Bruno S Sergi
Biographic Data
| ID | 269031 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bruno S Sergi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bruno S |
| FAMILY NAME | Sergi |
| SIGNATURE | SERGI B S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Messina |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5050-5651 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The impact of industrial concentration and markups on price-cost margin and prices in the food industry
Purpose This study assesses firm behavior in the food industry by analyzing the extent and dynamics of industrial concentration, markups and prices. While these issues are relevant globally, the Indonesian context – marked by high agro-industrial heterogeneity, structural dominance in sectors like Crude Palm Oil (CPO) and persistent food price inflation – offers a strategically important setting for examining how market power affects pricing and …
The fight against the financing of terrorism—selected challenges and potential solutions: Category: Research Article
Strategic academic leadership and high-tech economic growth
Considering the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, higher education must play a significant role in the social-investment model of economic growth. To what extent higher education supports strategic academic leadership and high-tech economic development is still being determined. The article proposes direct actions for improving university management through higher educational and technological functions. We establish the specific direc…
RegTech – Potential benefits and challenges for businesses
Geo-Economy of the Future: Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Energy
Examining continuance intention in business schools with digital classroom methods during Covid-19: A comparative study of India and Italy
This study investigates and compares the continuance intention of full-time business school students and faculty in India and Italy who moved from traditional pedagogy style to the digital classroom due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study integrates the Expectation Confirmation Model (ECM) and Task-Technology Fit (TTF) to examine their continuance intention. Survey data was collected from 396 business school students and 130 faculty members from …
A theory of digital technology advancement to address the grand challenges of sustainable development
Towards digital society management and ‘capitalism 4.0’ in contemporary Russia
Conceptualizing the complexities of the Russian political economy strikingly illustrates the challenging but essential role of the State in the new process of capitalist reforms initiated in the 1990s. A missing ingredient in this discourse has been considering the extraordinary impact technology has on society and how it affects the process. Accordingly, this paper focuses on the current development of culturally unique capitalist theory in Russ…
Business valuation strategy for new hydroponic farm development – a proposal towards sustainable agriculture development in United Arab Emirates
Purpose This study aims to evaluate a hydroponic farm (through nutrient film technique) while considering uncertainty, sustainability and the system's utility in the dominant desert geography. The idea of the hydroponic farm is to allow individuals/businesses to grow plants. Given the geographical condition, the hydroponic system may be useful in the Gulf context and may lead to food security and sustainability. Additionally, the UAE government h…
Competitiveness and the Logistics Performance Index: The Anova method application for Africa, Asia, and the EU regions
This paper analyses the impact of strategic sub-components of the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) on the Logistics Performance Index (LPI). As a hypothesis, it is assumed that there is a relationship between the LPI and selected factors in GCI, which were grouped into three clusters: infrastructure, human factor, and institutions. The purpose is to investigate which of those groups has the most significant impact on the LPI - an interactive co…
What is stopping energy efficiency in Russia? Exploring the confluence of knowledge, negligence, and other social barriers in the Krasnodar Region
Supporting Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development in Africa - Volume II: Transforming Infrastructure Development
Social entrepreneurship for scalable solutions addressing sustainable development goals (SDGs) at BoP in India
Purpose The study addresses the crucial issue of sustainable development goals (SDGs) and institutional voids in the peri-urban geographies of India. The peri-urban geographies, though within a cosmopolitical city, lack basic amenities like drinking water, sanitation and waste management. We study social entrepreneurial strategies to address these issues and thereby illustrate strategies that could be used to address sustainable development goals…
What are the determinants of international tourism in Tanzania
Corruption and the circumvention of financial sanctions via the extractive industries in Dubai
Gaming Environmental Governance? Bribery, Abuse of Subsidies, and Corruption in European Union Programs
A Digital Economy to Develop Policy Related to Transport and Logistics. Predictive Lessons from Russia
Evaluation of the Italian transport infrastructures: A technical and economic efficiency analysis
The Theory of Innovation and Innovative Development. AI Scenarios in Russia
China’s Power in Its Strategic Energy Partnership with the Eurasian Economic Union
This article examines the current China-Russia partnership in the energy sector, focusing on natural gas and other Eurasian Economic Union countries’ role in this relationship. It argues that the foundation of China-Russia cooperation is strategic, despite the existence of several long-term issues, which make it fragile. Russia’s “pivot to China” in the energy field relies on practical considerations, such as export diversification and problems w…
Migration expectations and geography of post-Soviet Ukraine
Research background: Starting from the concept of "post-colonial cultural dependence" and its significance for the contemporary Ukrainian society, imaginary geography is analyzed by describing the representations of the characteristics of countries, regions, places, and people living in these territories. Imaginary geography as a cultural structure implies material consequences. In the context of this paper, it is necessary to provide representat…
Exploring the nature, motives, and implications of foreign capital in Africa
Job satisfaction and subjective well-being in Europe
This paper addresses some recent developments in the field of management science and economics of well-being, trying to prove a link between working conditions and subjective well-being. Using the fifth round of the European Social Survey, which is the most recent set of data with a module focusing on the inter-relations between work, family and well-being, this paper uses an instrumental variable approach to estimate the effect of job satisfacti…
Social entrepreneurship in Russia and Asia: Further development trends and prospects
Purpose This paper aims to determine the trends and prospects of the development of social entrepreneurship in Russia and Asian countries. Design/methodology/approach The methodology includes trend, regression, and correlation analysis and scenario (imitation) modeling and elaborates on perspectives and recommendations for further development of social entrepreneurship in Russia and Asia. Findings Despite the active development of social entrepre…
Compliance in Multinational Corporations: Business Risks in Bribery, Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Sanctions
Compliance in Multinational Corporations explores phenomena such as bribery, money laundering, and terrorism financing. Including an empirical analysis of 100 expert interviews, it takes an innovative look at the perspectives of criminals and compliance experts to provide a long-lasting guide for compliance experts
Putin's and Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union: A hybrid half-economics and half-political “Janus Bifrons
The Eurasian Economic Union is an institution formalized in January 2015 for the purpose of regional economic integration; it includes five countries: Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan, and may include Mongolia and Tajikistan in the future. With a GDP of $1.59 trillion in 2015, an industrial production of $1.3 trillion in 2014, and population of almost 200 million as of 2016, the EEAU could represent a geopolitical success that…
A theory of digital technology advancement to address the grand challenges of sustainable development
Job satisfaction and subjective well-being in Europe
This paper addresses some recent developments in the field of management science and economics of well-being, trying to prove a link between working conditions and subjective well-being. Using the fifth round of the European Social Survey, which is the most recent set of data with a module focusing on the inter-relations between work, family and well-being, this paper uses an instrumental variable approach to estimate the effect of job satisfacti…
Internationalisation of the campus and curriculum: Evidence from the US institutions of higher learning
This study evaluates the extent to which academic institutions and their curricula are internationalised in the US. The survey instrument incorporates variables that assess the students' globalisation skills related to international awareness, international competency and international expertise. Generally, findings suggest that a large proportion of students in the US glean their international learning experiences from course-infused content. Th…
What are the determinants of international tourism in Tanzania
Gaming Environmental Governance? Bribery, Abuse of Subsidies, and Corruption in European Union Programs
Foreign aid, legal origin, economic growth and Africa’s least developed countries
The issue of foreign aid dependency in Africa remains controversial among policymakers. The Euro zone, which provides the bulk of foreign aid to developing countries, is currently implementing some austerity programmes. Consequently, this study investigates what really matters; the quantity or quality of foreign aid to support economic growth of Africa’s least developed countries. We assess these issues within a country’s legal origin framework. …
How Did Maritime Piracy Affect Trade in Southeast Asia
Over the past 30 years, Southeast Asia has experienced rapid growth in intra-regional economic activity, but despite the remarkable diminution in the frequency and intensity of military conflict and crises, it has not been free of interstate disputes, such as maritime disputes. However, the struggle against maritime crime activities such as maritime piracy is a priority for all countries of the region, as well as one of the unavoidable prerequisi…
The Pirates' Curse: Economic Impacts of the Maritime Piracy
During the last decades, the activities of pirates have increased exponentially in Eastern Africa, with their attacks becoming considerably more violent. In addition to the intrastate and interstate conflicts, the lack of state capacity and the presence of terrorist groups, maritime piracy represents a serious and sustained threat to economic security. Indeed, from an economic point of view, pirates affect international trade through an increasin…
RegTech – Potential benefits and challenges for businesses
What is stopping energy efficiency in Russia? Exploring the confluence of knowledge, negligence, and other social barriers in the Krasnodar Region
The Theory of Innovation and Innovative Development. AI Scenarios in Russia
Significant Understanding the Key Characteristics of an Embedded Business Model for the Base of the Pyramid Markets
The objective of this article is to understand the significance and key characteristics of the socially embedded business model to achieve the socio-economic success at the base of the pyramid (BoP). The qualitative multi-case based analysis is applied for data collection and analysis. The sampling involves the field interaction with the four social enterprises targeting the energy and healthcare needs of the BoP segment in India. The findings in…
Reducing Inflation in Ex-Communist Economies: Independent Central Banks Versus Financial Sector Development
Society's aversion to inflation, an outgrowth of financial sector development, has increased over time in twenty-eight excommunist countries, resulting in lower inflation
Foreign aid, legal origin, economic growth and Africa’s least developed countries
The issue of foreign aid dependency in Africa remains controversial among policymakers. The Euro zone, which provides the bulk of foreign aid to developing countries, is currently implementing some austerity programmes. Consequently, this study investigates what really matters; the quantity or quality of foreign aid to support economic growth of Africa’s least developed countries. We assess these issues within a country’s legal origin framework. …
Significant Understanding the Key Characteristics of an Embedded Business Model for the Base of the Pyramid Markets
The objective of this article is to understand the significance and key characteristics of the socially embedded business model to achieve the socio-economic success at the base of the pyramid (BoP). The qualitative multi-case based analysis is applied for data collection and analysis. The sampling involves the field interaction with the four social enterprises targeting the energy and healthcare needs of the BoP segment in India. The findings in…
Sectoral Effects on Female Absolute and Relative Employment in Selected Least Developed Countries
This study investigates the sectoral effects on female absolute and relative employment in 39 least developed countries. Random and fixed effects estimation techniques were used on a panel data for the period 1991–2010. Our results shed light on the importance of the sectoral effects on female employment. Specifically, we find that while changes in the agriculture sector output tend to significantly favor female employment in both absolute and re…
Internationalisation of the campus and curriculum: Evidence from the US institutions of higher learning
This study evaluates the extent to which academic institutions and their curricula are internationalised in the US. The survey instrument incorporates variables that assess the students' globalisation skills related to international awareness, international competency and international expertise. Generally, findings suggest that a large proportion of students in the US glean their international learning experiences from course-infused content. Th…
The Pirates' Curse: Economic Impacts of the Maritime Piracy
During the last decades, the activities of pirates have increased exponentially in Eastern Africa, with their attacks becoming considerably more violent. In addition to the intrastate and interstate conflicts, the lack of state capacity and the presence of terrorist groups, maritime piracy represents a serious and sustained threat to economic security. Indeed, from an economic point of view, pirates affect international trade through an increasin…
The nature and the scope of the global economic crisis’ impact on employment trends and policies in South East Europe
This paper investigates the impact of the global economic downturn, its nature and impacts on the state of employment in the region of South East Europe. As the financial crisis spilled over into the real sector, its effects, with varying magnitude, ranging from relatively consequential to devastating, were such that inescapably impacted lives across the planet, with the poorest as the most vulnerable and marginalized bearing a particularly heavy…
Compliance in Multinational Corporations: Business Risks in Bribery, Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Sanctions
Compliance in Multinational Corporations explores phenomena such as bribery, money laundering, and terrorism financing. Including an empirical analysis of 100 expert interviews, it takes an innovative look at the perspectives of criminals and compliance experts to provide a long-lasting guide for compliance experts
How Did Maritime Piracy Affect Trade in Southeast Asia
Over the past 30 years, Southeast Asia has experienced rapid growth in intra-regional economic activity, but despite the remarkable diminution in the frequency and intensity of military conflict and crises, it has not been free of interstate disputes, such as maritime disputes. However, the struggle against maritime crime activities such as maritime piracy is a priority for all countries of the region, as well as one of the unavoidable prerequisi…
Putin's and Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union: A hybrid half-economics and half-political “Janus Bifrons
The Eurasian Economic Union is an institution formalized in January 2015 for the purpose of regional economic integration; it includes five countries: Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan, and may include Mongolia and Tajikistan in the future. With a GDP of $1.59 trillion in 2015, an industrial production of $1.3 trillion in 2014, and population of almost 200 million as of 2016, the EEAU could represent a geopolitical success that…
Migration expectations and geography of post-Soviet Ukraine
Research background: Starting from the concept of "post-colonial cultural dependence" and its significance for the contemporary Ukrainian society, imaginary geography is analyzed by describing the representations of the characteristics of countries, regions, places, and people living in these territories. Imaginary geography as a cultural structure implies material consequences. In the context of this paper, it is necessary to provide representat…
Exploring the nature, motives, and implications of foreign capital in Africa
Job satisfaction and subjective well-being in Europe
This paper addresses some recent developments in the field of management science and economics of well-being, trying to prove a link between working conditions and subjective well-being. Using the fifth round of the European Social Survey, which is the most recent set of data with a module focusing on the inter-relations between work, family and well-being, this paper uses an instrumental variable approach to estimate the effect of job satisfacti…
Social entrepreneurship in Russia and Asia: Further development trends and prospects
Purpose This paper aims to determine the trends and prospects of the development of social entrepreneurship in Russia and Asian countries. Design/methodology/approach The methodology includes trend, regression, and correlation analysis and scenario (imitation) modeling and elaborates on perspectives and recommendations for further development of social entrepreneurship in Russia and Asia. Findings Despite the active development of social entrepre…
Supporting Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development in Africa - Volume II: Transforming Infrastructure Development
Social entrepreneurship for scalable solutions addressing sustainable development goals (SDGs) at BoP in India
Purpose The study addresses the crucial issue of sustainable development goals (SDGs) and institutional voids in the peri-urban geographies of India. The peri-urban geographies, though within a cosmopolitical city, lack basic amenities like drinking water, sanitation and waste management. We study social entrepreneurial strategies to address these issues and thereby illustrate strategies that could be used to address sustainable development goals…
What are the determinants of international tourism in Tanzania
Corruption and the circumvention of financial sanctions via the extractive industries in Dubai
Gaming Environmental Governance? Bribery, Abuse of Subsidies, and Corruption in European Union Programs
A Digital Economy to Develop Policy Related to Transport and Logistics. Predictive Lessons from Russia
Evaluation of the Italian transport infrastructures: A technical and economic efficiency analysis
The Theory of Innovation and Innovative Development. AI Scenarios in Russia
China’s Power in Its Strategic Energy Partnership with the Eurasian Economic Union
This article examines the current China-Russia partnership in the energy sector, focusing on natural gas and other Eurasian Economic Union countries’ role in this relationship. It argues that the foundation of China-Russia cooperation is strategic, despite the existence of several long-term issues, which make it fragile. Russia’s “pivot to China” in the energy field relies on practical considerations, such as export diversification and problems w…
Towards digital society management and ‘capitalism 4.0’ in contemporary Russia
Conceptualizing the complexities of the Russian political economy strikingly illustrates the challenging but essential role of the State in the new process of capitalist reforms initiated in the 1990s. A missing ingredient in this discourse has been considering the extraordinary impact technology has on society and how it affects the process. Accordingly, this paper focuses on the current development of culturally unique capitalist theory in Russ…
Business valuation strategy for new hydroponic farm development – a proposal towards sustainable agriculture development in United Arab Emirates
Purpose This study aims to evaluate a hydroponic farm (through nutrient film technique) while considering uncertainty, sustainability and the system's utility in the dominant desert geography. The idea of the hydroponic farm is to allow individuals/businesses to grow plants. Given the geographical condition, the hydroponic system may be useful in the Gulf context and may lead to food security and sustainability. Additionally, the UAE government h…
Economics (26 works) · Business (23 works) · Political science (21 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Finance (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Development economics (6 works) · Economy (6 works)