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Articolo rivista (E&M - 2019/2) Rinaldi Francesca Romana, Rizzi Francesca

Fashion Startups: A Rulebook for Success

The growth of startups in the fashion industry in Italy has accelerated in the last five years, as evident from the increase in the number of initiatives, events, contests, and incubators dedicated to the sector. In a mature sector such as fashion, startups are in fact taking on a key role, by virtue of the considerable added and differential value that they can bring. Based on a number of interviews ...

Articolo rivista (E&M - 2019/2) Albertini Marco

Gay-friendly Cities? Much More Can Be Done

Thanks to the conquest of civil rights based on the construction and recognition of a specific cultural, social and political identity, LGBT+ people have also become a segment of the tourism market that produces considerable sales at the global level.#LGBT+ tourism regards not only the many thematic events organized around the world, but boasts the presence of ad hoc organizations such as the International ...

Articolo rivista (E&M - 2019/2) Antonioli Magda, di Salle Marianna

Tourism Becomes Ever More Rainbow

Today, the LGBTQ segment embraces 3 percent of more than a billion international travelers, and travel spending generated by LGBTQ travelers coming from the main markets is around 219 billion dollars per year.#Travelers in this segment are traditionally oriented towards LGBTQ friendly destinations, such as large American and European cities. However, in mature outbound markets, we are seeing an increase ...

Articolo rivista (E&M - 2019/2) Simonella Zenia

The Boom of Sex Toys (Thanks to E-commerce)

1969. The year the first sex shop opened in Italy. Since then the number of such stores has grown, especially in the 1980s and ’90s. Today the approximately 500 “physical” stores present in Italy[1] must deal with the opening of an increasing number of stores present exclusively online. This is a trend taking place throughout Europe: for example, the Beate Uhse company, that had a chain of franchises ...

Articolo rivista (E&M - 2015/02) Gatti Stefano

Pension Funds’ Long Term Investment: A Huge Potential Demand. Interview with Mr. Raffaele Della Croce, Lead Manager, Long-term Investment Project, OECD

Looking back at the past few years, the spectrum of possible interested investors in infrastructure is now much broader. Can you please provide an overview of the different channels to infrastructure investments available to the private sector?   Infrastructure can be financed using different capital channels. The evolution of the capital markets shows that financial innovation develops new financial ...

Articolo rivista (E&M - 2012/05) Bodnar Gordon M., Consolandi Costanza, Gabbi Giampaolo, Jaiswal-Dale Ameeta

The derivative usage by listed and non-listed Italian Firms for corporate risk management

La scarsa trasparenza sull’uso dei derivati nei bilanci delle imprese è all’origine della scarsa conoscenza degli schemi di comportamento delle imprese per quanto riguarda l’impiego di tali strumenti. Questo articolo esamina le pratiche di gestione del rischio delle imprese italiane, sia quotate sia non quotate, per un’ampia varietà di rischi d’impresa: rischi di cambio, di tasso di interesse, ...

Articolo rivista (E&M - 2012/05) Castellaneta Francesco

The double-edged sword of experience in strategic decisions. Evidence from the private equity sector

Research objective The overarching objective of my research is to contribute to our understanding of the positive and negative experiential learning factors linked to the development of organizational capabilities in strategic tasks. Experience is both an opportunity and a restriction – a resource and an obstacle for change, a space to explore and a prison. To gain insights into the puzzling ...

Articolo rivista (E&M - 2010/3) Gatti Stefano

One year on, the economic crisis and its impact on Italian banks and financial institutions

Il 21 ottobre l’associazione BOSS – nelle persone di Carlo Bosco, Marco Campo e Sabino Costanza –, Nomura Italia e l’Università Bocconi di Milano hanno organizzato una tavola rotonda dal titolo “One year on the economic crisis and its impact on Italian banks and financial institutions”.#Il tema della tavola rotonda era particolarmente delicato in considerazione del momento storico attraversato ...

Articolo rivista (E&M - 2019/3) Alemanni Barbara

Fintech Nudging: A Push toward Financial Well-being

Fintech is revolutionizing the way the financial industry interfaces with clients and helps them reduce information barriers regarding their finances. A central role in this process is played by nudging logics, those systems of decision-making architecture that help orient decisions towards more virtuous behavior. The entire approach helps better satisfy the customers’ needs and increase loyalty. Digital ...

Articolo rivista (E&M - 2019/3) Appetiti Carlo, Gatti Stefano

Whistleblowing: Healthy Businesses Thanks to Employees

The word “whistleblowing” identifies the action of reporting illegal, unethical or improper activities, or activities that can have a negative impact on employees or the company, whether public or private, in any sector. The introduction of whistleblowing in businesses marks a significant cultural change. Thanks to whistleblowing, companies can count on active help in the future from their employees, ...