industry. It embodies the economic and technological power of nations, the lifestyle and consumption patterns of societies, the dynamics of urban and territorial development, and acts as a national barometer of economic success and failure. This book explains how the car industry works and analyses the challenges both for the sector and for the economies that rely on the industry for jobs, growth and innovation. It explores an industry that has been under severe pressure in industrialized countries for many years – factories have closed, jobs have gone and brands and manufacturers have disappeared – yet world production has never been higher, reaching new peaks annually. The authors investigate how western and Japanese manufacturers still dominate the market, despite the challenge posed by Korean, Chinese and Indian competitors. They examine how changing environmental policies and consumer preferences are moving the industry towards electric vehicles; how usage patterns are evolving, favouring car-sharing; and how advances in electronics and digitalization are set to further reshape the sector with autonomous and self-driving vehicles. The book offers readers a short, non-technical guide to the workings of a fast-moving industry that remains of huge importance to both national and global economies

    La produzione assicurativa del ramo danni

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    Nel presente capitolo l’attenzione è rivolta alla produzione assicurativa danni. In particolare, una volta definiti i principi generali dell’assicurazione danni ed evidenziati gli aspetti che accomunano le polizze assicurative in essa ricomprese, si prendono in esame alcune delle forme contrattuali che assumono maggior rilievo nell’ambito delle tre ampie categorie in cui è possibile ricondurre l’intera produzione danni: l’assicurazione di Responsabilità Civile, l’assicurazione della persona e l’assicurazione sulle cose.This chapter analyzes non-life insurance products. In particular, this section defines the general principles of the non-life insurance products and highlights the common aspects of these insurance policies. Then, it analyzes the main non-life insurance products

    Coopetition : a strategic model for horticultural sector? : the case of Lombardy Region

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    The structural features and the organization of Italian agribusiness are characterized by small-sized family farms, so in order to solve both problems of intra-organizational and inter-organizational nature there is a proliferation of hybrids. The presence of hybrids in an agribusiness system prompts speculation about the present role of such coordinating structures. Numerous studies have addressed separately on competition and cooperation. In this paper the focus is on the study of new strategic behaviours characterized by the simultaneous presence of cooperative and competitive attitudes, indicated by the neologism coopetition. Coopetition can be described as a path in which players gradually adopt increasingly clear and noticeable coopetitive behaviours. Aim of this work is to verify the presence of coopetitive behaviours in the horticultural sector and define the driving forces of this strategic model. Two types of driving forces have been recognized. The first ones are within the system and can be identified as needs / opportunities that each actor considers as strategic processes to develop in a common environment with other structures; the second ones are external factors encouraging or creating opportunities to develop common activitie

    Manuale di Economia, gestione e legislazione delle imprese di ristorazione

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    Questo manuale di economia, gestione e legislazione delle imprese di ristorazione illustra in modo omogeneo i principi giuridici e i fondamenti economici che soprassiedono alla più opportuna organizzazione aziendale delle società di ristorazione. L'opera si prefigge lo scopo di fornire agli studenti di scienze e tecnologie della ristorazione ed anche a chi opera professionalmente all'interno delle imprese del settore, uno strumento facilmente consultabile, costituendo un determinante supporto di conoscenza delle dinamiche economiche e legislative del settore, tale da consentire al lettore di affrontare l'approfondimento e la futura analisi tecnica degli argomenti trattati. La comparazione con la normativa europea con la descrizione e l'utilizzo di apposite tabelle esplicative rende efficace la lettura e la comprensione degli accadimenti economici aziendali attraverso i suoi documenti tipici quale il bilancio di esercizio il budget e il business pla
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