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Stefano Basaglia

When a Joke Becomes Discrimination

Last February, the Court of Cassation[1] rejected the appeal by the pasta company Pastificio Rana of a judgment issued by the Venice Court of Appeals[2]. The Court reaffirmed the conviction against the company for harassing conduct towards a manager who had been fired (the conduct is said to have occurred during 2001 and 2007, the year of the dismissal). Among the elements of this conduct, was that ...

Silvia Bagdadli, Beatrice Manzoni

From Coach to Leader Coach: Tools and Competencies for People Development

Download the PDF In an economic environment marked by accelerating change, continuous innovation, and compounding complexity, an organization’s ability to learn and adapt has become a key source of competitiveness. Technologies, business models, and skills are evolving so rapidly that knowledge which represented a distinctive edge just a few years ago can become obsolete. In this context, human ...

Donatella Depperu, Ilaria Galavotti, Nicolò Grassa, Edoardo Seveso

AI and Strategy: Adoption and Prospects in Italian Companies

Download the PDF Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly central role in organizations, one which is extending across nearly every area of business. So it is unsurprising that a growing body of research has accompanied the managerial debate, examining the benefits, challenges, and implications of AI (Jobstreibizer et al., 2025). Yet while studies on AI in business processes have multiplied ...

Maria Carmela Ostillio

Banca Etica and Youth: Communication, Trust, and Verifiable Value

Download the article The relationship between younger generations and the banking system is undergoing a profound transformation. On the one hand, Generation Z and young adults are engaging with financial tools at an increasingly early age and through increasingly digital means, thanks to the widespread use of electronic payments, banking applications, and digital financial services (Banca d’Italia, ...

Magazine article (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, ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/2) Saviozzi Francesco A.

Digital Transformation: Step-by-step Strategy

To successfully tackle digital transformation, whatever sector they are in, companies cannot limit themselves to taking a few targeted actions, but must rethink the pillars of their business strategy in a context that is (and will be) increasingly digital. To that end, the traditional model of the strategic process must be integrated sector by sector, company by company, with an analysis of the external ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/2) Ricciuti Elisa, Bufali Maria Vittoria

The Evaluation of Social Impact: The AVIS Experience

Following the introduction of the Third Sector Code (regarding the voluntary sector), the theme of assessment of the social impact generated by non-profit organizations (NPOs) has re-emerged strongly, emphasizing the importance of adopting methodologies of measurement such as SROI ( social return on investment) .#An analysis conducted to assess the ability of the Association of Italian Volunteer Blood ...

Magazine article (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 ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/2) Vicari Salvio

Innovation Is Possible, Change Is Necessary

In contemporary competitive scenarios, the intensity of competition has grown tremendously with respect to the past, and innovation is the key to survival. An important part of companies' capacity for long-term success thus depends on knowing how to exploit technological evolution. Technological innovation can be incremental, leading to increasingly refining one's offer to customers in a process of ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/2) Prandelli Emanuela, Verona Gianmario

The 5 Rules of Online Business

In the era of so-called "digital transformation", the pervasiveness of the Web and the advent of new technologies are shaping a competitive landscape in which disruption is a daily occurrence, and innovation is the focus. On the Web, and thanks to the Web, the rules of competition are changing. On the one hand, spaces are opening on the market that favor the birth of new categories of operators. On ...