On October 25th, 2024, the unit of the University of Messina presented the preliminary results of the project during a session entitled Under the Grip of Organized Crime: Maintaining Firm Performance in a Hostile Environment during the 65th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Italian Society of Economics, held at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo. During the conference, the following papers have been presented:
- “From News to Knowledge: Decoding Organized Crime’s Footprint in Italy Through Text Mining”. Authors: Antonio Fabio Forgione, Carlo Migliardo, Paolo Mustica;
- “Between Fear and Finance: How Organized Crime Perceptions Influence Credit Rationing”. Authors: Antonio Fabio Forgione, Carlo Migliardo, Marco Spadaro;
- “Breaking the Mafia’s Grip: How Judicial Actions Reshape Business Ecosystems”. Authors: Carlo Migliardo, Domenico Nicolò, Marcella Scrimitore;
- “Exploring the impact of the Legality Rating on corporate efficiency: empirical evidence from Italy”. Authors: Giulia Cattafi, Antonio Del Pozzo, Antonio Fabio Forgione, Carlo Migliardo.