This chapter discusses the relation between flexibility and precariousness by using a longitudinal panel constructed from the administrative records of the Italian Social Security System (Inps) and compiled at the Department of Economics, Venice University. The data set concerns the entire...

This paper focuses on the possible causal relationships between the stock market indices and a set of sentiment indicators in seven European Union countries. The results are not univocal. In some countries, the local stock index seems to behave as a leading indicator with reference to most...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the process of capability building at subsidiary level and the forces preventing such process. The paper discusses and tests three propositions governing this process. Design/methodology/approach: This research is based on multiple case studies....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the dynamics of labour market flows over the business cycle through a vacancy chain model. It provides a direct computation of vacancy chains using micro data, empirically investigates the relationship between chain length and the...

Una vivace polemica agita le acque della laguna di Venezia. L’attracco di navi da crociera sempre più grandi e più numerose, rappresenta un costo o un beneficio per Venezia? Quanto dovrebbero essere disposti a sacrificare i residenti rispetto a quello che possono aspettarsi da questa forma...