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Magazine article (E&M - 2023/1) Zadro Alessandro

Risks and Opportunities for Italian Businesses

In 2022, the global economy had to face considerable uncertainties, principally linked to the increase of inflation, the lack of energy, and the interruption of supply chains. Despite the difficult historical and global situation, economic and trade cooperation between the European Union and China and between Italy and China seems to maintain prospects for long-term growth. The actors involved are ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2023/1) Franceschini Ivan

The New Silk Road. One, None and a Hundred Thousand

Some time ago, a friend who works for a non-governmental organization was interviewed by a journalist regarding the risks linked to some Chinese projects to construct coal-fired power plants in a certain country of Southeast Asia. Although the local authorities had promised to work towards a carbon-free future, some of these projects had not been abandoned, and the journalist wanted to know if the ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2023/1) Amighini Alessia

The Internationalization of the Chinese Currency

The net outflow of capital from China is continuing and getting worse. In recent months, according to data from the International Institute of Finance (IIF), foreign investors have sold their Chinese shares and bonds for a value equivalent to 17 billion dollars, a historic high. This sell-off, driven principally by high outgoing Chinese investments, also during the years of the pandemic, follows almost ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/3) Perretti Fabrizio

Goodbye Workers?

This dossier is dedicated to work, and more specifically to workers in businesses and organizations in a broad sense. “Workers” is an almost outdated term that, similar to what happened with “laborers,” is now disappearing from the managerial vocabulary. In its place people speak of “human resources” and “human capital,” and no longer of “employees” but “associates.” Yet we ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/4) Cappelli Agostino

Where the Rail System Begins

From the Kingdom of Italy to the new 2016 procurement code, the history of the Italian railway system shows how the succession of different political objectives and legislative changes has made the role of evaluation techniques very difficult, too often leaving to political decisions, with can change rapidly, the task of planning and financing the works. In our country, this has generated numerous ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2009/6) Chakraborty Urmila

The Changing Face of India

La rubrica “La finestra sul mondo” approda come prima tappa in area BRIC (Brasile, Russia, India, Cina), volgendo lo sguardo verso i paesi emergenti, unanimemente riconosciuti strategici per lo scenario dell’economia globale del Terzo Millennio. Avendo ripreso il percorso della rubrica “Doing business in China”, dalla Cina muove prima di tutto all’interno dell’area asiatica, per guardare ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/4)

The New Season of Agribusiness

This focus has the goal of illustrating some of these epochal challenges and providing entrepreneurs, managers, and technical experts in the sector answers for the management of the entire agribusiness value chain.

Magazine article (E&M - 2022/1) di Salle Marianna, Mottironi Cristina

Digital Nomadism as an Opportunity for Tourism

In the last decade, thanks to the intensification of technological infrastructure and the growth of professions linked to the knowledge economy, the phenomenon of digital nomadism has regarded a growing number of professionals and entrepreneurs who have chosen a flexible lifestyle, moving between destinations that have a combination of good social, cultural, and environmental characteristics. Many ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2022/1)

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.

Magazine article (E&M - 2023/3) Lanza Pietro

The Growth of Fine Dining: the Case of Langosteria

Fine dining grew by 12 percent in 2022 (a higher increase than luxury cars, for example), reaching a global market value of 57 billion, representing 4 percent of the overall luxury market.[1] The brilliant post-pandemic recovery can be attributed to both the desire to spend quality time outside the home and the experience of food as an important moment for socialization. Especially in sophisticated ...