Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Enzo Rullani Author-Name: Giampaolo Fabris Title: Il consumatore creativo. Cento e un modi di fare il mondo a propria immagine e somiglianza Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:7-24 Volume: 2007/4 Year: 2007 Issue:4 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=32499&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2007-004001 Number: 1 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Gianni Cozzi Title: La pubblicit? nell'economia dell'immateriale. Prima parte Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:25-36 Volume: 2007/4 Year: 2007 Issue:4 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=32500&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2007-004002 Number: 2 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Bruno Buzzo Title: La pubblicit? nell'economia dell'immateriale. Seconda parte Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:37-46 Volume: 2007/4 Year: 2007 Issue:4 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=32501&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2007-004003 Number: 3 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Dario Peirone Title: The governance of complex systems: the case of British railways Abstract: The governance of complex systems: the case of British Railways - The aim of this paper is to add new elements for a better comprehension of the governance problems that can rise from the privatisation of a complex system, like the railway network, using a methodology that shows the connections and the influence of the various technical, economic and political factors at work within large technical systems. The case-study of the British Railways has been used as a paradigm to show all the difficulties and the risks involved in a complex transition. The paper shows that the social costs of the privatisation of British Rail have been very high because the governance of the transition did not fit with the economic, technical and organisational structure of the network. The analysis, dividing this question in the two aspects of finance and regulation, points up the necessity of innovative governance schemes, to cooperate with the increased complexity of markets and firms. United Kingdom has been one the first European countries to liberalise the railways, and the problems run into the British experience can be a useful guide for other reforming systems, like the Italian one. Keywords: Railways, governance, privatisation, regulation Jel classification: L 92, G 38, L 33, L 43 Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:47-69 Volume: 2007/4 Year: 2007 Issue:4 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=32502&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2007-004004 Number: 4 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Daniele Porcheddu Author-Name: Gianfranco Atzeni Author-Name: Manuele Bicego Title: Ordinamenti dimensionali d'imprese attraverso metodologie multiple classifier systems (MCS) Abstract: Firm ranking by size using multiple classifier systems (MCS) techniques - Firm size is a topic often studied in the economic theory and business economics, both under a normative and positive perspective. In this work we apply the multiple classifier systems (MCS) approach in order to extract univocal information from five indicators of firm size. Starting from various firm ordering obtained by using a single dimensional variable, we get a ?consensus? firm ordering. The empirical exercise is carried out on the Capitalia Survey of Manufacturing Firms employing Highest Rank and Borda Count methods. We show that total assets is the most suitable variable to summarise the information obtained from other measures, such as employment, sales and value added. We also show that the relative sectorial position of the firm based on its dimension is maintained shifting from the sector to the inter-sector level. These empirical properties make this methodology more suitable for firm comparisons at various level, such as antitrust surveys on dominant position. JEL classification: C43; M21 Keywords: Firms? size ranking; Multiple classifier systems; Borda Count method; Highest Rank method Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:71-94 Volume: 2007/4 Year: 2007 Issue:4 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=32503&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2007-004005 Number: 5 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Marcello Galeotti Author-Name: Simone Borghesi Author-Name: Angelo Antoci Title: Benessere individuale Abstract: Private good, public bad: environmental self-protective choices in a model with strategic interaction - The environmental literature has always devoted much attention to the substitutability between natural capital with man-made capital, investigating whether and to what extent such a substitution process can continue over time. However, another important and related issue has been mainly ignored so far by the literature, namely, what are the possible effects of this substitution process on the agents? welfare. To analyse this question, the present work examines an economic system with strategic interaction among agents who can make self-protective choices to defend themselves from environmental degradation. From the analysis it emerges that the individuals? attempt to protect their personal well-being by replacing depleted natural resources with man-made private goods can generate vicious circles between economic growth and environmental degradation that may end up reducing the welfare of the whole community. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:95-113 Volume: 2007/4 Year: 2007 Issue:4 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=32504&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2007-004006 Number: 6 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Riccardo Gallo Title: Privatizzazione, regolazione tariffaria e performance di Autostrade Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:115-129 Volume: 2007/4 Year: 2007 Issue:4 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=32505&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2007-004007 Number: 7 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Pia Saraceno Author-Name: Claudia Checchi Title: Liberalizzazione della domanda elettrica delle famiglie: le scelte italiane Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:131-145 Volume: 2007/4 Year: 2007 Issue:4 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=32517&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2007-004008 Number: 8 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Francesco Siliato Title: Televisione italiana, venti anni di stallo e un avvenire incerto Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:147-155 Volume: 2007/4 Year: 2007 Issue:4 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=32518&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2007-004009 Number: 9 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: n.d. Title: Recensione Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:157-158 Volume: 2007/4 Year: 2007 Issue:4 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=32519&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:polipo:v:html10.3280/Poli2007-004010 Number: 10