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...

In 2010, the Lisbon Strategy came to its end. Even if many targets have not been fully reached by each of the 27 EU Members, a new and more ambitious reform strategy has been launched: the Europe 2020 Strategy. In order to evaluate the results of the Lisbon Strategy and of Europe 2020 Strategy,...

<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...

This paper focuses on the main drivers of the distribution of the Rural Development Policy's expenditure throughout the EU. Ex-post funds distribution across EU NUTS3 regions is considered. Three effects are admitted as major drivers: the "country effect"; the "rural effect" (i.e., the more...

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the most important EU Policy in terms of total expenditure. Nevertheless, its impact on EU-27 regions is rather uneven: actually, some regions have historically received a larger support than others. Territorial imbalances, however, represent only part of...

Although representing less than 20% of total CAP expenditure, the Rural Development Policy (RDP) 2007-2013 is supposed to support rural areas which are facing new challenges. Currently, many EU rural areas are experiencing major trans- formations and the traditional urban-rural divide seems...