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Sustainable Local Economic Development of Eco-Friendly Sources

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2021) | Viewed by 9321

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Diego Giuliani

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Guest Editor
Department of Economics and Management, University of Trento, Via Calepina, 14, 38122 Trento TN, Italy
Interests: spatial statistics; micro spatial econometrics; economic geography; spatial concentration
Prof. Dr. Mariangela Franch

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Department of Economics and Management, University of Trento, Via Calepina, 14, 38122 Trento TN, Italy
Interests: service management; sustainable management and marketing; sustainable tourism; sustainable destination strategy
Dr. Maria Michela Dickson

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Department of Economics and Management, University of Trento, Via Calepina, 14, 38122 Trento TN, Italy
Interests: sampling methods; environmental surveys; spatial statistics; local economics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Presently, sustainability is largely considered as a crucial factor of the durable development of local economies. Due to their particular characteristics, local contexts may benefit from innovation tools as long as development is sustainable in terms of costs feasibility.

Sustainability, intended as an aim of organization and institution strategies, rests on three pillars: the economic, social, and environmental dimensions. Several local governments have recently focused their attention on a sustainable growth and sustainable business activities, especially in high-tech, energy, agriculture, tourism, and agri-food sectors. A specific focus is on sustainable companies, intended as businesses that pay attention to the impact of their productions and activities on the three pillars of sustainability.

This Special Issue is proposed as a collection of contributions that focus on the economic impacts of sustainable development in local contexts. Methodological papers for the empirical analysis of the topic as well as qualitative research based on case studies are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Mariangela Franch
Dr. Diego Giuliani
Dr. Maria Michela Dickson
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • sustainability
  • economic development
  • local economies
  • eco-friendly productions

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The Diversification of Sicilian Farms: A Way to Sustainable Rural Development
by Martina Aronica, Maria Francesca Cracolici, Debora Insolda, Davide Piacentino and Salvatore Tosi
Sustainability 2021, 13(11), 6073; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13116073 - 28 May 2021
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Rural areas still suffer from a lack of sustainable development, and the diversification of farms may be a step in the right direction. The paper provides a detailed picture of the diversification of Sicilian farms into tourism services. Specifically, we propose a simple [...] Read more.
Rural areas still suffer from a lack of sustainable development, and the diversification of farms may be a step in the right direction. The paper provides a detailed picture of the diversification of Sicilian farms into tourism services. Specifically, we propose a simple indicator of localization intensity of agritourism farms and explore their spatial distribution at municipality level. Our study highlights that Sicilian farms rarely diversify into tourism services, despite being situated in attractive areas. That said, some significant spatial clusters of municipalities where agritourism farms are highly concentrated do emerge from the study. Full article
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Innovation Policy and Sustainable Regional Development in Agriculture: A Case Study of the Stavropol Territory, Russia
by Anastasia Chaplitskaya, Wim Heijman, Johan van Ophem and Olga Kusakina
Sustainability 2021, 13(6), 3509; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063509 - 22 Mar 2021
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This paper considers innovations as one of the factors of sustainable agricultural development of the Stavropol Territory. It focuses on the impact of state policy at the regional level in the field of innovations on the sustainable development of the region’s agriculture. This [...] Read more.
This paper considers innovations as one of the factors of sustainable agricultural development of the Stavropol Territory. It focuses on the impact of state policy at the regional level in the field of innovations on the sustainable development of the region’s agriculture. This paper tests whether the implementation of the policy in innovations increased the sustainable growth of agricultural development. To do so, a model with switch variables was used. Principle component analysis was used to calculate a composite sustainability index of selected socio-economic and environmental indicators. The hypothesis that the introduction of a state policy aimed at innovation has a positive impact on the sustainable development of the regional agriculture was corroborated. We also assessed the impact of implementing this policy within each dimension separately. The socio-economic indicator is more important than the environmental indicator. Full article
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Green Production as a Factor of Survival for Innovative Startups: Evidence from Italy
by Riccardo Gianluigi Serio, Maria Michela Dickson, Diego Giuliani and Giuseppe Espa
Sustainability 2020, 12(22), 9464; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229464 - 13 Nov 2020
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Many studies have analyzed empirically the determinants of survival for innovative startup companies using data about the characteristics of entrepreneurs and management or focusing on firm- and industry-specific variables. However, no attempts have been made so far to assess the role of the [...] Read more.
Many studies have analyzed empirically the determinants of survival for innovative startup companies using data about the characteristics of entrepreneurs and management or focusing on firm- and industry-specific variables. However, no attempts have been made so far to assess the role of the environmental sustainability of the production process. Based on data describing the characteristics of the Italian innovative startups in the period 2009–2018, this article studies the differences in survival between green and non-green companies. We show that, while controlling for other confounding factors, startups characterized by a green production process tend to survive longer than their counterparts. In particular, we estimate that a green innovative startup is more than twice as likely to survive than a non-green one. This evidence may support the idea that environmental sustainability can help economic development. Full article
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