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The Golden Rules for Doing Business
Africa is an area in which doing business is challenging and at the same time very promising. For those who decide to operate on the continent, the selection of the countries from which to start or on which to focus is crucial, as is the medium to long-term strategic approach to adopt. The most promising countries are those with more diversified economies and less dependence on single resources, such ...
A New Model of Co-Responsibility
In recent months, the company committees created to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus and to ensure business continuity have created a new model of co-responsibility between businesses and employees. This is a form of collaboration that labor unions could also adopt in the future, extending it to broader perimeters of bargaining.#A new level of participation of unions in the life of organizations ...
Listening to the Silence: Reflections on the Great Resignation
What are the almost 4 million workers who have decided to leave their jobs in the United States since July 2021 fleeing from? From situations of unease, toxic work environments, absurd working hours, and conditions of burnout, i.e. emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion. It is as if the pandemic has shown that the jobs considered to be desirable were actually not as gratifying as they seemed or ...
The Strength of the Example of the Italian Manufacturing System
During the course of 2020-2021, the Italian production system, thanks to the dynamism of single businesses or through the creation of networks, proved to be resilient and able to rapidly recover from the drops in production suffered in the initial period of the pandemic. In the months of the lockdown, various businesses launched new product lines (personal protective equipment, medical devices, air ...
The Reaction to the Shock, Defined by Change
During the first phase of the health emergency (March 9-May 4, 2000), the shutdown of economic activities caused a blockage of operations especially for smaller Italian businesses, that in our country represent a high percentage of employment and economic output of the Italian production system. Over 70 percent of businesses (73.7 percent in terms of employment) reported a reduction of turnover compared ...
Compare to Whom? A Reflection on Benchmarking
Benchmarking represents one of the most common management tools used by businesses. It is an extremely complex and detailed process that involves some important elements of decision-making: identifying the outside group for comparison; gathering information on that group’s practices; and choosing which among these practices are advisable/feasible to adopt internally, and how. A benchmarking analysis ...
Resistance and Revival of Italian Businesses
The articles that make up this focus analyze the effects of the pandemic on the activity of Italian businesses, showing the difficulties faced by various segments of our production system, but also their great capacity for resistance and reaction.