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When a Trademark Transforms the Value Chain
Those who work as CEOs today deal with sustainability every day, in every decision they make and every action they carry out: from the management of factories to innovation, from human resources to communication. Each company should be based on a single purpose, given by the integration of its own purpose and a social purpose. This integration between economic and social mission defines a clear model ...
ESG Ratings: Love Them or Hate Them?
In a context of growing investor interest for businesses attentive to the social and environmental risks of their activities, ESG ratings have emerged with the function of identifying and selecting companies in line with new market expectations. ESG controversies, the news disseminated by the media on the environmental, social, and governance aspects of companies, could represent a measure of real ...
The Centrality of Corporate Governance
To obtain the "sustainable success" that by now represents the principle of reference of the new corporate governance code for listed companies, large enterprises and SMEs must initiate a true process of change able to involve business, governance, and corporate strategy. The growing pressure from ESG investors, the size of companies, and the presence of independent board members are key elements ...
From Competition to Collaboration
The systemic crisis of 2007-2008 also marked the crisis of the paradigm of competition and of the primacy of financial interests over the common good, social cohesion, and environmental justice. It is indispensible to recover and re-establish an authentic principle of collaboration, that leads to inclusive business management, oriented towards stakeholders. The principle of collaboration is deeply ...
(Ir)responsible Businesses
During the course of recent years, a view has taken hold that has gradually shifted the attention of businesses from shareholders to stakeholders, both inside of companies (workers) and outside as well (civil society). Businesses have taken on additional responsibilities and aims with respect to purely financial goals, extending their range of action to activities directly or indirectly linked to ...
Sustainability at the Center of Business
The goal of this Dossier is to assess the situation regarding sustainability, thus offering the contribution of the SDA Bocconi School of Management and its Sustainability Lab to the debate on the subject.
The Profile of a Pioneer in an Era of Transition
CEOs are increasingly called on to face the historic challenge of deconstructing the old structures of the past, to then construct new organizational approaches oriented towards sustainability. In this context, the role of the CEO takes on particular importance because the CEO is the person who can emanate cultural, strategic, and value imprinting, but also operative and managerial imprinting, able ...
Being a Strategy Maker in the Digital Era
In the context of the broad digital transformation currently underway, CEOs must represent the engine of corporate change. In the role of the “strategy maker,” the CEO first of all has the role of defining how artificial intelligence can support strategic decisions at multiple levels, and secondly, to promote and guide the digital transformation. The CEO is also required to renew the strategies ...
Marchionne and Lessons in Leadership
In the three speeches he gave to the Bocconi community between 2012 and 2014, Sergio Marchionne spoke of himself as a “transformational leader,” i.e. a person who defines long-term values and inspires people by example to obtain results that go beyond the perimeter of formal contracts. Marchionne’s leadership is described through a long list of duties: to develop “optimism of the will” to ...
Are Top Managers Good Managers?
According to the “ Bravi Manager Bravi” study sponsored by Federmanager, the digital revolution is disrupting many of the business dynamics that have become consolidated over time. Managers are thus called on to govern that transformation and at the same time offer a vision for companies that becomes a collective narrative, so that the skills and potential of individuals can lead to repeat results ...