@article {658, title = {State of the Art of Economy-Wide Material Flow Accounting in the Scientific Literature}, journal = {Trash or Treasure}, year = {2024}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-55131-4_3}, author = {Chioatto, E. and Liscio, M.C. and Sospiro, P.} } @article {647, title = {State of the art on the Nexus between sustainability, fashion industry and sustainable business model}, journal = {Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy}, volume = {32}, year = {2023}, pages = {100968}, abstract = {The fashion industry is one of the most environmentally impactful. It is estimated that about 9\% of greenhouse gas emissions are attributable to this industry. It also turns out to be a highly resource-consuming industry with a rather low recycling rate. With this in mind, the authors wanted to further research the issue of sustainability in fashion. This was done with two main purposes: to update the literature to investigate the latest scientific contributions, to foster their application in sustainable business models; and to help define the state of the art on the topic by investigating the application of sustainable best practices in the market. The study is intended as a basis for future work that will focus on the topic of fashion sustainability and to support the adoption of sustainable business models by companies. This study analyses the fashion industry, particularly the textile, footwear, and leather industries, by searching the scientific literature and business cases for the current state of the art on recent best practices in process, product, and business strategies that have a positive impact on industry sustainability. A systematic literature review and business case research was conducted to identify best practices and gaps on areas of the fashion industry that can be catalysts for change toward a circular economy system based on sustainable business models. Policies and possible solutions to environmental problems related to the fashion industry were also considered. The study showed that there are many technologies, best practices and innovations that aim to make the fashion industry less impactful and, most importantly, circular. Therefore, some representative results for each of the three areas investigated are explored in depth, keeping in mind that there are the companies and sectors involved have sometimes unique peculiarities and characteristics, so it is not possible to have results equally applicable to each business model.}, keywords = {Best practice, Circular economy, Fashion, Sustainable business model}, issn = {2352-5541}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scp.2023.100968}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352554123000025}, author = {Caterina DePonte and Marco Ciro Liscio and Paolo Sospiro} } @article {627, title = {Smart Specialisation Strategy in practice: have regions changed the allocation of Structural Funds?}, journal = {Regional Studies}, volume = {56}, year = {2022}, pages = {155-170}, url = {www.scopus.com}, author = {D{\textquoteright}Adda,D. and Iacobucci,D. and Perugini,F.} } @article {628, title = {Space{\textendash}time analysis of entrepreneurial ecosystems}, journal = {Journal of Technology Transfer}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) are viewed as the combination or interaction of elements producing shared innovative and cultural values that support entrepreneurial activities within a territory. The literature has mainly taken a static view of the concept and has analyzed these ecosystems at national or at NUTS-2 regional level. This paper proposes the NUTS-3 provincial level as a spatial unit for measuring EEs in a dynamic perspective and focuses on the Italian case using data for the 2000{\textendash}2018 period. The choice of NUTS-3 provinces is supported by theoretical arguments and it is confirmed by empirical results, which show some degree of heterogeneity in the level of EEs across provinces and some spatial patterns that would have been ignored using larger spatial units. The temporal dimension also reveals some intra-distribution mobility in the cross-sectional values of the provincial EE index. The paper contributes to advancing the research on EEs, has implications for policymakers and practitioners, and suggests directions for future studies. {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.}, doi = {10.1007/s10961-021-09906-w}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85122300263\&doi=10.1007\%2fs10961-021-09906-w\&partnerID=40\&md5=902ba6aa5741381d9d81302486983b4c}, author = {Perugini, F.} } @article {en14185637, title = {Smart Grid in China, EU, and the US: State of Implementation}, journal = {Energies}, volume = {14}, number = {18}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Depletion of fossil fuel deposits is the main current issue related to the world{\textquoteright}s power generation. Renewable energy sources integrated with energy efficiency represent an effective solution. The electrification of end-use coupled with renewable power generation integration is considered as an important tool to achieve these tasks. However, the current electric power system does not currently have the suitable features to allow this change. Therefore, in the future, it has to allow two-way direction power flows, communication, and automated controls to fully manage the system and customers. The resulting system is defined as the smart grid. This article analyses the smart grid state of play within China, the US, and the EU, assessing the completion state of each smart grid technology and integrated asset. The analysis related to these countries presented here shows that the smart grid overall state of play in China, the US, and the EU are equal to 18\%, 15\%, and 13\%, respectively, unveiling the need related to further efforts and investments in these countries for the full smart grid development.}, issn = {1996-1073}, doi = {10.3390/en14185637}, url = {https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/18/5637}, author = {Sospiro, Paolo and Amarnath, Lohith and Di Nardo, Vincenzo and Talluri, Giacomo and Gandoman, Foad H.} } @article {doi:10.1080/09654313.2020.1778644, title = {Spatial networking and firms{\textquoteright} organization. The case of Italy}, journal = {European Planning Studies}, year = {2020}, pages = {1-19}, publisher = {Routledge}, doi = {10.1080/09654313.2020.1778644}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2020.1778644}, author = {Giulio Cainelli and Valentina Giannini and Donato Iacobucci} } @article {587, title = {Self-selection of entrepreneurial firms in thin venture capital markets: Theory and empirical evidence}, journal = {Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal}, volume = {13}, year = {2019}, pages = {47-74}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing Ltd}, abstract = {

Research Summary: We develop a two-step selection model between entrepreneurial ventures and venture capital (VC) investors in a thin VC market. The model predicts that in a thin VC market, the availability of VC reduces the propensity of firms to self-select into the market for VC (demand-side selection) but not the probability that firms entering the market for VC will receive financing (supply-side selection). We test these predictions using survey-based data on 190 new technology-based firms in Italy during the late 1990s and early 2000s. The empirical evidence supports the predictions of the model. Managerial Summary: Venture capital (VC) is an important ingredient of an environment that is conducive to the birth and the growth of entrepreneurial ventures, but VC markets are often highly local and thin in terms of participants. We show that the scarcity of VC supply may cause a drop in the demand for VC because entrepreneurs, anticipating that competition for VC money will be tough, will not seek VC in the first place. The more a market is thin, the more the demand-side selection is likely to become more important than the supply-side selection of VC investors. Demand-side selection may involve a significant number of otherwise good targets for VC investment, which will not be in the radar of VC investors. In turn, this may deter new VC investors from entering the local market, thus creating a vicious cycle that raises concerns for both policy makers and VC general partners. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2017 Strategic Management Society

}, issn = {19324391}, doi = {10.1002/sej.1280}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85062715298\&doi=10.1002\%2fsej.1280\&partnerID=40\&md5=f0d198e85fe00e1a01a538dd1483c050}, author = {Bertoni, F. and D{\textquoteright}Adda, D. and Grilli, L.} } @article {581, title = {Small firms and bank financing in bad times}, journal = {Small Business Economics}, year = {2019}, publisher = {Springer New York LLC}, abstract = {

This paper aims to analyze access to bank financing by small firms belonging to business groups compared to independent firms. We consider Italian manufacturing firms during the severe credit-crunch during 2010{\textendash}2012 caused by the financial crisis and subsequent domestic recession. We expect belonging to a business group to facilitate access to bank financing as the result of two different mechanisms: (i) the implicit guarantee provided by group belonging (affiliation effect) and (ii) the transfer of resources via the internal capital market (portfolio effect). The empirical evidence confirms our hypotheses. Belonging to a business group facilitates access to bank financing, while the presence of an internal capital market, which substitutes for both the decision to obtain bank financing and the amount borrowed, makes firms that are part of a business group less dependent than independent firms on this type of financing. {\textcopyright} 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

}, issn = {0921898X}, doi = {10.1007/s11187-019-00164-7}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85064335540\&doi=10.1007\%2fs11187-019-00164-7\&partnerID=40\&md5=2f70a062bfa23a6d83401a672dba9a25}, author = {Cainelli, G. and Giannini, V. and Iacobucci, D.} } @article {580, title = {Is Smart Specialisation Strategy coherent with regional innovative capabilities?}, journal = {Regional Studies}, volume = {53}, year = {2019}, pages = {1004-1016}, publisher = {Routledge}, abstract = {

The implementation of the Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) has required European regions to identify the technological domains in which they show superior innovative capabilities. This choice should promote specialization and facilitate diversification into new sectors. Given that regional specialization shows path dependence, successful diversification can be achieved in domains closely related to the existing knowledge base. The paper provides a first empirical assessment of the coherence between the technological domains chosen by Italian regions and those in which they show actual innovative capabilities, as measured by their patenting activity. {\textcopyright} 2018, {\textcopyright} 2018 Regional Studies Association.

}, keywords = {empirical analysis, Europe, Innovation, regional development, regional policy, specialization}, issn = {00343404}, doi = {10.1080/00343404.2018.1523542}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85056099350\&doi=10.1080\%2f00343404.2018.1523542\&partnerID=40\&md5=8bda85ac3cf98fb76919176089a75488}, author = {D{\textquoteright}Adda, D. and Guzzini, E. and Iacobucci, D. and Palloni, R.} } @article {632, title = {Social capital and well-being in the Italian provinces}, journal = {Socio-Economic Planning Sciences}, volume = {68}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Recent years witnessed a growing interest in the concept of well-being and quality of life, as alternative to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The determinants of well-being, especially at the regional and provincial levels, is understudied in a macro perspective, as opposed to a micro perspective (individuals, survey data) that has been the dominant approach until recently. In this paper, we estimate an empirical model for the Italian NUTS-3 provinces to evaluate the role of social capital on well-being by using aggregated (provincial) data. Our findings suggest that social capital, social security programs, income, and grant-making activities by Bank Foundations, even though not uniformly distributed across Italy, positively affect well-being, thus contributing to explain the persistent dualism that characterizes the Italian economy. {\textcopyright} 2018 The Authors}, doi = {10.1016/j.seps.2018.11.005}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85056846793\&doi=10.1016\%2fj.seps.2018.11.005\&partnerID=40\&md5=c34cf27d6aa5063da9ffe058003672f0}, author = {Calcagnini, G. and Perugini, F.} } @article {565, title = {Self-selection of entrepreneurial firms in thin venture capital markets: Theory and empirical evidence}, journal = {Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal}, year = {2018}, keywords = {Entrepreneurial firms, High-tech entrepreneurship, market thinness, Selection, Venture capital}, issn = {1932-443X}, doi = {10.1002/sej.1280}, url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sej.1280/abstract}, author = {Bertoni, Fabio and D{\textquoteright}Adda, Diego and Grilli, Luca} } @article {573, title = {Is Smart Specialisation Strategy coherent with regional innovative capabilities?}, journal = {Regional Studies}, year = {2018}, month = {nov}, pages = {1{\textendash}13}, issn = {0034-3404}, doi = {10.1080/00343404.2018.1523542}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343404.2018.1523542}, author = {D{\textquoteright}Adda, Diego and Guzzini, Enrico and Iacobucci, Donato and Palloni, Roberto} } @article {Cainelli2006507, title = {Spatial agglomeration and business groups: New evidence from Italian industrial districts}, journal = {Regional Studies}, volume = {40}, number = {5}, year = {2006}, note = {cited By 30}, pages = {507-518}, keywords = {Business Groups }, doi = {10.1080/00343400600757585}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33745904997\&partnerID=40\&md5=2588e9f17f2a5e2abd71a985e86dd788}, author = {D. Iacobucci and G. Cainelli and E. Morganti} } @inbook { 11566_42103, title = {Strategie competitive, assetti organizzativi, strutture di governance e sistemi di controllo manageriale}, booktitle = {Sistemi di controllo e cost management tra teoria e prassi}, year = {2003}, publisher = {Giappichelli}, organization = {Giappichelli}, address = {TORINO}, keywords = {Entrepreneurship}, author = {D. Iacobucci} } @article {Calcagnini1997491, title = {Small Firm Investment and Financing Decisions: An Option Value Approach}, journal = {Small Business Economics}, volume = {9}, number = {6}, year = {1997}, note = {cited By 9}, pages = {491-502}, keywords = {Entrepreneurship}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031516455\&partnerID=40\&md5=d885539bfa35bc68a4efca9a38ca0561}, author = {D. Iacobucci and G. Calcagnini} } @article { 11566_82728, title = {Struttura finanziaria delle imprese e nuovi mercati dei capitali}, journal = {ECONOMIA MARCHE}, volume = {XV}, year = {1996}, pages = {3{\textendash}21}, keywords = {Entrepreneurship}, author = {D. Iacobucci} }