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Magazine article (E&M - 2019/2) Pulignano Valeria

The Ambivalence of Industrial Relations

Trade unions in Italy are currently facing certain critical problems that derive from the exhaustion of the previous phase of industrial relations, based on policies of consultation with employers’ associations and public representatives, and the difficulty of sharing a “synthesis” of the transformations underway with the other actors in industrial relations.#In the new scenario of the gig economy, ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/2) Fortin Davide

Cannabis: An Evergreen Business

Cannabis is a plant which must be distinguished into two chemotypes: one that is non-psychotropic, the characteristic of the hemp originally used for industry and food purposes; and another that is a narcotic, cannabis with high tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) used for the production of psychoactive inflorescences.#Although Italian law allows for consuming cannabis with high THC for therapeutic purposes ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/2) Ordanini Andrea

The Legacy of Woodstock Is (A)live

Fifty years have passed since the Woodstock Festival, and many things have changed radically in the music market. However, that event left an important legacy, that is still valid today from multiple standpoints.#First of all, it marked the advent of a dual structure of the music business, with a few large companies (“majors”) that manage the most successful music, and many independent labels ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/4) Salviotti Gianluca, Abbatemarco Nico

5G: Infrastructure Seeking an Author

The impact of 5G on the global economy is expected to be around 12 trillion dollars by 2035, open a series of scenarios for application whose benefits will be both social and economic. 5G should become the underlying infrastructure for a series of fields of application that go from expanding the potential of broadband (not only 4K video streaming, but also access to the first mainstream applications ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/4) Baccelli Oliviero

The Airport System More Can Be Done

The air transport market in Italy is increasingly dependent on trends at a global level, as regards both the demand for mobility and the services offered by the carriers. Airport operators find themselves working in a more and more competitive context, and thus are called on to experiment with new organizational models, to meet an increasingly differentiated and cost-sensitive demand by carriers and ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/4) Guindani Pietro

New Rules for the Infrastructure of the Gigabit Society

Telecommunications infrastructure has become essential for any social and economic activity. The potential of digital technologies such as IoT, Big Data, artificial intelligence, and blockchain will revolutionize the operating models of private enterprises and public administrations, with a strong and pervasive social impact.#In this regard, both in Europe and in Italy in particular, there is a need ...

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 ...