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Alessandro Zattoni

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, ...

Carlo Altomonte

Market, security, energy: the Draghi report and the future of Europe

The global landscape is shifting: what lies ahead for the European Union economically and politically?Since World War II, the EU has been a globalization success story, leveraging key strengths to become a global export leader. Recent disruptions - most notably the war in Ukraine - have challenged its foundations, undermining the core pillars of competitiveness: market, security, and energy.Mario ...

Matteo Di Castelnuovo

AI and energy: the hidden challenge of data centers

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence brings not only technological but also significant energy-related implications. According to the International Energy Agency, data centers – the physical backbone of AI – could consume up to 3% of global electricity by 2030, an amount comparable to the current demand of an entire industrialized country. Yet these digital hubs could also become enablers ...

Simonetta Di Pippo

More space for Earth: the future of the Space Economy

The new space race is no longer just about satellites and lunar missions: it is an ecosystem that brings together artificial intelligence, robotics, biotechnology, and international diplomacy, with a global market value already exceeding $600 billion – and projected to surpass $1.8 trillion by 2035. Every euro invested in this sector generates value back on Earth, turning the cosmos into a vital ...

Gianmarco Ottaviano

Public Goods Need Europe

There are at least three wrong ideas that need to be cleared up to begin a constructive debate on the role of the European Union at this point in history. The first is that the important decisions in the EU are made in Brussels without any involvement of the Member States. The second is that the decisions made in Brussels have no democratic basis since they are made by bureaucrats not elected by the ...

Gimede Gigante, Andrea Locatelli

Viaggio nel sistema bancario indiano

Il sistema bancario indiano sta assistendo negli ultimi anni a un rapido sviluppo e rappresenta, tra le economie emergenti, uno dei mercati con il più alto tasso di crescita in termini sia assoluti sia relativi[1]. Nel periodo 2007-2018 il volume dei prestiti bancari, sostenuto da una forte crescita economica sistemica, dall’aumento del reddito pro-capite e da un più facile accesso al mercato ...

Marco Mancuso

New Media Art between Technology, Science, and Industry

In a historical period of growing economic recession and widespread cuts to cultural initiatives, there is an increasing number of artists, designers, creatives, and enterprises – in the areas of ICT and scientific research – who use production processes functional to the creation of “cultural objects” as standardized as possible. The new creative classes, with various types of training and ...

Gianluca Salviotti, Leonardo De Rossi

HIT Radar: Application Focus – Information Technology

Blockchain-based Smart Contract A blockchain-based smart contract is a computer program code that is capable of facilitating, executing, and enforcing the negotiation or performance of an agreement (i.e. contract) using blockchain technology. Being able to set-up a software solution, which provides an exchange of value in a secure, transparent and automatic way can sound as a tremendous opportunity ...

Paola Dubini, Elena Raviola

A Clash between Fields

Göteborg, Autumn 2016. The main book fair in Northern Europe, that celebrates 250 years of Swedish constitutional law on freedom of the press – the first in the world – was the subject of incredible media attention. The reason was that the fair admitted among the exhibitors a publishing company that publishes an extreme right-wing organ. The debate in traditional media and social media continued ...

Roberto Ruozi

Cryptocurrencies: The Role of the Bank of Italy and the Consob

In recent times, our monetary and financial authorities have finally decided to intervene in the dark world of cryptocurrencies and especially of cryptoactivities. Given the confusion and lack of knowledge on the subject, we should first state that the former are virtual currencies, the most widespread of which is Bitcoin, issued without any underlying value, not minted or produced physically, but ...