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This paper aims to analyze the relevance of intangible assets, in particular linked to social re-sponsibility, with reference to performance measurement systems in local utilities companies. Other two aspects can be connected to the emerging role of intangibles for the performance measurement:...
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company to reach its strategic aims, reconcile efficiency and effectiveness, verify (and demonstrate) social responsibility …
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used to study efficiency and productivity, such as the average labour cost per employee and the Km of network per user. The … econometric analysis on efficiency is conducted by using the SURE method in the estimate of a TransLog variable cost function. The …
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This paper describes the main international trends in the demand for and supply and cost of hospital services in the last decades. In almost all countries, including Italy, there has been a substantial reduction in the total length of hospitalizations, a steady rise in the use of day-hospitals...
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After a review of the governance of welfare policies and of subsidiarity experiences in the third sector, the Social Agency Model is proposed. It integrates in a structured way public and private action against poorness, above all the activity of the third sector. The model is based on the...
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Private insurance markets provide insufficient coverage for risks coming from natural disasters. We argue that in such markets the typical market failure is mainly due to reasons other than asymmetric information. More specifically, the low probability of a disaster, together with the height of...
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This paper analyzes the potential and the limits of project finance for the provision of local public services and compares them with alternative instruments in the light of current regulation. The main requirements for project finance, even in non “pure” forms, to justify its complex...
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Italian Abstract: Le cooperative di comunità che si stanno diffondendo in molte parti del mondo sono il punto di arrivo di un processo evolutivo che ha visto il progressivo spostamento del baricentro delle cooperative da particolari gruppi sociali e professionali alla società nel complesso....
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Italian Abstract: La qualità dell’approvvigionamento energetico costituisce un importante fattore di competitività per le imprese e di benessere per le famiglie. Analizzando i divari sul territorio italiano nella continuità della fornitura elettrica, il lavoro mostra come, in media per...
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Italian Abstract: Nel panorama europeo e italiano le imprese di comunità si stanno affermando, sotto diverse forme istituzionali, come attore chiave in processi di rigenerazione urbana. Queste organizzazioni, di diversa natura, si distinguono per il ruolo che assumono in ambiti territoriali...
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