In 2007 the new framework for capital adequacy of banks (Basel 2), defined in 2004 by the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision, will replace the 1988 Accord (Basel 1) in all major countries. In the last years the Committee has carried out several impact studies in order to simulate the...

Il lavoro si pone l'obiettivo di definire se e come una rete (ex L. 33/2009) pu' essere oggetto di analisi e valutazione del merito creditizio, da parte del sistema bancario, e se la rete è un soggetto virtuoso rispetto alle singole imprese che la compongono, generando così il "premio di...

The paper focuses on internationalization strategies to be adopted by industrial district firms facing the deep change related to the world wide market opening process. Critical factors and threats are pointed out, in order to identify developing strategies that can enforce a co-ordination role...

This issue of the journal Sinergie collects papers presented at the conference held in Urbino in April 2005 on "The internationalization of small business and industrial districts", organized by the Faculty of Economics, Urbino University. The initiative was an opportunity to reflect on a theme,...

This note discusses some contributions and ideas on the role of entrepreneurs in Economics, from Adam Smith to the Austrian tradition. The paper observes that there are different forms of entrepreneurship and that realism is needed to understand the social availability of entrepreneurship across...