The aim of this essay is to focus the attention on the vitality and the centrality of the social role that nonprofit organizations carry out in the process of development of a society. In particular, what we want to highlight is the ability of the third sector to be placed like a vital propeller...

First of all, the paper analyzes the competitive strenght of the italian districts and of their small and medium firms, without disregarding some critical aspects of such a productive system. In the second place, the paper provides a wide and deep analysis concerning the productive districts in...