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In the 1990s the banks established in the Italian South have reduced their cost-income ratios and improved their ability to screen customers, increasing profitability.
Fabio Panetta
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Understanding stakeholders' perspectives behind wildfires in Sicily: A Q‐methodology approach
Abstract Mediterranean wildfires persistently challenge regions due to climatic factors, changing land use, and abandonment of rural areas, posing threats to both ecosystems and human well‐being. Current fire management emphasizes fire exclusion, neglecting traditional methods and socio‐ ecological processes, thereby elevating the risk of catastrophic ...
Erika Piroli +3 more
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Bubalus bubalis: A Short Story
The domestic buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), also known as water buffalo or Asian buffalo to prevent confusion with the American bison (Bison bison), wrongly named buffalo in North America, comprises two subspecies: the river buffalo (B.
Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino +3 more
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Abstract This article discusses different policy approaches to achieving one of the key goals that Rachel Reeves set out in her Mais lecture in 2024: bridging regional inequalities in the UK. If it is agreed that the unfettered free market economic model pursued by successive governments in recent decades has led to an intolerable regional ...
Kira Gartzou‐Katsouyanni
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Economic growth and internationalisation in the italian mezzogiorno: The emergence of "lights and shadows" in a european periphery [PDF]
In the most recent years, the pattern of economic development of the Italian Mezzogiorno has given signs of a remarkable change in progress. Up to the beginning of the 1990s, the whole area was by and large characterised by a single macroeconomic model ...
Simona Iammarino, Paolo Guerrieri
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The study uncovers commonalities and differences between the “twin transitions” at national and regional levels in the EU, focusing on the role of institutions, among other socio‐economic drivers, in shaping them. It concludes that green and digital transitions are robustly influenced by human capital, innovative activities, and institutional ...
Alexandru Bănică +3 more
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The Green Revolution is commonly understood as the dramatic increase in food production in Mexico and India between the 1940s and 1970s due to the spread of new agricultural technologies, especially high‐yielding seed varieties. Beyond this conventional understanding, however, historians are now revealing the occurrence of—and connections between ...
Michele Sollai
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Convergence or Divergence of Italian Regions?
The paper seeks to determine the occurrence of either convergence or divergence processes between Italian regions and to establish whether these processes are permanent or periodical in character.
Sławomir Pastuszka, Jurand Skrzypek
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Internationalisation : threat or opportunity for the survival of the Italian district model? [PDF]
National borders in Europe have been opening since 1992 and the Union is expanding to embrace more countries prompting enterprises to consider alternative and more attractive locations outside their home country to handle part of their activities (Van ...
Mariotti, I., Mariotti, Ilaria
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The Italian Mezzogiorno: From a "National Matter" to an "European Opportunity" [PDF]
The aim of the paper is to analyze the present economic conditions of Southern Italy, particularly regarding the actual competitiveness of this region and possible future developments. We will outline the various features of Southern Italy economy giving
Vincenzo, Claudio Genna
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