Le determinanti degli investimenti diretti esteri in Italia nel settore agroalimentare

Gli investimenti diretti esteri (IDE) giocano un ruolo importante nella crescita economica e nello sviluppo territoriale. Con il notevole aumento dei flussi IDE nel settore agroalimentare a livello mondiale l’attenzione si è concentrata sul dibattito relativo alle determinanti che spingono alla scelta di un territorio piuttosto che un altro. Non esiste ancora un lavoro definitivo ed univoco sulle determinanti degli IDE. Alcune delle più frequenti analisi sui fattori che influenzano gli IDE includono: l’entità del mercato, il costo del lavoro, i tassi di interesse, le barriere protezionistiche, tassi di cambio, predisposizione all’export, struttura del mercato, distanze geografiche, stabilità politica e affinità culturale. Questo lavoro si propone di analizzare le determinanti nel settore agroalimentare italiano sia teoricamente che empiricamente. A questo scopo è stata applica come base teorica il paradigma OLI di Dunning e i principi legati agli investimenti orizzontali al settore agroalimentare regionale italiano. Sono state esaminate le determinanti degli investimenti diretti inward in questo settore. Le risultanti suggeriscono una relazione positiva tra la presenza di attività di servizi e la presenza di IDE nelle diverse Regioni. In un Paese ad economia avanzata come l’Italia, strategie territoriali e di impresa basate sui costi e sul mercato non sono caratterizzanti per attrarre multinazionali straniere, mentre la dotazione di servizi e infrastrutture rappresentano un nuovo obiettivo su cui le Regioni devono puntare per aprire i territori alle sfide della globalizzazione. Questa ricerca unisce analisi statistica ed econometria e studio bibliografico per approfondire e comprendere la materia in oggetto e fornire nuovi elementi e spunti su cui discutere.

Indagine sull’influenza di differenti sistemi d’allevamento sui connotati nutrizionali, tecnologici, sensoriali e di freschezza dell’orata (Sparus aurata) allevata in Italia

On account of the commercial importance of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) in Italy the aim of the present study is the evaluation of the quality of nutritional, technological, sensory and freshness aspects. Sea bream production is growing in the Mediterranean and the evaluation of its quality concerns both producers and consumers alike. The culture system greatly influences final product quality. In Italy most of sea bream culture is carried out in cages but there is also a production in land based facilities and in lagoons. In this study external appeareance differentiations are pronounced. Different results were found for nutritional aspects, for fatty acids and for mineral content. Some differences in the freshness indices are also found. Furthermore, organoleptic differences have been described between culture system.

La partecipazione femminile al giornalismo politico-letterario. Italia e Francia tra Otto e Novecento.

By examining seven major reviews (the French “Revue des deux Mondes”, the “Revue de Paris” and the “Nouvelle Revue”; the Italian “Nuova Antologia”, the “Rassegna Nazionale”, the “Rivista europea” and the “Revue internationale”) this thesis investigate the female participation in high quality journalism in Italy and France between the 1870s and the First World War. The aim is to show that despite some obvious limitations, women found room in that apparently very ‘male’ space of culture and emerged on a considerable scale in all walks of the profession. Many women regularly published on high quality reviews. Some of them even rose to high positions on editorials board. With the exception of a few fields of knowledge – albeit fundamental to the journals’ overall structure – such as economics, finance and matters to do with the army and the colonies, women contributors covedered nearly all the range of subjects contained in this periodicals: not only fiction, but also literary criticism, travelogues, politics and others. Quality and cultural journals offered women writers a considerable space for entering the public sphere, as both authors and readers. It may thus construed on a dual plane: as an opportunity for women writers to join the new professional ranks of modern publishing, but also as an important terrain for acknowledgment of their standing as intellectuals.

Conoscenza e consapevolezza sugli effetti biologici degli ultrasuoni nella pratica clinica in Italia: risultati di una inchiesta con questionario tra ecografisti della socetà italiana di ultrasonologia in medicina e biologia (S.I.U.M.B.)

Background New potential hazards in the use of ultrasound (US) are implied in new diagnostic applications of US, such as contrast enhanced US. Aim To assess the level of awareness and knowledge on safety issues of clinical use of US among physicians who are members of the Italian National Society for Ultrasound (SIUMB) Materials and methods A questionnaire including 11 multiple choice quiz was sent by e-mail to members of SIUMB, who preliminarly agreed to participate in this initiative. The answers were received anonimously and statistically analyzed. Results The number of returned valid questionnaires was 97 (8 were considered not valid for less than 10 answers filled). Mean age of the responders was 44 years old, and the average time the physician has been performing ultrasound examinations was 13 years. The principal workplace (70%) was a public Hospital. Physicians seemed to know the general definitions of principal safety-parameters, but few of them knew the definition of specific indexes. There was a general knowledge about the safe use of ultrasound in obstetrics, but there was a poor knowledge of biological effects of US: only about 37% answered correctly to questions about damage of vasculature of lung by high Mechanical Index US investigation and about the increase of temperature under the probe, according to the thermal indexes. Conclusion In conclusion the present findings indicate that greater efforts of National Ultrasound Societies are warranted in disseminating knowledge about the bio-effects of diagnostic ultrasound modalities among their members to prevent possible hazards.