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Supplemental Material - Does industry resilience matter for postshock industrial policy? A focus on tourism-related industries
No full textSupplemental Material for Does industry resilience matter for postshock industrial policy? A focus on tourism-related industries by Elena Prodi, Vincenzo Fasone and Marco R Di Tommaso in Tourism Economics</p
Entry strategies into China: The choice between Joint Ventures and Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprises: An application to the Italian manufacturing sector
No full textWe investigate the entry choice between Joint Ventures and Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprises in the Chinese market. The analysis is based on Italian firms, thus allowing to evaluate the behaviour of also small-medium sized companies — usually less focused on by the literature on entry modes. The data, mainly from a questionnaire, supply detailed enterprise-level information and make possible to properly measure and evaluate the impact on entry modes of several variables such as innovation, internationalization, and, new in the empirical literature on this issue, corporate capital structure
Una valutazione delle politiche di supporto alla collaborazione tra ricerca e imprese: dai parchi scientifici e tecnologici ai centri di competenze. Italia e Germania a confronto
No full textEncuentros con Elena Poniatowska
No full textThe author analyzes testimonial literature from the perspective of female literature through his meeting with Elena Poniatowska. An analysis of reality vs. Fiction in Elena, Jesusa and Tinisima.El autor analiza, desde su encuentro con Elena Poniatowska, la vertiente de la literatura testimonial como literatura de mujeres. Un análisis interior de la relación entre realidad y ficción, entre Elena, Jesusa o Tinísima
Industrial Policy and Structural Change Sustainability. Theories and Practices in the Contemporary International Context
No full textLa raccolta di sei articoli presentati in questa tesi si occupa di politiche industriali selettive, concettualizzate come interventi pubblici di governo dei processi di cambiamento strutturale dei sistemi produttivi verso obiettivi sociali desiderati. In particolare, i contributi hanno esplorato, sia da un punto di vista teorico che empirico, come le pratiche di politica industriale contemporanee possano garantire che tali trasformazioni strutturali siano economicamente e socialmente sostenibili. In particolare, la ricerca sostiene che, nell'ambito dell'attuale dibattito sulla politica industriale, dovrebbero emergere ed essere discussi nuovi strumenti concettuali e analitici orientati alla sostenibilità dei cambiamenti strutturali, per supportare i decisori politici nel governare le trasformazioni socio-economiche verso gli obiettivi sociali desiderati, mitigando al contempo l'aumento dei fallimenti di governo.
Questa raccolta di articoli è strutturata come segue:
Il primo articolo (“Industry 4.0 policy from a sociotechnical perspective: the case of German competence centers”) esplora come l'iniziativa politica tedesca "Mittelstand 4.0" abbia consentito alle PMI una complessa transizione sociotecnica caratterizzata da interazioni dinamiche tra persone, istituzioni e tecnologie. Vengono presentati spunti empirici sulla progettazione e sull'attuazione delle politiche per Industria 4.0.
Il secondo articolo (“Structural Change and Industrialization in Ethiopia: Lessons from the Agro-Industrial Parks Initiative”) analizza il processo messa a punto di una rete di parchi agroindustriali in Etiopia, finalizzati alla trasformazione strutturale del settore agricolo. L'articolo evidenzia come il cambio di regime politico avvenuto nel 2018 abbia consentito l'ingresso di nuovi stakeholder nella fase di implementazione della politica e quindi per correggere parzialmente la traiettoria dell’intervento, allontanandosi dall’ approccio dirigista e top-down diventando invece una iniziativa partecipativa e multi-stakeholder.
Il terzo articolo (“Local public spending, electoral consensus, and sustainable structural change”) esplora l'idea che, per governare il cambiamento strutturale in modo sostenibile, le iniziative politiche dovrebbero conciliare interessi contrapposti, per evitare l'esasperazione delle tensioni e il collasso del sistema. In particolare, il contributo sostiene che la spesa pubblica locale rappresenti un canale attraverso cui conciliare tali interessi contrapposti. I risultati producono implicazioni per i decisori politici che si debbono preoccupare di ottenere il consenso elettorale necessario per governare il cambiamento strutturale in modo sostenibile.
Il quarto articolo ("Do informal institutions matter for the economic resilience of European regions? A study of the post-2008 shock") esplora la relazione tra istituzioni informali e "resilienza" nelle regioni dell'UE negli anni successivi alla Grande Recessione del 2008.
Il quinto articolo ("Conceptualizing and measuring "industry resilience": composite indicators for post-shock industrial policy decision-making") sviluppa il concetto di resilienza industriale post-shock. Concetto che consente di fare luce sulla eterogeneità con cui i diversi settori reagiscono agli shock imprevisti, consentendo così ai decisori politici di elaborare iniziative industriali per incoraggiare la sostenibilità dei cambiamenti strutturali. Dal punto di vista metodologico, viene sviluppato un indicatore composito che consente di visualizzare e confrontare le performance settoriali in modo dinamico e lo applichiamo agli Stati Uniti dopo lo shock del 2008.
Il sesto articolo ("Does Industry Resilience matter for post-shock Industrial Policy? A focus on tourism related industries") mette a punto la metodologia basata su indicatori compositi e la applica al caso italiano, mostrando in che misura i settori hanno reagito in modo eterogeneo allo shock del 2008.The collection of six papers presented in this thesis focuses on selective industrial policy, here conceptualized as public interventions governing the process of structural change affecting contemporary production systems towards desired societal goals. In particular, the papers have explored, both from a theoretical and an empirical angle, how contemporary real-world industrial policy practices can ensure that such structural transformations are economically and socially sustainable. Specifically, the research contends that, within the current debate on industrial policy, new conceptual framework and analytical tools oriented towards a structural change sustainability should emerge and be discussed to support policymakers in governing socio-economic transformation towards desired societal goals, while mitigating the rise of government failures.
This collection of papers is structured as follows:
The first paper (“Industry 4.0 policy from a sociotechnical perspective: the case of German competence centers”) explores how the German policy initiative “Mittelstand 4.0: digital production and work processes” has enabled across SMEs a complex sociotechnical transition characterized by dynamic interactions between human actors, institutions and technologies. Empirical insights on Industry 4.0 policy design and implementation are presented.
The second paper (“Structural Change and Industrialization in Ethiopia: Lessons from the Agro-Industrial Parks Initiative”) analyses the process of the design and implementation of the Ethiopian Integrated Agro-Industrial Parks Initiative, targeting a structural transformation of the agricultural sector. The article highlights how a change in the political regime occurred in 2018 opened a window of opportunity for new stakeholders to enter the phase of policy implementation and thus partially correct the policy trajectory, departing from its dirigiste, top-down approach and shifting towards a multi-stakeholder and participatory initiative.
The third paper (“Local public spending, electoral consensus, and sustainable structural change”) explores the idea that, to govern structural change in a sustainable way, policy initiatives should reconcile juxtaposed interests, to avoid the exacerbation of tensions and system’s collapse. Specifically, the paper contends that local public spending represents a channel through which reconciling such juxtaposing interests. The results yield implications for policymakers to garner the electoral consensus they need for governing structural change in a sustainable way.
The fourth paper (“Do informal institutions matter for the economic resilience of European regions? A study of the post-2008 shock”) has explored the relationship between informal institutions and “resilience” across EU regions in the years following the 2008 Great Recession. Policy implications have been drawn from the results and discussed.
The fifth paper (“Conceptualizing and measuring “industry resilience”: composite indicators for post-shock industrial policy decision-making”) deals with the question: can resilience be a relevant concept also for industrial policy? Theoretically, we frame postshock industry resilience as a conceptual framework shedding light on how different sectors react to unforeseen shocks and thus enabling policymakers to craft industrial initiative to encourage structural change sustainability. Methodologically, we develop a composite indicator allowing to visualize and compare sectoral performances dynamically and we apply it to the US post-2008 shock.
The sixth paper (“Does Industry Resilience matter for post-shock Industrial Policy? A focus on tourism related industries”) fine tunes the composite indicators-based methodology and applies it to the Italian case, showing to what extent sectors have reacted heterogeneously to the 2008 shock
Strategie d’entrata in Cina: la scelta tra JV e Wofe.Una applicazione al settore manifatturiero italiano
No full textutilizzando la Transaction Cost Analysis applicata ad un data base inedito abbiamo testato empiricamente le entry mode strategies delle imprese italiane nel mercato cinese.In particolare ci concentriamo sulla scelta tra Joint venture e, Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprises (WOFEs). i dati sono stati ricavati da un questionario esplicitamente costruito per questo obbiettivo. è stato quindi possibile misurare e valutare l'impatto sulle scelte di entrata di alcune variabili come l'innovazione gli assetti proprietari, la dimensione d'impresa i nostri risultati sono generalmente in linea con quanto prevede la TCA. ci sono tuttavia della differenze dovute alle peculiarità delle imprese italiane e del mercato cinese
Strategie d’entrata in Cina: la scelta tra JV e Wofe.Una applicazione al settore manifatturiero italiano
No full textutilizzando la Transaction Cost Analysis applicata ad un data base inedito abbiamo testato empiricamente le entry mode strategies delle imprese italiane nel mercato cinese.In particolare ci concentriamo sulla scelta tra Joint venture e, Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprises (WOFEs). i dati sono stati ricavati da un questionario esplicitamente costruito per questo obbiettivo. è stato quindi possibile misurare e valutare l'impatto sulle scelte di entrata di alcune variabili come l'innovazione gli assetti proprietari, la dimensione d'impresa i nostri risultati sono generalmente in linea con quanto prevede la TCA. ci sono tuttavia della differenze dovute alle peculiarità delle imprese italiane e del mercato cinese
Meteotsunamis: the hazard in the coastal areas
No full textMeteotsunamis (or meteorological tsunamis) are long, progressive sea waves triggered by external forcings due to meteorological events as e.g., air pressure disturbances, wind gusts and fast-moving storms that are observed in beaches of enclosed basins and/or in ocean waves entering the harbors and bays. The atmospheric disturbance in open sea generates near the surface water the localized waves, that travel at the same speed but with a period ranging from a few minutes to two hours. The waves propagate toward the shore amplifying near the coast due to resonance mechanisms related to the bathymetric characteristics of the waterbody and the topography of the coastal line. Therefore, a meteotsunamis results from two resonance effects: an external resonance between the air pressure disturbance and the long sea waves in the open sea, followed by an internal resonance between the incoming long waves and the harbor/bay eigenmodes.
Meteotsunamis have been observed all around the globe, but the most destructive events happened at a limited number of sites where meteorological and resonance conditions (i.e., intense resonant amplification due to the harbor/bay geomorphology, dynamic instability, frontal passages, gales, squalls, storms, tornadoes, convection cells, and atmospheric gravity waves) are satisfied at the same time. Examples of these sites are the North-East Adriatic Sea, the Balearic Islands (Spain) and the Sicily Strait (Marrobbio). Over the years, this natural phenomenon recorded an increase (higher frequency of Medicanes) and it has caused structural damages to properties and infrastructures along the coastal areas, as well as human casualties.
In the last fifteen years, numerous studies have addressed the issue of producing statistics and hazard estimates for meteotsunamis, even though in situ data are scarce and often available with a low spatial and temporal resolution. Numerical atmospheric-ocean models, mostly running with simulated air-pressure disturbance and calibrated over data of real events, were therefore carried out seeking to establish a shared approach for hazard estimation and meteotsunamis short-term forecast. Selecting appropriate models for this natural phenomenon is important in the view of planning coastal intervention in danger areas and quantifying the hazard in the harbor/bay in relation to geomorphological changes. In this light the PMO-GATE project (Preventing, Managing and Overcoming Natural-Hazards Risks to mitiGATE economic and social impact project) in the framework of the Interreg V Italy-Croatia 2014-2020 Program aims to develop a joint innovative methodology to strengthen and consolidate the collaboration against natural disasters specific to the NUTS Italy-Croatia in order to increase the level of protection, resilience and prevention of natural disasters through shared management methodologies and multi-risk overcoming of extreme events, such as meteotsunamis, to deal with natural risk with greater awareness and effectiveness.
In particular, it is crucial to understand whether and how the hazard estimate would be modified due to coastal changes brought about by the rise in the sea level expected as a consequence of climate changes
Bio-bibliografía de y sobre Elena Poniatowska Amor
No full textThe objective of this article is to collect and present: I. the chronology of the life and work of Elena Poniatowska; II. the complete works (as principal and secondary author), and III. the bibliography on the author (books, chapters, and articles).El objetivo de este artículo es reunir y presentar: I. los datos cronológicos fundamentales de la vida y la obra de Elena Poniatowska; II. El compendio de sus obras (como autora principal y como secundaria); y III. la bibliografía sobre la escritora (libros, capítulos de libros y artículos)
El Tlacuache Núm. 698 (2015). 698 Año 13 (2015) noviembre. El Tlacuache
No full textLa mujer vista por cronistas en tiempos novohispanos por Laura Elena Hinojosa. - El Códice Mauricio de la Arena forma parte de Los códices de Tlaquiltenango por Laura Elena Hinojosa
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