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Magazine article (E&M - 2019/4) Viola Roberto

The Digital Future of the Italian System

With the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) strategy for the single digital market, the European Union has set ambitious goals for a Gigabit society by 2025, allocating a budget of 3 billion euros and a unitary European focus on infrastructure linked to connectivity.#Italy is closing the gap it had in the supply of infrastructure and for the coverage of fast broadband, but must take significant steps ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/4) Pileri Stefano

Digitalizing is a Must

The widespread extension of connectivity, along with a growing quantity of information generated by smart objects, opens completely new scenarios. The world of industry, for example, can face projects of transformation towards "smart factories," with greater efficiency, flexible and personalized production, planning of phases of work, and a resulting increase in competitiveness. To include the largest ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/4) Valotti Giovanni

Networks at the Center of the Urban Ecosystem

In the last 10 years, the service that energy and gas distribution network must guarantee has changed radically: points of production linked with a medium and low voltage network, increasing electrification, and much more volatile gas consumption.#Refocusing on networks will lead to an additional effort in the coming years to make new technological solutions operational: more flexibility, more safety, ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/4) Bellingardi Emilio

An Intermodal Future for Milan-Bergamo Airport

In 2018 alone, the Italian airport system saw an increase of passenger traffic of more than 5.9 percent compared to the previous year, with over 185 million people carried and 1.6 million airplane movements. In this context of growth, the Milan-Bergamo airport is in third place in Italy, with a forecast of 13.5 million passengers in 2019, representing one of the main gateways of access for eastern ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/4) Grieco Patrizia

Electric Infrastructure for tomorrow

Electricity networks require urgent technological evolution, to allow for an energy transition towards a more sustainable model of production. The scenario presented in the Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC) sent by the Italian government to the European Commission implies a strong commitment in regard to networks. Our daily life, which is increasingly digital, requires highly technological networks, ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2020/1) Magatti Mauro, Cecchinato Fabio

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 ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2020/1) Gemmo Vanessa, Isari Daniela

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 ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2020/1) Cappetta Rossella, Grando Alberto

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 ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2020/1) Galano Dina, by Dina Galano

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 ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2020/1) Castaldo Sandro, Grosso Monica, Villa Danilo

The Compass of Trust for Management

Customer trust is the main driver of the economic performance of a business. This is even more true in digital channels, the have a strong need for trust. To fully grasp the opportunities deriving from new technologies, it is necessary to move towards omnichannel marketing, that places the customer at the center of the business and its channels. This is the way to model the organization, the processes, ...