Felicetta Iovino is a Fellow at the University of Sannio and Visiting Researcher at the Queen Mary University of London. Her research interests include financial performance, tourism, energy policy and energy companies. Nicholas Tsitsianis is Senior Lecturer at the Queen Mary University of London. His research focuses on analysing firms, their financial and accounting performance, corporate governance and individual labour market trends.

• Chapter 1. European Energy Markets: The Liberalization Processes  Chapter 2. Italian Energy Markets: Structure and Functioning Chapter 3. The Methodology of the Research Chapter 4. The Financial Performance of Energy Companies: A Review of Literature Chapter 5. Analysis of the Financial Performance of the Electricity and Gas Companies: Empirical Evidence from the Italian Case

Felicetta Iovino is a Fellow at the University of Sannio and Visiting Researcher at the Queen Mary University of London. Her research interests include financial performance, tourism, energy policy and energy companies. Nicholas Tsitsianis is Senior Lecturer at the Queen Mary University of London. His research focuses on analysing firms, their financial and accounting performance, corporate governance and individual labour market trends.

• Chapter 1. European Energy Markets: The Liberalization Processes  Chapter 2. Italian Energy Markets: Structure and Functioning Chapter 3. The Methodology of the Research Chapter 4. The Financial Performance of Energy Companies: A Review of Literature Chapter 5. Analysis of the Financial Performance of the Electricity and Gas Companies: Empirical Evidence from the Italian Case