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From the platform economy to the ecosystem economy: how AI is rewriting global competition

Amazon, Alibaba, Apple and Google are the champions of the platform economy. But a new frontier is emerging: the ecosystem economy. Unlike a platform, which has a clearly defined center and a dominant player that controls the rules of the game, an ecosystem is a networked set of relationships in which multiple companies, organizations and communities collaborate. There is no longer a single infrastructure ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2022/2) Stabilini Giuseppe

Procurement and AI: Applications, Results, and Future Prospects

An investigation conducted by SDA Bocconi highlights the degree of implementation of AI technologies in the various phases of the purchasing process during the pandemic .

Magazine article (E&M - 2022/2) Sampietro Marco

Project Management between the Past, Present, and Future

In the current historical phase, the two main approaches to project management, the predictive and Agile approaches, are considered more than complementary alternatives. Many projects would actually need to mix these different approaches harmonically, since the various products they consist of can require different life cycles that will then have to converge into a single result. The integration and ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2022/1) Arbore Alessandro [*]

Another Weapon for Businesses: Imitation Market Strategies

Although innovative strategies are able to offer greater potential profits, they also bring a greater risk of failure. From the standpoint of balancing opportunity and risks, innovation and imitation should thus not be seen as alternatives, but as complementary. The digital paradigm has made innovation, but also imitation, easier. Among the second mover vantages not to be underestimated today, we ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2022/1) Manzoni Beatrice, Magni Federico, Mannucci Pier Vittorio

Creativity in Businesses, between Myths and Good Managerial Practices

In all organizations, favoring creativity in companies and properly managing it is essential to innovate and support growth and competitive advantage. Among the key skills at any organizational level – so much that the World Economic Forum entered it among the set of abilities most requested on the labor market – creativity is often the subject of false convictions: it is innate, it exists only ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2023/4) Lo Zoppo Marianna, Amico Biagio Maria

All the Ingredients of Supply Chain Resilience

The agri-food system is also permeated by the concept of resilience. If the components of the supply chain are resilient, the entire system will benefit. The characteristics of a resilient supply chain depend in part on strategic choices and in part on tactical decisions. Sustainability of the entire sector is the most important and tangible characteristic, as the transition to sustainable production ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2023/4) Giannetti Federico, Lo Zoppo Marianna

Vertical Farming: from Hype to Disinvestment

A strategic sector capable of addressing the challenges of agribusiness, Vertical Farming (VF) has attracted the interest of numerous investors. However, after the initial phase of hype, there followed a significant series of disinvestments that led to cutbacks and reorganizations. This is a rather common situation in venture capital investments linked to new technologies, which often lack the capacity ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2023/4) Calabrese Giuseppe Giulio

Expected and Real Benefits of Industry 4.0

The automotive supply chain is a global industry historically characterized by a high degree of fragmentation of production due to numerous international and local connections, as well as substantial requirements for investment in digitalization approaches. In recent years, Industry 4.0 has grown in importance across many advanced manufacturing industries and represents an emerging industrial model ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/1)

Operations and Supply Chains Tested by the Pandemic

In this difficult moment in history, the operations and supply chains of Italian companies have been sorely tried by the effects of the pandemic as never before. A survey conducted on almost 300 Italian companies belonging to various production sectors, photographed the situation of operations and supply chains during the first lockdown, and attempted to offer some predictions for the future.

Magazine article (E&M - 2010/1) Ronen Boaz, Coman Alex

Value-Focused Management: Achieving More with Existing Resources

In these turbulent days where businesses are struggling for their survival they must do the paradigm shift and deliver more using existing resources.