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The paper presents an empirical analysis of social love, highlighting the meaning and the empirically detectable dimensions of this concept and clarifying some unresolved issues in the theoretical literature on this topic. Thanks to a qualitative meta-analysis conducted on some case studies the paper tries to understand how agape manifests itself in the social dimension and how it differs from other phenomena such as help, altruism and giving to others.

This article studies the energetic potential of biogas obtainable from winery waste production through an anaerobic digestion (AD) process, within the territorial context of Emilia Romagna in Italy. The winery district produces about 5.2 million tons of grapes. These wastes are processes by anaerobic digestion in 5 biodigesters, this methodology allows to re- introduce in the production process 800,000 tons of food waste, consisting of: vegetable waste, wood chips and waste from pruning.

This case focuses on the construction of the World Love Index, a new index built ad hoc on secondary
sources with the aim of showing, through transnational comparisons, the different levels of Social Love (SL)
present in different countries. The idea is part of the debate “Beyond GDP” which aims to develop indicators
of the progress of a society, taking into account the environmental and social aspects of well-being. Within
this framework, SL is considered both an important agent of cohesiveness in contemporary society and a

The intensive use of the online space if, on the one hand, has generated extensive benefits, on the other it has exposed
the society to malicious behaviours, causing a global expansion of computer-based criminal activities. In this respect,
the aim of this chapter is twofold. First, it explores the economic costs and benefits faced by private firms in the context
of their investments in cybersecurity and personal data security activities. Second, it analyses how the recent legislative

Purpose – The importance of relational capital for the university has grown enormously in recent years.
In fact, relational capital allows universities to promote and emphasize the effectiveness of the third mission.
The purpose of this paper is to propose a case study involving an Italian university that recently set up a new
research observatory, and, thanks to its success, succeeded in enhancing its relational capital.
Design/methodology/approach – The authors adopted an action research approach to analyze the case

This paper aims to investigate how the shift from voluntary to mandatory nonfinancial information started by the European Union (EU) Directive 95/2014 may influence corporate practices. In particular, this research presents a paradigmatic case study to highlight relevant changes in reporting strategy and corporate governance adopted by an Italian listed company that never disclosed sustainability information before the transposition of the EU Directive into the Legislative Decree 254/2016.

Purpose – This study aims to identify the legitimacy issues raised during a sustainable business model innovation, deployed by an Italian company, which was analyzed through the lens of the legitimation theory and the business model innovation theory.
Design/methodology/approach – A single case study methodology is employed for empirical research.
Semistructured interviews, with top and middle management, were conducted together with the analysis of several internal and external documents, to corroborate the case analysis.

The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the relational capital of universities, within the new context that requires combining research, education, third mission and internal relations. Our investigation, following a dynamic approach, aims to answer the following RQ: "How is relational capital generated in universities?” From a methodological point of view, we address the research question by adopting a qualitative research approach based on a case study. The case chosen focuses on the foundation and development of a scientific observatory on gender issues entitled “Ipazia”.

This paper proposes a novel heuristic to solve the network design problem for public transport in small-medium size cities. Such cities can be defined as those with a diameter of a few kilometers with up to a few hundred thousand residents. These urban centers present a specific spatial configuration affecting the land use and mobility system. Transportation demand is widespread in origin and concentrated in a small number of attraction points close to each other.