Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jean Paul Fitoussi Title: Il futuro dell'Europa Abstract: Il futuro dell'Europa (di Jean Paul Fitoussi) - ABSTRACT: The cause of slow-growing European economy lies in the absence of a political European government, more than in lack of technological and innovative potentialities. Nevertheless, Europe has continued to follow the pre-euro development path: a collection of small and medium countries continue to carry out a competitive disinflation policy. There is plenty of evidence that this is the wrong policy. Indeed, Euro-nations run the risk to lose their role among the richest nations as well they need high degrees of coordination and a unique strategy to succeed. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2006/16 Year: 2006 Issue:16 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=26508&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:argarg:v:html10.3280/Arg2006-016001 Number: 1 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Pasquale Tridico Title: La strategia dell'Occupazione in Europa e in italia: un approccio istituzionalista Abstract: La strategia dell'Occupazione in Europa e in italia: un approccio istituzionalista (di Pasquale Tridico) - ABSTRACT: My paper analyzes the Lisbon Strategy and its economic and job market performances, from an institutional economics perspective. In particular I will use the Regulation Approach. The Lisbon Strategy is seen as an European post-fordist strategy. Hence, I will describe, firstly, fordism and its crisis within the European Union context, then I will analyze how the Lisbon Agenda fits in the case of Italy; in particular I will analyze the Lisbon aims and their contradictions in the north/south Italian dualism. Finally, I will evaluate outcomes of the Lisbon Strategy, both in Italy and in the enlarged EU. I argue that, so far, Lisbon Strategy has failed to produce institutions and economic performance it aimed at. My main criticism focuses on three aspects. The first aspect is a critic of the convergence towards a putative European model. The second is a matter of appropriateness of the proposed Eu governance, which is also ambiguous, weak, and contradictory. The third reason for criticism lies in the fact that Lisbon Strategy does not seem to take into account differences within institutional frameworks of regions of Europe, although the Open Method of Coordination. Data from Eurostat, Istat and European official documents, seem to confirm a negative evaluation. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2006/16 Year: 2006 Issue:16 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=26509&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:argarg:v:html10.3280/Arg2006-016002 Number: 2 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Luciano Stefanini Title: I sistemi informativi geografici (GIS) e le nuove applicazioni dell'informazione georeferenziata Abstract: I sistemi informativi geografici (GIS) e le nuove applicazioni dell'informazione georeferenziata (di Luciano Stefanini) - ABSTRACT: Starting with the current state of the art in the production of digital geographic information at the different scales of detail (national, regional and urban), the paper illustrates the increasing opportunities related to the adoption of interoperable Geographic Information Systems (GIS) policies both within the public sector (including the public institutions and the administrative organizations) and, with a particular focus, the economic sector. The creation of knowledge-oriented networks of agents and institutions (involving public and private operators) seems to be the most promising approach (and possibly the unique) to gain from the availability of gis-based data both for governments, organizations (profit or nonprofit), services providers, policy makers, operations management at firms level. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2006/16 Year: 2006 Issue:16 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=26510&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:argarg:v:html10.3280/Arg2006-016003 Number: 3 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Federica Tombari Title: Sistemi informativi geografici come estensione del Customer Relationship Management nelle imprese e nei servizi Abstract: Sistemi informativi geografici come estensione del Customer Relationship Management nelle imprese e nei servizi (di Federica Tombari) - ABSTRACT: The paper illustrates the increasing opportunities related to the adoption of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with the potential of Customer Database (CDB) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in the traditional analysis for the support decision system in the business management of private enterprise, service enterprise and public enterprise. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2006/16 Year: 2006 Issue:16 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=26511&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:argarg:v:html10.3280/Arg2006-016004 Number: 4 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mario Volpe Title: Il ruolo dei servizi nel processo di riorganizzazione della produzione nei distretti industriali Abstract: Il ruolo dei servizi nel processo di riorganizzazione della produzione nei distretti industriali (di Mario Volpe) - ABSTRACT: The development of Italian economy has been primary based on manufacturing. The change in the competition environment is pushing toward a transition of the supply base toward new sectors and activities within the value chain, especially for firms pertaining to industrial districts. In particular, the process of international opening of the supply chain is requiring an active role of innovation- and internationalization-related services. A deep insight into the change of productive organization of district-base areas show how these effects are in fact taking place. The transition of Italian districts is analyzed from the analytical perspective of global value chain and some qualitative considerations about the nature and dimension of service are presented. In such a perspective the availability of a modern service economy is a pre-requisite of an effective upgrading process and an opportunity of further development. Service sectors themselves are subjects of an internationalization process and this could interact with the local demand of services related to manufacturing. The quantitative effects of manufacturing internationalization on domestic supply of service are hard to be estimated, but some preliminary empirical studies seem to confirm its elevance. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2006/16 Year: 2006 Issue:16 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=26512&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:argarg:v:html10.3280/Arg2006-016005 Number: 5