In many countries, pioneers in wind plants installation during the last decades of XX century, there is a progressive shortage of land based sites suitable for new wind farms and, at the same time, many installed wind turbines are reaching the end-of-life. Three options can be considered for a wind plant at the end-of-life: the […]
New Alitalia crisis and the extraordinary administration (2017-2018)
This note represents the update to the period of Alitalia’s commissioner and the attempt to sell the carrier of a previous study carried out in the middle of the year 2017. It therefore covers the period 2017 – the first part of 2018 and aims to analyze the reasons that led to the aggravation of […]
Alitalia and the Italian airline market over the period 2004-2016
Alitalia and the Italian airline market over the period 2004-2016 Ugo Arrigo, Andrea Battaglia, Giacomo Di Foggia Abstract This paper summarizes the characteristics of the Italian air transport market in the period 2004-2016 and the role played by Alitalia. It also analyzes the main industrial and economic results of the national carrier, comparing the costs […]
Alitalia: the mistery of the company that used to fly but didn’t want to grow
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City Logistics in Milan
(Italiano) Negli ultimi anni si è assistito ad un incremento di studi e di progetti in ambito di trasporto merci su gomma in ambito urbano (city logistics). Gli attori coinvolti nel processo distributivo urbano sono molteplici: le pubbliche amministrazioni locali, i corrieri così detti di ultimo miglio, i destinatari (attività economiche o cittadini), le associazioni di categoria, ed i trasportatori per citarne alcuni. Dal punto di vista organizzativo il tema riguarda la possibilità da parte dell’Amministrazione pubblica locale di intervenire sull’organizzazione della distribuzione nel cosiddetto ultimo miglio delle merci, con l’obiettivo di mitigarne le esternalità negative in termini economici, sociali ed ambientali
Municipal Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Service. Efficiency and regulation proposals
The municipal solid waste collection and disposal service is a key element of the European strategy aimed at moving towards a circular economy. An efficient municipal solid waste collection and disposal is closely related to both lower waste tax and higher welfare of the interested population. In Italy, the lack of a centralized regulatory framework […]
Upcoming: Procurement and public contracts in the light of the new code
Procurement and public contracts in the light of the new code The course aims to illustrate the discipline of public contracts, highlighting the evolutionary profiles related to the transposition of the latest European directives in the “Code of public contracts and concessions” of 2016 (as amended by the 2017 corrective action). The main interpretations will […]
Meter-ON steering the implementation of smart meters
Executive Summary The analysis of the Smart Meter projects identified in the framework of WP1, “Collection”, is a necessary step to reach the goal of the Meter-ON Project, which is establishing guidelines for the implementation of smart metering solutions. In this document, a topic-based analysis is performed by different task for each project. Each task […]