Patrizia Battilani
Patrizia Battilani is associate professor in Economic history at the University of Bologna. She sits on the Advisory Board of the Journal of Tourism History. She has published many books and several essays, mainly concerning the history of cooperative enterprises, the history of tourism and the economic history of Italy. Her publications include, among others, Cooperation, networks, service. Innovation in outsourcing, Carnagie Publishing, Preston UK, 2010 with G. Bertagnoni; The Bel Paese and the transition to a service economy, Journal of modern italian studies, vol. 15, 2010; The creation of new entities: stakeholders and shareholders in 19th century Italian co-operatives, in The hidden alternative: cooperative values. Past, present and future, Manchester University Press, forthcoming.