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Magazine article (E&M - 2024/1) Cozzi Ambra, Galvani Laura, Biggi Livia, Theodorou Nikolaos Alexandros, Strina Maria Giulia

The Future of the Blue Economy. From Risk Mitigation to Business Opportunities

Often unaware of the risks associated with ecosystem degradation, businesses exert both direct and indirect pressures on the ocean. The diverse and interconnected nature of these pressures makes the protection of coastal and marine ecosystems a key challenge for most companies, regardless of their sector. However, while marine restoration activities present significant challenges, they can also provide ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2024/4) Ciacci Andrea, Raimondi Claudio

Successful Business Cases: AI Implementation Best Practices

Through the analysis of successful business cases, the article aims to identify key steps and best practices in AI implementation in order to develop a set of principles that can guide managers in business practice. To optimize business operations and transform AI into a driver of innovation and value, specific development steps must be followed: from establishing a solid strategic and organizational ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2024/4) Ciacci Andrea

From Theory to Practice: Critical Factors in AI Implementation

By investigating major trends in the literature on artificial intelligence, this article provides an up-to-date, structured overview of AI applications in the business context. In particular, it explores the most influential factors in AI implementation, divided into five main areas: drivers for adoption, skills needed for implementation, risks and challenges, key business processes where AI is applied, ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2024/4) De Rossi Leonardo Maria, Diaferia Lorenzo

The Reality Beyond the Hype: Three-Dimensional Applicability

DEVO Lab's HIT Radar framework helps organizations identify and evaluate use cases where artificial intelligence (AI) can concretely improve business processes and create sustainable value. In line with the post-digital approach, it provides a balanced perspective on the potential of AI, distinguishing opportunities for real impact from technological hype. Through a structured analysis of selected ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2024/4) Castaldo Sandro

In search of impact

In order to translate the vast body of scientific knowledge into practices that transform organizations and processes to create value for business and wellbeing for society, a dialog between academic research and management practice is essential. Although the impact of research has traditionally been measured in academic terms, it is now also being considered from a socioeconomic perspective, assessed ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2024/4) Meregalli Severino

Creating Value with AI: Post-Digital Business Strategies

Despite the optimism and the rush to create increasingly powerful AI models, the overall benefits of artificial intelligence remain unclear outside of large tech companies. In many realities, the tangible effects are not evident, despite the wide accessibility of available solutions. This is because, as a general-purpose technology, AI takes time to manifest its full transformative potential. In this ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2024/4) Calcaterra Michele, Colantoni Federico, Sanesi Simone

Financial Markets and Sustainability: How Biodiversity Affects Investment

Biodiversity, widely recognized for its role in environmental sustainability, remains an understudied topic in the context of the stock market. Using a combination of fixed regression models and random forest techniques, the research shows that biodiversity is a significant determinant of stock returns. This finding underscores the financial importance of integrating biodiversity into corporate strategies ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2024/4) Vizzaccaro Matteo

How Title Insurance Revitalized the Italian Housing Market

Title insurance is a type of policy that protects buyers and lenders from legal risks associated with real estate, particularly in contexts with less reliable cadastral systems. First widely used in the United States, it was later adopted in Europe to address issues related to donated properties or properties with uncertain provenance. In Italy, a policy called Donazione Sicura (Secure Donation) helped ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2024/4) Nunziata Eugenio

Beyond the Agile Model: Overcoming Instability with Resilience

In a context defined as permacrisis, a company's ability to consciously manage instability and discontinuity becomes central and strategic to its survival. Organizations that invest exclusively in "agile" value-added processes may prove to be "fragile," forced to frequently interrupt operations and reorganize resources in the face of a succession of unforeseen events. In contrast, companies that not ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2024/4) Testa Ginevra

Communication Trends and Strategies: Crisis Management on Social Media

The ubiquitous use of social media is forcing organizations to develop dialogic and interactive crisis communication strategies capable of dealing with increasingly systemic and frequent crises. Crisis communication must not only provide information, but also address the emotional needs of the audience, helping to effectively manage fears, concerns and negative emotions. The value of working with ...