The First Outstanding 50 Years Of “Università Politecnica Delle Marche”: Research Achievements In Social Sciences And Humanities

Foreword......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
Contents......Page 11
50 Years of Teaching and Research Trends at the Faculty of Economics of the Università Politecnica delle Marche......Page 13
1 Teaching and Research Trends in Economic Statistics......Page 14
2 Teaching and Research Trends in Economic and Business Management......Page 17
3 Teaching and Research Trends in Business Administration......Page 20
4 Teaching and Research Trends in Economics......Page 25
References......Page 28
The School of Agent-Based Models  in Ancona......Page 34
1 The Origins: Financial Fragility and Power Law Distributions......Page 35
2 Toward a Fully-Fledge Agent-Based Stock-Flow Consistent Macroeconomic Model......Page 37
3 Sideways: Networks, Financial Crises, and Experimental Economics......Page 39
References......Page 43
1 Alberto Caracciolo and the Origins of the Faculty......Page 47
3 The Adriatic, Migration and Urban Studies......Page 49
4 Rural, Environment and Landscape History......Page 51
References......Page 52
Sociology in the Faculty of Economics......Page 55
1 The Sixties and Seventies: Research on Industrialization and the Transformation of the Italian Labour Market......Page 56
2 The Eighties and Nineties: The First Analyses of Italian Welfare in the European Framework and of Changes in the Social Structure......Page 57
3 The Twenty-First Century: From the Study of Individual Welfare Policies to New Thinking on the Structural Features of Italian Society......Page 60
References......Page 65
Money, Banking and Territories: A MoFiR View......Page 69
2 The International and European Monetary Systems......Page 70
3 Geography of Banking Industry, Distances and Development......Page 72
4 The Effects of the Regulatory Process......Page 75
5 Conclusions......Page 77
References......Page 78
Destination Europe: The Transformation of Agriculture Between Decline and Renaissance......Page 81
1 Introduction: On the Rhetoric of the “Widespread Development”......Page 82
2 On the Dark Side of the “Model”......Page 84
3 On the Renaissance of Rurality......Page 85
4 On Why Europe Matters......Page 87
References......Page 89
Arbitration, Jurisdiction, Growth......Page 92
1 An Introduction to the Study of Jurisprudence in the Polytechnic University of Marche......Page 93
2.1 Arbitration at the Dawn of Labour Law. From the Pluralism of Probiviral Committees to the Establishment of a Special Judicial Branch During the Fascist Period......Page 95
2.2 Arbitration in Labour Law in the Republic Constitution: The Reasons Behind the Success of Art. 7 of the Employees’ Charter......Page 98
2.3 The New Paradigms of Labour Law and the (Attempted) Overcoming of State Jurisdiction in Favour of Arbitration......Page 99
3 Arbitration and Public Administration......Page 101
4 The Present and the Future of Arbitration with Independent Administrative Authorities......Page 103
5 Arbitration Law in Specific or Peculiar Contexts. Family Law......Page 105
6 Sport and ADR......Page 107
7 Arbitration, Tax Law and Economic Growth......Page 110
References......Page 111
1 Introduction......Page 113
2 Measurements of Economic Growth in Italy After Unity......Page 116
3 A Modern View: The Equitable and Sustainable Well-Being at Sub-national Level......Page 117
4 What the Future Holds......Page 120
References......Page 121
Quantitative Methods in Economics and Finance......Page 124
1 Evaluation of Financial and Actuarial Risk......Page 125
2.1 Discrete Dynamical Systems......Page 129
2.2 Continuous Dynamical Systems with Delays......Page 132
References......Page 134
1 Introduction......Page 139
2 Productivity Dualism......Page 141
3 International Specialization......Page 143
4 Entrepreneurship, Ownership and Industrial Districts......Page 145
5 Conclusions: Reflections on Possible Future Research Trends......Page 148
References......Page 150
1 Introduction......Page 153
2 Volatility, Speculation and Index Funds......Page 154
2.2 Futures and Index Funds......Page 158
3 Analysis......Page 159
4 Factors Determining the Trend in Prices......Page 162
5 Conclusion......Page 168
References......Page 170
Financial and Non-financial Reporting: Examining the Past to Understand the Future......Page 171
1 Introduction......Page 172
2 Financial Reporting: Past, Present, and Future......Page 173
2.1 Financial Reporting: The State of the Art......Page 174
2.2 Financial Reporting: Future Research Avenues......Page 175
3.1 Non-financial Reporting: The State of the Art......Page 177
3.2 Non-financial Reporting: Future Research Avenues......Page 180
4 Final Remarks......Page 181
References......Page 182
Finance, Law and New Technologies......Page 187
1 Introduction......Page 188
1.1 Some General Notes on the Relationship Between Rules and Technologies......Page 189
1.2 Financial Advisory Services in the Fintech Era......Page 191
2 Innovations in Financial Systems......Page 193
2.1 Fintech and Banking Systems......Page 194
2.2 Fintech and Development of Market-Base Finance......Page 195
3 Bringing Innovation to the Industry: The Role of Universities......Page 197
3.2 The Empirical Analysis: Eureka and Italy-Sweden Comparison......Page 198
References......Page 200
Digital Transformation in B2B SMEs......Page 203
1 Introduction......Page 204
2 The Digital Transformation......Page 205
3 The SMEs in the Digital Scenario......Page 207
4 B2B SMEs Digital Transformation’s Trends......Page 208
4.1 Social Selling......Page 209
4.2 Digital Internationalization......Page 211
4.3 The Use of E-learning for Marketing Purposes......Page 213
5 Some Future Research Directions......Page 214
References......Page 216