Globalization means the affirmation of a single market at the global level. More generally, the word globalization is usually used to indicate a unified world that tends to homogenize products and consumption patterns. In addition to the undoubtedly positive effects that the processes of...

Italian Abstract: I lavori di recupero del patrimonio storico artistico della chiesa di San Vito, recentemente eseguiti, hanno permesso di riscoprire, anche sulla scorta delle informazioni contenute in numerosi documenti, l'identità storico-architettonica di questo importante monumento...

Italian Abstract: Il multilinguismo reca diversi benefici economici agli individui e all'economia nel suo insieme. Le competenze linguistiche possono generare sostanziali differenziali salariali in favore di coloro che sviluppano repertori linguistici multilingui, ed esse contribuiscono alla...

A comparison of the 2007-08 crisis with that of 1929 showed its extreme gravity, but it also may have implied that the old harmful mistakes would not be repeated. After four years, the crisis has not been solved and it even threatens to worsen. Neo-conservative Republicans claim that this is...

National transparency and good government are important prerequisites in order to access international financial markets. In relation to the growing relevance of such issues, this study evaluates economic and technological performance of countries by discriminant analysis. The application is...

The purpose of this paper is a comparative analysis of economic and technological performances of different countries. Data from Eurostat are used. The methodology applies descriptive statistics, correlation, regression and cluster analyses. The main results are: the best economic performance...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between public and private funding for research. Data from Eurostat are used. The methodology applies descriptive statistics, correlation, regression and cluster analyses. The main results are: public funding for research crowds out...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between public and private research funding. Data from Eurostat are used. The methodology applies econometric models based on regression analyses. The main results are: public R&D expenditure is a complement for private R&D one, but the...

The following note is concerned with the definition of IPE, a computable index measuring the intensity of the evolutionary process relative to a given market. In order to reach such a goal, by using a suitable set of axioms, it is necessary to reconstruct the evolution of the firm productive...

Analogous to the Richter Scale for earthquakes, you introduce the Scale of Technological Magnitude (SMAT in Italian), an event scale to quantify the size and impact of technology transfer in geo-economic environment and adopters. It is based on number of technological contacts and computed...