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United in diversity: towards a European managerial model
Thirty years after the creation of the single market, a European managerial model has yet to emerge. However, cultural diversity is a valuable resource that enriches European companies and organizations. The fusion of these different cultural backgrounds into a common destiny is, in fact, the motto of the European community: united in diversity.Whether they are politicians, managers, or academics, ...
A Journal with an Impact
One of the priority issues facing the different management disciplines today is the critical question of research impact. We are confronted with the question of how to translate the immense potential of knowledge produced by the scientific community into management practices that are useful for transforming organizations and their processes to create value and generate welfare for society. In management ...
Beyond illusions, within limits: business and the sustainability challenge
Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, we have drawn on natural resources as if they were limitless. The air and water, the soil, the fish and the trees, all living things seemed at our disposal. Economic science has long suggested that wealth results from the combination of only two factors of production: capital and labor. As Jean-Baptiste Say wrote in 1803 in his book on Political Economy: ...
Leveraging Loyalty to Create Value
Companies need to manage their customer base according to loyalty-based logic, focused on building and maintaining loyal relationships that stand the test of time. This reality has long been underscored by the shift from transactional to relationship marketing. The digital revolution has fueled and accelerated this transition, redefining the structure and competitive mechanisms of many industries ...
How to Gain Maximum Trust
We are experiencing a period of tremendous economic and social uncertainty, marked by international political tensions and stagnant consumption. Despite a slowdown in inflation, rising consumer prices over the past three years have eroded household purchasing power, already under pressure from high energy costs and rising financing costs. In this unpredictable environment, characterized by instability ...
“Deep Blue”: Exploring the Depths of Space and Oceans at the Festival of Management
The second edition of the Festival of Management by SIMA – the Italian Society of Management – solidified the innovative initiative launched in February 2023 to elevate management culture within Italian universities. With over a thousand in-person attendees at Bocconi University, in Milan, the event underscored the need to reestablish human connections after years spent in "non-places" devoid ...
The sustainability pendulum: stakeholders set the course
Sustainability took several hits in 2025, though none delivered a knockout blow. Regulatory progress slowed in both the U.S. and Europe, and mounting political pressure might suggest a retreat. Yet the underlying trend remains intact. Stakeholder demand continues to exert powerful influence beyond regulation. Clients, employees, local communities, and the media still expect measurable, verifiable ...
Companies, Entrepreneurs, and Growth: Guido’s Open Challenges
Guido Corbetta never failed to make an impression on people. Indeed, he left a deep, indelible mark, a legacy of ideas and challenges that are now ours to nurture and grow. Guido not only ran our Economia & Management magazine, he also held many roles at SDA and the University. But more than all this, he paved new paths, with his signature style that always characterized everything he did. And thinking ...
Luigi Guatri: The Legacy of a Master
Professor Luigi Guatri's legacy resonates deeply within Bocconi University and throughout the landscape of Italian economic and business thought. A master in the truest sense of the word: a rigorous scholar, an intellectual guide, and a point of reference for generations of academics and students. After teaching at the University of Genoa and the University of Parma, he returned to Bocconi as a full ...