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Magazine article (E&M - 2021/3) Fuggetta Alfonso

Innovator Country, Not Entrepreneurial State

What our country is lacking is not an "Entrepreneurial State" – an expression often misunderstood and manipulated to promote forms of neo-statism from the 1970s – but a state oriented towards the development and growth of knowledge and the market, that promotes research and innovation in all contexts and areas of society.#Italy needs to be an "Innovator Country," in all of its expressions and ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/3) Sironi Andrea

Human Capital: from Emergency to Priority for the Country’s Future

Human capital represents a key factor for the competitiveness and economic and social development of a country. The main factors that determine the quality and quantity of human capital are represented by the demographic curve, the educational system, research spending and the system of scientific research in general, and the ability of a country to attract quality immigration from the rest of the ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/3) Colangelo Giuseppe

Digital platforms: an (almost) all-out battle

For several years now, Big Tech companies have been held responsible for almost every evil of modern society: the spread of fake news, hate speech and terrorist content; the publishing crisis and the threat to Western democracies; product counterfeiting and tax avoidance. Contrasting with the legislative hyperactivity of Australia, UK, and Europe with regard to Big-Tech companies is the relative inactivity ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/3) Veronesi Vittoria, Pirotti Guia Beatrice, De Angelis Corvi Elena

Successful strategies for the agri-food industry

In the first half of 2020, Italian agri-food exports to the United States totaled more than EUR 2 billion, up 4.5% compared to 2019 and registering a double-digit growth over the corresponding period in 2018. Moreover, the value of food and beverage exports to the United States is expected to increase by around EUR 11 billion by 2023. As revealed by the success of the Mutti and Marchesi Antinori labels, ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/3) Marafioti Elisabetta

The New Overseas Route for Italian Fashion

Although the health emergency has caused a strong drop in exports and interruptions in the supply chain, the strong acceleration of the process of digitalization has allowed for reducing the centrality of distribution channels in the American market, historically the largest barrier for Italian fashion companies interested in approaching the United States.#The principal threat to Italian leadership ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2021/3) Beltratti Andrea, Bezzecchi Alessia

The Value of Sustainability in Real Estate

A survey conducted by SDA Bocconi highlights the great interest on the part of investors and policymakers for the new logics of sustainable real estate .

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/3) Colombo Sabrina

Meritocracy and Inequality in Selection

The profession of the recruiter has an active role in the encounter between the supply and demand of work. Recruiters have shown that their role is not simply that of matching the productive needs of enterprises and the existing characteristics of labor supply. In reality, they are intermediaries. In other words, recruiters have a certain influence in the “social construction” of the characteristics ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/3) Cappetta Rossella, Del Conte Maurizio

Training Needs Good Policies

Without a continuous training system, a part of the community finishes its training at the end of formal education and quickly discovers that its basic skills are insufficient. In Italy, despite the intense theoretical debate on the issue, very little is being done in the way of training. Training is a lever for enterprises to fulfill their social responsibility and generate “shared” value with ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/3) Bagdadli Silvia, Gianecchini Martina

Career Progression in Italy: Old Paths, New Tensions

Over the last decade, the world economy has lived through big transformations, that have had repercussions on businesses with phenomena such as outsourcing, downsizing, and organizational flattening, to name a few. Working relationships have become less long-lasting, with a steady increase in temporary contracts, supported also by digital platforms. These transformations have had a significant impact ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/3) Manzoni Beatrice, Magni Federico

What Different Generations Want from Employers

Today, at least three different generations work together at companies: the famous Millennials (between 23 and 39 years old), the Baby Boomers on their way out (between 59 and 73) and Gen X (between 40 and 58), a sandwich generation stuck between the other two, despite being the most important in numerical terms. Examining differences (including generational differences) is important to design effective ...