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2025-09-11 Marco Valigi

Geopolitics: an asset for small and medium-sized enterprises

Arguing that geopolitical analysis represents an asset for small and medium-sized enterprises is a counterintuitive assertion. As an initial reaction, it is natural to experience a degree of skepticism. Geopolitics, given its analytical framework, might appear to be a method better suited to complex and articulated organizations, with budgets capable of absorbing without difficulty a function not directly tied to production. Yet, upon closer examination, I believe that readers will find it effortless to embrace a different interpretative key. Let us return to the question of scale. Stating ...

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2025-09-04 Donato Masciandaro

Geoeconomics: New Challenges for the ECB and the Fed

Geoeconomics is an increasingly common perspective in analyses of today’s international economic and political landscape. The recent development of geoeconomics stems from the interplay between economic analysis and political science, shining a light on the international political drivers that help explain economic policy decisions. In truth, this has long been a subject of interest for economic historians: in other words, how economic power can be exercised to pursue foreign policy objectives. It is a narrative that can begin with the history of ancient empires, such as Rome, pass through the ...

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2025-08-26 Francesca Romana Rinaldi, Chiara Piancatelli, Fahimeh Khatami

Cut Through the Greenwashing. Strategies for Authentic Sustainability in Fashion

Introduction Growing environmental awareness among consumers is driving higher demand for eco-friendly (green) products (Pimonenko et al., 2020; Zhang and Sun, 2021; Zhang et al., 2024). These goods, which aim to enhance quality of life, require rigorous, continuous assessments (Baines et al., 2013). Green manufacturing techniques are considered a promising way to improve the environmental impact of production (Nukmana et al., 2017). But customers’ willingness to pay a premium for eco-labeled goods has led some companies to make false claims in order to gain a competitive advantage, a practice ...

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2025-08-01 Sylvie Goulard

The EU roadmap towards nature credits: new opportunities for business and risks management

Currently, if you cut a tree, you get revenues from timber. In some cases, you can even get money when you replace it through “reforestation schemes”. If you keep it alive, allowing it to continue to capture carbon and keeping intact the larger forest ecosystem, you are not remunerated. This is what should change and what nature credits (or biodiversity credits) could make possible. Recently the European Commission adopted “A road-map towards nature credits” that represents an important step forward. Why could it be so powerful? Nature is providing many ecosystem services, such as the ...

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2025-07-28 Andrea Beltratti, Alessia Bezzecchi

The glorious revolution of urban regeneration and the value of (Well)being Earnest

Urban regeneration has become an increasingly central lever in tackling the major challenges of our time: social inclusion, ecological transition, and economic resilience. But it is no longer enough to treat regeneration as the mere physical rehabilitation of spaces. What is needed are long-term visions capable of generating widespread well-being, building trust between public and private actors, and creating enabling conditions for sustainable development. In this context, the concept of (Well)being Earnest emerges – an authentic, coherent, and integrated approach to sustainability, one that ...

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2025-07-24 Pietro De Giovanni, Alberto Grando

Resilience strategies in designing logistics architectures

The degree of vulnerability is determined by the probability of risk events occurring and the severity of their impact; it depends on both the design and complexity of operational architectures (structural vulnerabilities) and on the capabilities a company has developed and consolidated in its core management processes, particularly in operations and supply chain management. When it comes to structural vulnerabilities, the companies analyzed have adopted various strategies to address the challenges related to supply chain design and complexity, focusing on innovative solutions aimed at improving ...

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2025-07-21 Giovanni Battista Dagnino, Lia Tirabeni

Managers of tomorrow: rethinking education in the age of AI

Management education has undergone a profound transformation over time, adapting to the economic, technological, and social dynamics of the exogenous environment and moving from a traditional approach, based on theory and hierarchy, to a more dynamic model incorporating new technologies. In this sense, the evolution of management education not only reflects changes in the world of work. It’s also a direct function of the ability of educational institutions to respond to the renewed needs of organizations and professionals. In reflecting on the role of managerial training institutions, it’s ...

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2025-07-15 E&M Plus

Advancing technology management: integrating policy, innovation, and systems thinking for industrial transformation

Technological advancement is a defining feature of modern industrial transitions. From artificial intelligence reshaping productivity to the deployment of capital-intensive technologies such as renewable energy systems, the development, adoption and acceleration of new technologies is no longer confined to a single discipline or function. It requires a coordinated, systems-level approach and stakeholder collaboration that integrates innovation, public policy, financing, and organisational transformation. Research in technology management has traditionally focused on adoption frameworks such as ...

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2025-07-14 Lorenzo Diaferia, Leonardo Maria De Rossi, Gianluca Salviotti

AI in business: assessing and prioritizing areas of intervention

The logic for defining a priority order in the areas of intervention and in the initiatives to be pursued must be based on a broad evaluation, which includes technical, business, regulatory framework, and internal competence elements. Several factors will indeed need to be aligned for the successful outcome of the initiatives. In general, there are two dimensions we can consider to define a priority order. The first dimension looks at the expected business impact of the initiatives and is mainly linked to an assessment of business opportunity. The second dimension instead refers to an assessment ...

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2025-07-07 E&M Plus

Doing business in a changing world: how Italian managers can lead the future of export

Director Battocchi, the global landscape is entering a new cycle of tensions and instability. Amid regional conflicts, trade restrictions, and the renewed focus on economic security, how are Italian companies coping with these shifts in their international operations? The Italian economy is highly diversified across sectors. We rank among the world’s top three exporters in roughly 1,000 out of 5,000 product categories. Italian companies have also diversified geographically: about half of our exports go outside the European Union. These factors provide Italy with a solid degree of flexibility ...

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