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Magazine article (E&M - 2020/4) Peretti Fabrizio

Carlo De Benedetti: Publishing between Passion and Business

In this wide-ranging interview, Engineer De Benedetti talks about his past experience as the publisher of Repubblica, and his new adventure at the head of Domani. There is also criticism of the current government and the new leadership of Confindustria, as well as some reflections on the relationship between capital and labor.

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/3) Miranda Lucio

Trade Opportunities and Possible Perils

Transatlantic trade and the rethinking of supply chains, to be less tilted towards China, have returned to the center of debate in America and Europe. There is a different environment, probably determined by the freezing of tariffs, that is inspiring trust both in Brussels and in markets and businesses.#Many financial analysts are of the opinion that the American economy is heading into a period of ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/3) Sironi Andrea

Human Capital: from Emergency to Priority for the Country’s Future

Human capital represents a key factor for the competitiveness and economic and social development of a country. The main factors that determine the quality and quantity of human capital are represented by the demographic curve, the educational system, research spending and the system of scientific research in general, and the ability of a country to attract quality immigration from the rest of the ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/3) Veronesi Vittoria, Pirotti Guia Beatrice, De Angelis Corvi Elena

Successful strategies for the agri-food industry

In the first half of 2020, Italian agri-food exports to the United States totaled more than EUR 2 billion, up 4.5% compared to 2019 and registering a double-digit growth over the corresponding period in 2018. Moreover, the value of food and beverage exports to the United States is expected to increase by around EUR 11 billion by 2023. As revealed by the success of the Mutti and Marchesi Antinori labels, ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/3) Marafioti Elisabetta

The New Overseas Route for Italian Fashion

Although the health emergency has caused a strong drop in exports and interruptions in the supply chain, the strong acceleration of the process of digitalization has allowed for reducing the centrality of distribution channels in the American market, historically the largest barrier for Italian fashion companies interested in approaching the United States.#The principal threat to Italian leadership ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2020/1) Amatori Franco

Searching for European Capitalism

Contractual cooperation, family management of businesses, the entrepreneurial state and the presence of a labor movement with a leading role in political and social life; these are the four pillars of European capitalism, the common denominators of certain importance. However, after the mid-20th Century, they were overwhelmed by three waves: the Americanization resulting from the Marshall Plan, the ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2020/1) Reviglio Edoardo

The Virtues of the Social Market Economy

At the end of the Second World War, the attempts by the United States to export its model of capitalism to Europe ran up against the economic and social structures present in the countries of the Old Continent. However, following the crisis of the 1970s and the start of the process of privatization, a deep Americanization of European capitalism began, initially led by merchant banks and consulting ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2020/1) Lilla Antonello, Saporito Raffaella

Fighting Fraud Thanks to Algorithms

Starting with the information it has available, the Italian pension and social insurance institute INPS has developed an algorithm to identify companies whose behavior seems to indicate fraud. The entity has also observed that, through preventive actions, it is possible to reduce the propensity for fraud of companies given special attention by predictive analysis.Following an experiment, INPS found ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2020/1) Cafarelli Alessandro, Cameran Mara, Pettinicchio Angela

Gender Pay Gap and Corporate Performance

According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2018 published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), the gender gap measured worldwide is 32%, calculated across four thematic dimensions: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment.The same report highlights how differences in pay negatively impact corporate performance. Furthermore, the pay ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2020/1) Paolazzi Luca

European Diversity Without Unity

A clear distinction exists between the U.S. and Europe: while the former is a nation, the latter is a sum of many nations, even larger than the number of states of which it consists. This heterogeneity, especially at a cultural level, makes it hard to speak of a single European capitalism, with unique and similar characteristics. There are actually different types, strongly rooted in the cultural ...