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The First Outstanding 50 Years of “Università Politecnica delle Marche”

Research Achievements in Social Sciences and Humanities

  • Celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM, Ancona, Italy) (1969-2019)

  • Documents the main research activities undertaken by the current faculty members of the UNIVPM

  • Covers the main research achievements made in the social sciences, humanities, economics, and law

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. 50 Years of Teaching and Research Trends at the Faculty of Economics of the Università Politecnica delle Marche

    • Francesco Maria Chelli, Gian Luca Gregori, Stefano Marasca, Luca Papi
    Pages 1-21
  3. The School of Agent-Based Models in Ancona

    • Mauro Gallegati, Antonio Palestrini, Alberto Russo
    Pages 23-35
  4. Economic History at the Faculty of Economics in Ancona

    • Francesco Chiapparino, Augusto Ciuffetti, Roberto Giulianelli
    Pages 37-44
  5. Sociology in the Faculty of Economics

    • Ugo Ascoli, Carlo Carboni, Giovanna Vicarelli
    Pages 45-58
  6. Money, Banking and Territories: A MoFiR View

    • Pietro Alessandrini, Luca Papi, Alberto Zazzaro
    Pages 59-70
  7. Destination Europe: The Transformation of Agriculture Between Decline and Renaissance

    • Franco Sotte, Roberto Esposti, Silvia Coderoni
    Pages 71-81
  8. Arbitration, Jurisdiction, Growth

    • Daniele Mantucci, Antonio Di Stasi, Laura Torsello, Alessandro Giuliani, Laura Trucchia, Mariacristina Zarro et al.
    Pages 83-103
  9. From GDP to BES: The Evolution of Well-Being Measurement

    • Francesco Maria Chelli, Mariateresa Ciommi, Marco Gallegati
    Pages 105-115
  10. Quantitative Methods in Economics and Finance

    • Luca Vincenzo Ballestra, Serena Brianzoni, Renato Colucci, Luca Guerrini, Graziella Pacelli, Davide Radi
    Pages 117-131
  11. Productivity Differentiation and International Specialization of Firms and Districts

    • Marco Cucculelli, Alessia Lo Turco, Massimo Tamberi
    Pages 133-146
  12. Sustainability of Real and Financial Markets

    • A. Manelli, S. Branciari, L. Montanini, A. D’Andrea
    Pages 147-164
  13. Financial and Non-financial Reporting: Examining the Past to Understand the Future

    • Maria Serena Chiucchi, Marco Giuliani, Simone Poli, Marco Gatti, Marco Montemari, Luca Del Bene
    Pages 165-180
  14. Finance, Law and New Technologies

    • Monica De Angelis, Filippo Fiordiponti, Erika Giorgini, Caterina Lucarelli, Camilla Mazzoli, Andrea Perna
    Pages 181-196
  15. Digital Transformation in B2B SMEs

    • Federica Pascucci, Valerio Temperini, Luca Marinelli, Maria Rosaria Marcone
    Pages 197-212

About this book

The book describes significant multidisciplinary research findings at the Università Politecnica delle Marche and the expected future advances. It addresses some of the most dramatic challenges posed by today’s fast-growing, global society and the changes it has caused, while also discussing solutions to improve the wellbeing of human beings.

The book covers the main research achievements made in the social sciences and humanities, and includes chapters that focus on understanding mechanisms that are relevant to all aspects of economic and social interactions among individuals. In line with Giorgio Fuà’s contribution, the interdisciplinary research being pursued at the Faculty of Economics of Università Politecnica delle Marche is aimed at interpreting the process of economic development in all of its facets, both at the national and local level, with a particular focus on profit and non-profit organizations. Various disciplines are covered, from economics to sociology, history, statistics, mathematics, law, accounting, finance and management. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Information Engineering (DII), Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy

    Sauro Longhi, Andrea Monteriù, Alessandro Freddi

  • Department of Economics and Social Sciences (DISES), Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy

    Giulia Bettin, Marco Gallegati

  • Department of Management (DM), Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy

    Silvio Cardinali, Maria Serena Chiucchi

About the editors

Sauro Longhi is professor of automation engineering at the Polytechnic University of Marche (UNIVPM), Ancona, Italy. He served as Rector of the same university from 2013 to 2019.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The First Outstanding 50 Years of “Università Politecnica delle Marche”

  • Book Subtitle: Research Achievements in Social Sciences and Humanities

  • Editors: Sauro Longhi, Andrea Monteriù, Alessandro Freddi, Giulia Bettin, Silvio Cardinali, Maria Serena Chiucchi, Marco Gallegati

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33879-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33878-7Published: 24 January 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33881-7Published: 24 January 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-33879-4Published: 03 January 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 212

  • Topics: Science Education, Higher Education, Social Sciences, general

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