This paper examines the main characteristics of the Chinese banking industry. In particular, it analyses the main performance indicators of the system together with some prospects of future development. The paper also considers the problems related to high levels of non-performing loans (NPLs)...

The significance of cultural factors in the international economic environment has recently increased thanks to economic, political and social aspects. The role of cultural elements has been emphasized by a wide range of studies, both from the theoretical as well as the empirical point of view....

The progressive strengthening of economic and political relations in the North-Adriatic area and their gradual formalization encouraged by the new institutional structures of Euro-regions are phenomena of central importance to the actual economic environment of the countries involved. These...

The paper stresses how Italian and Chinese SMEs internationalize according to different approaches. Indeed, in the former case firms may move abroad because they follow the so-called lead firms, that act as a meta-national body, whereas in the latter case SMEs are committed to exports and/or...