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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 ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/3) Amendola Eugenio

Hunting Talent with Employer Branding

In the past it was decidedly easier for a company searching for talent to find people due to a stronger position on the labor market. Today seeking and keeping talented resources has become perceived not only as particularly important, but also as difficult to achieve. The reasons for this reversal are to be attributed to radical changes in the labor market in the past twenty years. Employer branding ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/3) Alberti Duccio, Baruffaldi Laura, Panigati Simone, Pinucci Isabella

How To Get To The Top. A Profile of Italian CEOs

A survey on the careers of Italian CEOS can help whoever wants to develop their career or change direction so as to take the right steps to achieve their objective. A SDA Bocconi study highlights that the job market for corporation chiefs in Italy remains conservative for the moment. When it comes to appointing the head of a company, shareholders tend to choose fifty-year-old men who have had a stable ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/3) Leonardi Matilde, Guastafierro Erika, Scaratti Chiara, Toppo Claudia, Silvaggi Fabiola

Managing Chronic Diseases in the Workplace

The ageing of the population and the constant progress of medicine and scientific research mean that a growing number of people of working age live with one or more chronic diseases. Chronic diseases not only impact health care and welfare systems, but also the organization of work in the single companies that must manage the presence or return to work of a workforce with health problems. Demographic ...