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Prof. Ilaria Mariotti
Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DASTU), Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano MI, Italy

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Published: 03 April 2021 in CoDesign for Public-Interest Services
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Over the past fifteen years, the rise and diffusion of coworking spaces worldwide has accompanied the labour market, as well as urban transformations. In the evolution, organization and work environment of coworking spaces, we are able to see, therefore, the connection between the two realms; the evolution and changes in contemporary jobs on the one hand, and urban transformation, with the related urban regeneration effects (gentrification, etc.) on the other. Impinging on the results of a survey done in Italy, the chapter aims at critically discussing the main lines of connection between the two questions, and to read the rise and diffusion of coworking spaces in this critical perspective. We will answer questions that concern the role of coworking spaces in the career of freelancers and creative professionals, in terms of the possibility of building ties with coworkers, to form and strengthen communities of practice, but also of meeting people with diverse skills and competences, and the perceived effects of this on their work.

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Ilaria Mariotti; Carolina Pacchi. Coworkers and Coworking Spaces as Urban Transformation Actors. An Italian Perspective. CoDesign for Public-Interest Services 2021, 53 -63.

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Ilaria Mariotti, Carolina Pacchi. Coworkers and Coworking Spaces as Urban Transformation Actors. An Italian Perspective. CoDesign for Public-Interest Services. 2021; ():53-63.

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Ilaria Mariotti; Carolina Pacchi. 2021. "Coworkers and Coworking Spaces as Urban Transformation Actors. An Italian Perspective." CoDesign for Public-Interest Services , no. : 53-63.

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Published: 03 April 2021 in CoDesign for Public-Interest Services
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Coworking space is an urban phenomenon, but it is interesting to explore their potential diffusion in non-core areas because of the positive direct and indirect effects that it can produce (direct effects on the coworkers and indirect effects on the urban environment and planning). This chapter aims to fill the gap in the literature on the effects of coworking spaces (CSs). By conducting an empirical study, the “indirect” effects of CSs on the urban context in Italy are explored, with a focus on pole and non-pole areas, as defined in Italy by the National Strategy for Inner Areas (Strategia Nazionale per le Aree Interne—SNAI). The empirical study is based on an online survey addressed to coworkers (CWs) of the 549 CSs located in Italy (as of January 2018): 326 CWs from 118 CSs have responded. The data are then elaborated by means of descriptive statistics and econometric analysis (propensity score matching/counterfactual). This geographical focus will allow us to understand whether and how CSs may be beneficial also to non-pole areas by promoting: entrepreneurial milieu; knowledge creation by retaining knowledge workers; and the creative class, social inclusion, and spatial regeneration. The findings suggest implications for policymakers and opens new avenues for further research.

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Ilaria Mariotti; Mina Akhavan; Dante Di Matteo. The Geography of Coworking Spaces and the Effects on the Urban Context: Are Pole Areas Gaining? CoDesign for Public-Interest Services 2021, 169 -194.

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Ilaria Mariotti, Mina Akhavan, Dante Di Matteo. The Geography of Coworking Spaces and the Effects on the Urban Context: Are Pole Areas Gaining? CoDesign for Public-Interest Services. 2021; ():169-194.

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Ilaria Mariotti; Mina Akhavan; Dante Di Matteo. 2021. "The Geography of Coworking Spaces and the Effects on the Urban Context: Are Pole Areas Gaining?" CoDesign for Public-Interest Services , no. : 169-194.

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Published: 03 April 2021 in CoDesign for Public-Interest Services
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The concluding chapter outlines the main findings of the book concerning the analysis and discussion of new workplaces, specifically, CSs and MSs, in different geographical contexts, by: (i) providing definitions, exploring their typologies, users, and location factors; (ii) investigating the effects on the local context; (iii) exploring urban planning and policies. Several case studies in Europe (Italy, UK, and France) and in the USA have been explored. The results show that the phenomenon is mainly urban, but even suburban and peripheral areas are becoming attractive to new working spaces. Although the book is concerned about the period before the Covid-19 pandemic, this chapter opens the discourse towards the immediate and future effects of the pandemic on the geography of work and new working spaces and suggests new avenues for future research.

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Ilaria Mariotti; Mina Akhavan; Stefano Di Vita. A Research Agenda for the Future of Workplaces. CoDesign for Public-Interest Services 2021, 299 -304.

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Ilaria Mariotti, Mina Akhavan, Stefano Di Vita. A Research Agenda for the Future of Workplaces. CoDesign for Public-Interest Services. 2021; ():299-304.

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Ilaria Mariotti; Mina Akhavan; Stefano Di Vita. 2021. "A Research Agenda for the Future of Workplaces." CoDesign for Public-Interest Services , no. : 299-304.

Journal article
Published: 24 March 2021 in Research in Transportation Business & Management
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The issue of developing environments responsive to the ambitions and needs of older people has become a major concern for social and public policy. According to the activity theory, psychological well-being in old age is based upon the level of activity and social contacts which are kept (Havighurst, 1968). Several researchers (e.g., Mollenkopf, 1997; Banister & Bowling, 2004; Burnett & Lucas, 2010; Stanley, Vella-Brodrick, & Currie, 2010; Mifsuda et al., 2019; Van Hoven & Meijering, 2019) show that participation in activities is related to larger social networks and fewer feelings of loneliness, and that outdoor mobility contributes to old people's life satisfaction. As the activity space of old people shrinks with age, the conditions of the neighborhood where older adults live become increasingly important. Moreover, the integration and management of public transport with active travel (including equity and health implications) is a key subject for policy makers. Although Italy is the “oldest” country in the European Union (closely followed by Germany), the literature exploring elderly mobility is scant. The paper aims to fill this gap by investigating the motivations of a representative sample of older adults, in the cities of Milan and Genoa, not to take trips and activities because of the perceived inadequacy of Local Public Transport. The 411 old people, living in three peripheral neighborhoods in Milan - the Italian financial capital -, and in three peripheral neighborhoods in Genoa - the oldest Italian metropolitan area-, were interviewed face-to-face in 2019. Multivariate logistic regression models are adopted to explore whether giving up moving inside the city is related to: i) elderly's demographic variables, health conditions and modes of transport; ii) the perceived satisfaction of both Local Public Transport and the neighborhood (“ageing in place”); iii) the town of residence.

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Ilaria Mariotti; Claudia Burlando; Stefano Landi. Is Local Public Transport unsuitable for elderly? Exploring the cases of two Italian cities. Research in Transportation Business & Management 2021, 100643 .

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Ilaria Mariotti, Claudia Burlando, Stefano Landi. Is Local Public Transport unsuitable for elderly? Exploring the cases of two Italian cities. Research in Transportation Business & Management. 2021; ():100643.

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Ilaria Mariotti; Claudia Burlando; Stefano Landi. 2021. "Is Local Public Transport unsuitable for elderly? Exploring the cases of two Italian cities." Research in Transportation Business & Management , no. : 100643.

Journal article
Published: 09 March 2021 in European Planning Studies
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With a rising globalization of the economy and society, the digital transformation, and the economic downturn started in 2008, working is becoming less dependent on distance, location, and time. These are some of the reasons that have fostered the development and diffusion of new working spaces like coworking spaces. The paper aims at exploring the location determinants of coworking spaces, an issue that has been less developed by the literature up to now. By focusing on the 549 coworking spaces located in Italy at the year 2018, the paper investigates the location factors of such workplaces, and the attractiveness of large cities as well as peripheral areas. The results of the descriptive statistics and the econometric analysis (a Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial model is applied) confirm that coworking is mainly an urban phenomenon, since coworking spaces tend to be knowledge-intensive places for creative people. Specifically, the municipalities showing higher innovation and entrepreneurial environment (i.e. major cities) are preferred locations. Besides, it is discussed whether coworking spaces may contribute to fostering the development of peripheral and inner areas in Italy, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic where the share of teleworkers outside metropolitan areas has massively increased.

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Ilaria Mariotti; Mina Akhavan; Federica Rossi. The preferred location of coworking spaces in Italy: an empirical investigation in urban and peripheral areas. European Planning Studies 2021, 1 -23.

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Ilaria Mariotti, Mina Akhavan, Federica Rossi. The preferred location of coworking spaces in Italy: an empirical investigation in urban and peripheral areas. European Planning Studies. 2021; ():1-23.

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Ilaria Mariotti; Mina Akhavan; Federica Rossi. 2021. "The preferred location of coworking spaces in Italy: an empirical investigation in urban and peripheral areas." European Planning Studies , no. : 1-23.

Journal article
Published: 30 June 2020 in European Spatial Research and Policy
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Since the mid-2000s, the rising phenomenon of coworking spaces (CSs) has provided a flexible and mainly affordable solution for freelancers, entrepreneurs, small firms and start-ups, which may had experienced the issues of isolation when working from home, to work in a shared workplace, interact, socialize and share knowledge. This article explores the phenomenon of CSs within the theoretical framework of proximity measures a là Boschma (2005) – cognitive, organisational, social and institutional – that underpin the aspects of innovation, interaction and knowledge exchange. Though some studies on CSs have indirectly studied the different aspects of proximity, only a few of them focused on the importance of proximity measures at the workspace. With the aim to fill the gap in the literature, an empirical study was applied to Italy with 549 active CSs in 2018. The data was collected through an on-line questionnaire, addressed to a sample of 326 coworkers, focusing mainly on the set of questions devoted to understanding whether coworkers have exploited the proximity typologies in their CSs, have experienced increases in their revenues and well-being. The results are critically discussed, and some insights on policy implications are proposed.

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Ilaria Mariotti; Mina Akhavan. Exploring Proximities in Coworking Spaces: Evidence from Italy. European Spatial Research and Policy 2020, 27, 37 -52.

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Ilaria Mariotti, Mina Akhavan. Exploring Proximities in Coworking Spaces: Evidence from Italy. European Spatial Research and Policy. 2020; 27 (1):37-52.

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Ilaria Mariotti; Mina Akhavan. 2020. "Exploring Proximities in Coworking Spaces: Evidence from Italy." European Spatial Research and Policy 27, no. 1: 37-52.

Special issue paper
Published: 11 March 2020 in The Annals of Regional Science
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The present paper aims at exploring the location behaviour of manufacturing firms, according to their ownership: domestic firms (henceforth DOMs) and inward foreign direct investments (henceforth IFDIs). This issue is empirically addressed by using data on manufacturing IFDIs and on DOMs in Veneto (north-east Italy) from the Reprint, AIDA and ISTAT databases. Veneto is an industrial district region, specialized in the Made-in-Italy sectors, hosting a central metropolitan area (Padua) and attracting a high share of IFDIs. Geo-referenced mapping and econometric analysis (counterfactual) are developed to explore the location behaviour of the two groups of firms. In line with previous work, findings show that IFDIs are more likely to be located in areas close to the main urban centres, such as the metropolitan area of Padua, to exploit the advantages of complex environments and higher connectivity. However, they also tend to locate in district areas more often than their DOMs counterfactual, suggesting the objective of acquiring a system of specialized productive knowledge and skills developed within a district ecosystem, and hardly reproducible in other contexts.

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Ilaria Mariotti; Mariachiara Barzotto; Giancarlo Corò; Stefano Saloriani. Industrial districts, urban areas or both? The location behaviour of foreign and domestic firms in an Italian manufacturing region. The Annals of Regional Science 2020, 64, 523 -546.

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Ilaria Mariotti, Mariachiara Barzotto, Giancarlo Corò, Stefano Saloriani. Industrial districts, urban areas or both? The location behaviour of foreign and domestic firms in an Italian manufacturing region. The Annals of Regional Science. 2020; 64 (3):523-546.

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Ilaria Mariotti; Mariachiara Barzotto; Giancarlo Corò; Stefano Saloriani. 2020. "Industrial districts, urban areas or both? The location behaviour of foreign and domestic firms in an Italian manufacturing region." The Annals of Regional Science 64, no. 3: 523-546.

Special issue editorial
Published: 04 March 2020 in The Annals of Regional Science
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Firm location has been a widely discussed topic within regional economics and economic geography debate. The characteristics and the determinants of firms’ locational preferences have been broadly investigated not only within the neoclassical framework (Lloyd and Dicken 1992; Hayter 1997; Krugman 1995; Fujita et al. 1999), but also in the context of the behavioural (Simon 1955; Cyert and March 1963; Pred 1967; Pellenbarg and Meester 1984; Meester 2004; Meester and Pellenbarg 2006), institutional (Granovetter 1985; Pellenbarg et al. 2002) and evolutionary approach (Maskell and Malmberg 1999; Storper 1992; Boschma and Franken 2006). Many studies were focused on globalisation and the location of foreign direct investments (FDIs), as since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the development of important countries like China, new huge markets opened and grew for direct investment flows at the international scale. As such, it makes the focus in academic studies on the international scale of these phenomena predominant in the literature. More recent papers on the international firm migration level have indicated that the determinants for international relocation have shifted focus due to the aftermath of the 2007 economic crisis. As Kapitsinis (2017) finds, the level of international demand becomes of increasing importance and the access of external capital is a factor which was earlier never this important for inducing firm relocation. This latter finding was a confirmation of the issues raised on the importance of firms’ finances on their location discussed in a US study by Arena and Dewally (2012). However, these studies also argue that these issues should also be investigated at different spatial scale levels. Most studies on firm relocation are carried out from a theoretical point of view or using aggregated data; much less attention has been paid to empirical studies on relocation at micro-level and intra-national level. More studies on the intra-national level are available, and all recommend that more attention should be paid to the micro-level and intra-national level (Van Dijk and Pellenbarg 2000; Brouwer et al. 2004; Holl 2004; Arauzo-Carod 2005; Mariotti 2005; Sleuwaegen and Pennings 2006; Targa et al. 2006; Manjón-Antolín and Arauzo-Carod 2011; Bodenmann and Axhausen 2012; Kronenberg 2013; Nguyen et al. 2013; Foreman-Peck and Nicholls 2015; Holl and Mariotti 2017). The difficulty in collecting complete individual data on intra-national firm migration is hindering more studies at those lower spatial scale levels. The studies that have been done at lower spatial scale levels, however, are mostly focussing on traditional location decisions (see, for example, Nguyen et al. 2013, or Che’man and Timmerman 2016). Nevertheless, the location and relocation of production activities at the national scale is still a relevant phenomenon, both for large- and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and for manufacturing and services. However, the attention might need to shift from more traditional determinants, to a wider range of explanatory variables to capture the changing economic circumstances firms are confronted with now, such as increasingly unbalanced financial markets, transitions in energy and digitalisation as well as a stronger focus on well-being and sustainability. The analysis of locational preferences run at national and sub-national (regional, local, etc.) scales has the potential to go more in depth about a range of explanatory location factors and the spatial patterns (urban–rural; centre–periphery; north–south; east–west; etc.) that might be useful to understand the logics and the characteristics of the firm location choices (Mariotti 2005; McCann 2010; Musolino 2018a) In fact, working at such scale allows entrepreneurs to express their locational preferences at a more informed and detailed level, as they have potentially a much better knowledge of the places and the localities (Dahl and Sorenson 2009). Moreover, this kind of analysis is very informative about the country’ social and economic environment, institutional framework, entrepreneurial attitude, culture, history, etc., since firms are not driven by the same location determinants everywhere, and so this can offer interesting comparative findings, and cast light on new hidden explanatory elements (McCann 2010; Dahl and Sorenson 2009; Musolino 2018b). Finally, relocation at the intra-national level provides at the same time the best showcase of entrepreneurial decision-making regarding location choice, and the ideal context to inspire goals for regional development policy (Van Dijk and Pellenbarg 2000). This special issue aims to present and discuss works that are at the forefront of the international academic debate on the firms’ locational preferences trying to be open to a wide variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. The objective is therefore to make the point of the scientific debate on this issue, hosting contributions by scholars analysing different countries and dealing with different conceptualisations (for example, stated or revealed locational preferences), different methodologies (mostly quantitative, but also qualitative), different theoretical and analytical perspectives from which the firms’ locational preferences have been recently explored, studied and explained,Footnote 1 balancing more traditional studies on this subject with new emerging approaches. Several remarks can be conducted after the contributions to this special issue. All papers at the end strongly focus on the explanation of (stated or revealed) firms’ locational preferences at the national scale, in particular on the location factors affecting their preferences. Interestingly, analyses highlight that the nature of the relevant explanatory location factors cannot be taken for granted at all. On the one hand, the role of...

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Dario Musolino; Ilaria Mariotti; Aleid E. Brouwer. Stated and revealed locational preferences of firms: a national scale perspective. The Annals of Regional Science 2020, 64, 493 -499.

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Dario Musolino, Ilaria Mariotti, Aleid E. Brouwer. Stated and revealed locational preferences of firms: a national scale perspective. The Annals of Regional Science. 2020; 64 (3):493-499.

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Dario Musolino; Ilaria Mariotti; Aleid E. Brouwer. 2020. "Stated and revealed locational preferences of firms: a national scale perspective." The Annals of Regional Science 64, no. 3: 493-499.

Article
Published: 04 March 2019 in Journal of Industrial and Business Economics
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This article investigates how the ownership of firms (affiliates of foreign multinational firms, or uni-national firms) affects their internal workforce composition. We consider this issue empirically by adopting a novel database on the workforce composition of companies operating in the manufacturing industry in north-east Italy. The workforce composition (in terms of skill level, gender and the less investigated characteristics of age and nationality) of affiliates of foreign multinational enterprises (FMNs) are compared with a counterfactual of uni-national firms, constructed using propensity score matching. Consistent with previous studies, the results report that FMNs recruit a larger number of highly-skilled workers. Our main findings show that FMNs employ a lower number of foreign and less experienced (young) workers. The employment of native and more experienced workers in FMNs seems to suggest that foreign companies use domestic ‘inherited’ stock of manufacturing knowledge and skills. By using this stock, they contribute to sustaining its development.

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Mariachiara Barzotto; Giancarlo Corò; Ilaria Mariotti; Marco Mutinelli. Ownership and workforce composition: a counterfactual analysis of foreign multinationals and Italian uni-national firms. Journal of Industrial and Business Economics 2019, 46, 581 -607.

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Mariachiara Barzotto, Giancarlo Corò, Ilaria Mariotti, Marco Mutinelli. Ownership and workforce composition: a counterfactual analysis of foreign multinationals and Italian uni-national firms. Journal of Industrial and Business Economics. 2019; 46 (4):581-607.

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Mariachiara Barzotto; Giancarlo Corò; Ilaria Mariotti; Marco Mutinelli. 2019. "Ownership and workforce composition: a counterfactual analysis of foreign multinationals and Italian uni-national firms." Journal of Industrial and Business Economics 46, no. 4: 581-607.

Journal article
Published: 24 December 2018 in Urban Science
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The late 2000s witnessed a wide diffusion of innovative workplaces, named coworking spaces, designed to host creative people and entrepreneurs: the coworkers. Sharing the same space may provide a collaborative community to those kinds of workers who otherwise would not enjoy the relational component associated with a traditional corporate office. Coworking spaces can bring several benefits to freelancers and independent workers, such as knowledge transfer, informal exchange, cooperation, and forms of horizontal interaction with others, as well as business opportunities. Moreover, additional effects may concern the urban context: from community building, with the subsequent creation of social streets, and the improvement of the surrounding public space, to a wider urban revitalization, both from an economic and spatial point of view. These “indirect” effects are neglected by the literature, which mainly focuses on the positive impact on the workers’ performance. The present paper aimed to fill the gap in the literature by exploring the effects of coworking spaces in Italy on the local context, devoting particular attention to the relation with social streets. To reach this goal, the answers (320) to an on-line questionnaire addressed to coworkers were analysed. The results showed that three quarters of the coworkers reported a positive impact of coworking on the urban and local context, where 10 out of 100 coworking spaces developed and/or participated in social streets located in Italian cities, but also in the suburban and peripheral areas.

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Mina Akhavan; Ilaria Mariotti; Lisa Astolfi; Annapaola Canevari. Coworking Spaces and New Social Relations: A Focus on the Social Streets in Italy. Urban Science 2018, 3, 2 .

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Mina Akhavan, Ilaria Mariotti, Lisa Astolfi, Annapaola Canevari. Coworking Spaces and New Social Relations: A Focus on the Social Streets in Italy. Urban Science. 2018; 3 (1):2.

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Mina Akhavan; Ilaria Mariotti; Lisa Astolfi; Annapaola Canevari. 2018. "Coworking Spaces and New Social Relations: A Focus on the Social Streets in Italy." Urban Science 3, no. 1: 2.

Journal article
Published: 12 September 2018 in Journal of Transport Geography
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Using detailed geo-referenced data we analyse the effects of highway development on firm level performance in the Spanish logistics sector. To address potential endogeneity issues we carry out panel data analysis together with instrumental variable estimation. Results show that highways have significant implications for logistics' firm performance, although with important spatial heterogeneity. For urban logistics firms, a reduction in the distance to their nearest highway increases their productivity performance. In contrast, for rural logistics firms, improvements in highway access show a positive impact on employment growth but have also led to a reduction in productivity growth for those rural logistics firms that remained outside highway corridors.

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Adelheid Holl; Ilaria Mariotti. Highways and firm performance in the logistics industry. Journal of Transport Geography 2018, 72, 139 -150.

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Adelheid Holl, Ilaria Mariotti. Highways and firm performance in the logistics industry. Journal of Transport Geography. 2018; 72 ():139-150.

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Adelheid Holl; Ilaria Mariotti. 2018. "Highways and firm performance in the logistics industry." Journal of Transport Geography 72, no. : 139-150.

Chapter
Published: 11 August 2018 in Regional Research Frontiers - Vol. 2
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Technological changes, globalisation and the increasing heterogeneity of firms populating Italian industrial districts (IDs) have deeply affected the fabric of these IDs. This chapter sheds light on the contribution of inward foreign direct investments (FDIs) to the host country’s skilled workforce, which is one of the most critical factors in IDs’ socio-economic resources. The chapter investigates whether, within the IDs, the labour workforce skills composition of affiliates of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) differs from that of uni-national firms. The analysis uses microdata from the Veneto NUTS-II region (Northeast Italy), as this is an economic area world-renowned for its manufacturing production and has historically been considered as a referential context for the Italian ID model. The results show that foreign affiliates of MNEs located in the Veneto IDs hire more skilled workers and more experienced workers (above 30 years old), as well as fewer foreign workers. This provides evidence of a positive impact of the presence of foreign affiliates of MNEs on the sustainability of IDs’ socio-economic fabric.

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Mariachiara Barzotto; Ilaria Mariotti. Inward FDI and Skilled Labour Force in Veneto Industrial Districts. Regional Research Frontiers - Vol. 2 2018, 63 -79.

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Mariachiara Barzotto, Ilaria Mariotti. Inward FDI and Skilled Labour Force in Veneto Industrial Districts. Regional Research Frontiers - Vol. 2. 2018; ():63-79.

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Mariachiara Barzotto; Ilaria Mariotti. 2018. "Inward FDI and Skilled Labour Force in Veneto Industrial Districts." Regional Research Frontiers - Vol. 2 , no. : 63-79.

Conference paper
Published: 07 June 2018 in Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions
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The convergence between the concept of sustainable development and the theoretical framework of cultural-heritage preservation underlines some key issues: the tangible and intangible nature of benefits associated with cultural capital; intergenerational equity meant as the fair distribution of wealth, utility and resources among generations, in addition to the intra-generational one; the precautionary principle; and the multidimensionality of cultural heritage. As public goods, non-rival and non-exclusive, cultural resources are characterized by the presence of various categories of value that contribute to determining the Total Economic Value (V.E.T.). Given the risk of being under-supplied in the economy if these kind of goods are disregarded from appraisals, specific evaluation methodologies have been introduced with the aim of assigning a monetary value. In this context, the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) has been applied to estimate the economic benefits generated by the realization of a bicycle and pedestrian trail, considered as a non-marketed and complex good for the wide, and sometimes divergent, range of interests and values (economic, aesthetic, cultural, educational, political) attached to them. Consistently with the guidelines provided by the NOOA Panel, the CVM survey has been developed by the use of the Double Bounded Dichotomous model. In the absence of market prices that express the value of the benefits generated by this slow mobility project, respondents have shown a propensity for the implementation of the hypothetical scenario under valuation, thus demonstrating great awareness of the overall benefits associated with the project.

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Alessandra Oppio; Ila Maltese; Ilaria Mariotti. Integrated Valorization of Cultural Heritage: A Case Study of the Cammino dei Monaci Route. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2018, 401 -410.

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Alessandra Oppio, Ila Maltese, Ilaria Mariotti. Integrated Valorization of Cultural Heritage: A Case Study of the Cammino dei Monaci Route. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2018; ():401-410.

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Alessandra Oppio; Ila Maltese; Ilaria Mariotti. 2018. "Integrated Valorization of Cultural Heritage: A Case Study of the Cammino dei Monaci Route." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 401-410.

Journal article
Published: 01 November 2017 in Cities
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The aim of this paper is to assess the collective benefits for the metropolitan city of Milan arising from the project to restore the Navigli, the ancient urban canals flowing underground for a large part.\ud \ud In this paper two of the most important impacts of this urban transformation, mostly of intangible nature, are considered. On the one hand, the improvement of urban and environmental quality has been estimated through the hedonic price methodology, considering expected price changes both in the residential as well as in the commercial real estate markets; on the other hand, a multiplier effect on infrastructure investment, generating an increase in final income, has been calculated using Input–Output Tables. Empirical results confirm the collective net advantage of the urban transformation

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Flavio Boscacci; Roberto Camagni; Andrea Caragliu; Ila Maltese; Ilaria Mariotti. Collective benefits of an urban transformation: Restoring the Navigli in Milan. Cities 2017, 71, 11 -18.

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Flavio Boscacci, Roberto Camagni, Andrea Caragliu, Ila Maltese, Ilaria Mariotti. Collective benefits of an urban transformation: Restoring the Navigli in Milan. Cities. 2017; 71 ():11-18.

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Flavio Boscacci; Roberto Camagni; Andrea Caragliu; Ila Maltese; Ilaria Mariotti. 2017. "Collective benefits of an urban transformation: Restoring the Navigli in Milan." Cities 71, no. : 11-18.

Journal article
Published: 01 July 2017 in Journal of Cultural Heritage
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The Southern surroundings of the metropolitan city of Milan up to the province of Lodi (in Lombardy region, in the North West of Italy), represent a very interesting area hosting religious sites (cloisters and abbeys), historic and naturalistic heritage. Actually, it is only connected by roads for motorized mobility, while pedestrian paths and cycle lanes are disregarded. In order to increase the accessibility and to connect the diffused heritage, in 2015 an infrastructural project for slow-mobility (bikers and pedestrians), titled "Cammino dei Monaci" (Monks' Route, henceforth CdM), has been developed by the Politecnico di Milano. The aim of the present paper is to estimate the benefits related to the CdM slow-mobility project, through the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM), and therefore the willingness to pay (WTP) declared by the 472 families, living within 3.75. km of the path. These benefits are expected to be intangible for the most: they are both environmental, in terms of reduced motorized mobility and increased quality of life, and cultural, due to the improved promotion of the historic and religious heritage system. Besides, they concern not only the "users" of the infrastructures, but also the "potential" users and the "non-users" (Litman, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2011). The results of the CVM show that the collective benefits outweigh the costs to develop the CdM, thus suggesting that the project is feasible and represents a good opportunity for the development of whole area. Furthermore, the paper fills the gap in the literature, since the CVM method has been mainly applied for evaluating environmental and cultural goods. Seven sections compose the paper. After the introduction, Section 2 describes the project, while Section 3 presents a brief literature review on the CVM. Section 4 is dedicated to the methodology, and specifically to the application of the CVM to the case-study. Section 5 focuses on data and descriptive statistics. The results of the econometric analysis follow in Section 6, while Section 7 provides some discussion and policy recommendations

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Ila Maltese; Ilaria Mariotti; Alessandra Oppio; Flavio Boscacci. Assessing the benefits of slow mobility connecting a cultural heritage. Journal of Cultural Heritage 2017, 26, 153 -159.

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Ila Maltese, Ilaria Mariotti, Alessandra Oppio, Flavio Boscacci. Assessing the benefits of slow mobility connecting a cultural heritage. Journal of Cultural Heritage. 2017; 26 ():153-159.

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Ila Maltese; Ilaria Mariotti; Alessandra Oppio; Flavio Boscacci. 2017. "Assessing the benefits of slow mobility connecting a cultural heritage." Journal of Cultural Heritage 26, no. : 153-159.

Book
Published: 01 January 2015 in Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications
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Globalization of the economy, fragmentation of the production process, increasing externalization of TNCs activities through their global value chains and the widespread adoption of Just-in-Time have increased the flows of raw materials, intermediate goods and finished products, with a direct effect on the transport and logistics industry. This industry, indeed, plays a key role in connecting the different import and export markets and the vertically disaggregated components of production system, which are widespread in the world. The existing literature on transport and logistics is mainly focused on engineering research, transportation economics and management studies, disregarding the view of regional economics, which relates with the impact of economics on space, and therefore, on the impact of internationalisation on a specific industry – transport and logistics and its effects on space. The present book aims to fill the gap in the existing literature by presenting the state of the art of the impact of globalisation and internationalisation of the economy on this industry and focusing on the case of Italy.

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Ilaria Mariotti. Transport and Logistics in a Globalizing World. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications 2015, 1 .

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Ilaria Mariotti. Transport and Logistics in a Globalizing World. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications. 2015; ():1.

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Ilaria Mariotti. 2015. "Transport and Logistics in a Globalizing World." Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications , no. : 1.

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Published: 27 September 2014 in Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications
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The globalization of the economy, together with the consumer-oriented economy, Internet-based information systems, the substantial reductions in trade barriers, tariffs and transportation costs, and the European Traffic Policy, have increased the amount of goods flows to be moved around the globe. This has generated growing demand for transport and logistics activities, which since the 1950s have changed greatly in order to respond to customers’ needs. Within this context, the present book investigates the interrelations between “transport and logistics” and “globalization” by analyzing the literature on these topics produced by various disciplines. This introductory chapter draws the boundaries of the book by presenting its aim, providing a definition of the key concepts: “transport and logistics industry” and “globalization”, and by briefly reviewing the contents of the chapters.

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Ilaria Mariotti. Transport and Logistics in a Globalizing World: An Appraisal. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications 2014, 1 -17.

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Ilaria Mariotti. Transport and Logistics in a Globalizing World: An Appraisal. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications. 2014; ():1-17.

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Ilaria Mariotti. 2014. "Transport and Logistics in a Globalizing World: An Appraisal." Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications , no. : 1-17.

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One of the core questions regarding MNEs is where their different operations take place. Nevertheless, the locations of MNEs has so far been largely neglected, and even more so the locations of transport and logistics MNEs. The present chapter presents a review of the studies investigating the location determinants of inward transport and logistics FDIs by focusing on two countries: China and Italy. The location determinants are very similar to those of manufacturing, however, a key role is played by transport infrastructures, good transport networks, an efficient bureaucracy as regards administrative and customs procedures, and a high degree of government regulation.

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Ilaria Mariotti. Location Determinants of Transport and Logistics FDIs. A Focus on China and Italy. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications 2014, 19 -38.

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Ilaria Mariotti. Location Determinants of Transport and Logistics FDIs. A Focus on China and Italy. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications. 2014; ():19-38.

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Ilaria Mariotti. 2014. "Location Determinants of Transport and Logistics FDIs. A Focus on China and Italy." Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications , no. : 19-38.

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Foreign multinational enterprises (FMNEs) perform better than domestic uni-national (DOM) firms for a number of performance indicators and international firms tend to be larger, more likely to adopt new technologies, achieve higher productivity, and pay higher wages than domestic firms. Studies on firm heterogeneity by ownership mainly refer to the manufacturing sector, while little evidence is provided for other sectors, and specifically transport and logistics. After a literature review on the studies on manufacturing, the present chapter focuses on the transport and logistics industry, investigating whether and to what extent firm heterogeneity by ownership affects firm performance in Italy in 2002–2005. The results show that FMNEs are larger-sized, show a higher returns on capital, are more efficient, and, therefore, are more profitable than their domestic (DOM) counterparts. Besides, they are less willing to invest in premises than DOM firms because they may be ‘footloose’, thus investing in the short run.

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Ilaria Mariotti. Domestic and Foreign Logistics Firms. How Heterogeneity Affects Firm Performance. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications 2014, 53 -63.

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Ilaria Mariotti. Domestic and Foreign Logistics Firms. How Heterogeneity Affects Firm Performance. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications. 2014; ():53-63.

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Ilaria Mariotti. 2014. "Domestic and Foreign Logistics Firms. How Heterogeneity Affects Firm Performance." Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications , no. : 53-63.

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This concluding chapter briefly reviews the arguments previously presented, and draws policy implications with specific regard to the effects of inward transport and logistics FDIs on the host country. Moreover, further research is advocated with the twofold purpose of fostering more research in regional science on the issues concerning transport and logistics in a globalizing world, and of enhancing an interdisciplinary debate on these issues.

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Ilaria Mariotti. Conclusions. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications 2014, 79 -87.

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Ilaria Mariotti. Conclusions. Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications. 2014; ():79-87.

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Ilaria Mariotti. 2014. "Conclusions." Tunable Low-Power Low-Noise Amplifier for Healthcare Applications , no. : 79-87.