How (do) industrial districts and value chain positioning affect firm sustainability orientation? Evidence from the Italian fashion industry

Published in the Journal of Economic GeographyAuthors:Silvia Rita Sedita, Amir Maghssudipour, Thomas BassettiDSEA - University of PaduaThe relationship between industrial districts and firm sustainability orientation has gained attention; however, systematic evidence remains limited. This study

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Territorial Drivers of Social Innovations

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Sovereignty, civic capital, and local development. A historical perspective in economic geography

In an article published in the Journal of Economic Geography, Giulio Cainelli and Roberto Ganau (DSEA, University of Padua), Mattia Balestra and Roberto Pierdicca (Università Politecnica delle Marche), Nadiia Matsiuk (FBK-IRVAPP – Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies), and Mario

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"Napoleonic Administrative Reforms and Development in the Italian Mezzogiorno"

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"Entrepreneurial orientation and innovation performance: do breadth and depth of external knowledge search matter?"

Published in Industrial and Corporate ChangeAuthors:Jungho Kim, Newcastle University Business SchoolChiara Marzocchi, dSEA UniPDThis paper contradicts the conventional wisdom that increasing firm-level entrepreneurship (entrepreneurial orientation) is always beneficial for innovation performance. It

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