The paper explores the structural changes, in response to internationalization, in an important traditional activity (food chain, meat processing) in a typical ‘district area’. In the paper, attention is focused on the ‘Institutional structure of production’ (Coase, R. 1992) and the...

<em>La mobilità come common ambientale: uno schema per la valutazione delle politiche</em> - The debated issue of sustainable mobility has become one of the main points on every decision-maker agenda since the last thirty years. The idea proposed in this work is to redefine the resource «mobility» as...

<i> Le virtù dei commons:imprese cooperative e formazione di beni pubblici di filiera. Un esercizio di classificazione contrattuale </i> (di Enrico Giovannetti) - ABSTRACT: The paper discusses the mechanisms involved in the establishment of cooperative institutions and their roles. These institutions...

<i> Processi di vita delle imprese cooperative: mezzo secolo di cooperazione a Modena dal dopoguerra ad oggi </i> (di Enrico Giovannetti)- ABSTRACT: The cooperative enterprises in the Province of Modena are ‘long life’ economic species. Their longevity increases as their ability in developing a...

Since small and medium-sized enterprises and innovative start-ups always face greater difficulties in obtaining capital from traditional sources of finance, the development of alternative funding tools such as equity crowdfunding has helped them to bridge their financing gap. The purpose of this...