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Serie di ritratti d'uomini illustri toscani : con gli elogj istorici dei medesimi [...].
No full textEngraved t.-p. with ornamental border. Initials. Vignettes.Gravures: F. Allegrini, C. Faucci, G. Traballesi, M. Vieroi, G. Zocchi e.a
Front Cover: Macromol. Chem. Phys. 6/2014
No full textThe preparation of different styrene-based polymer films containing small amounts of tetraphenylethylene (TPE) and the evaluation of their photoluminescent behavior are reported. TPE molecular rotors show brilliant blue emission in a poor solvent or in a glassy styrene-based polymer matrix, where the intramolecular rotations of its aryls result as being completely arrested, but the fluorescence is weakened to pale green and eventually to a faint signal when good solvents or viscous but not glassy polymer matrices are used. This behavior suggests potential benefits in applications such as polymer traceability. Further details can be found in the article by G. Iasilli, A. Battisti, F. Tantussi, F. Fuso, M. Allegrini, G. Ruggeri, and A. Pucci on page 499
Corporate boards, audit committees and voluntary disclosure: evidence from Italian Listed Companies
No full textThis paper investigates the interplay between governance and disclosure in an agency setting, featured by concentrated ownership and high insider shareholders representation in the board. In this context, agency conflicts happen between large controlling shareholders and minority outside investors, with risks of private benefits exploitation. We regressed a voluntary disclosure index on seven governance variables related either to the board structure and functioning. The empirical evidence is provided by the Italian stock market. Our results suggest the presence of a complementary relationship between governance and disclosure. Diligent monitoring activity is associated with greater transparency to the outside. The findings are consistent with the view that internal and external control tend to be present at the same time, since the presence of one of them reduces the incentive for the controlling shareholders to limit the other. The empirical evidence also show that larger boards are not detrimental to outside shareholders, with regard to voluntary disclosure. The study can contribute to the understanding of the relationship between governance and disclosure in a particular agency setting. They might be of interest to practitioners and regulators, insofar as they are consistent with calls for more disclosure requirements in this agency setting
Crises redefined: towards new spaces for social innovation in inner areas?
No full textThis article explores the relationship between the emergence of a ‘crisis society', social innovation and community resilience in Italian inner areas. Arguing that the concept of ‘crisis society'–as a further development of a ‘risk society’–can help to frame both the increasing of uncertainty and the possibility for social change, the paper outlines a theoretical reflection on how context of crisis can influence social arrangements and forms of solidarity. In particular, it proposes to adopt the analytical lenses of social innovation and community resilience to discuss the relation between crisis, local dynamism and collective action. Secondly, it identifies Italian inner areas as an interesting field of research were to analyse how innovative initiatives and narratives can emerge in context of crisis, with a special focus on the Covid-19 pandemic. Without denying the negative consequences of this crisis, this early research paper sheds light on how crisis can be redefined on a double level. Firstly, by opening new windows of opportunities for collective action and bottom-up resilience. Secondly, by reframing inner areas, usually represented as vulnerable territories, as spaces where the creative capacity of local community can emerge. Finally, the paper identifies further trajectories of investigation for empirical research
Nouvelles perspectives sur le bien-être culturel : le rôle du tiers secteur en matière de patrimoine culturel
No full textThis essay is based on research carried out in 2021-2022 by the Foundation School of Cultural Assets and Activities of the Italian Ministry of Culture. The data obtained provides an interesting overview of an emerging reality in the Italian third sector, “heritage communities”—formal or informal groups capable of enhancing and preserving the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of Italy. This article defines these heritage communities as pathways towards cultural well-being. It proposes to identify in heritage communities innovative mechanisms in terms of practices and policies of cultural well-being, a new form of well-being inspired by the World Health Organization’s recognition in 2019 of the fundamental relationship between care and cultureCet essai est basé sur une recherche menée en 2021-2022 par la Fondation Scuola Beni Attività Culturali du ministère italien de la Culture. Les données obtenues donnent un aperçu intéressant d’une réalité émergente dans le troisième secteur italien, les « communautés patrimoniales »—des groupes formels ou informels en mesure d’améliorer et de préserver le patrimoine culturel matériel et immatériel de l’Italie. Cet article définit ces communautés patrimoniales comme des voies vers le bien-être culturel. Il propose d’identifier dans les communautés patrimoniales des mécanismes innovants en termes de pratiques et de politiques de bien-être culturel, une nouvelle forme de bien-être inspirée par la reconnaissance par l’Organisation mondiale de la santé, en 2019, de la relation fondamentale entre les soins de la santé et la culture
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