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When a Joke Becomes Discrimination
Last February, the Court of Cassation[1] rejected the appeal by the pasta company Pastificio Rana of a judgment issued by the Venice Court of Appeals[2]. The Court reaffirmed the conviction against the company for harassing conduct towards a manager who had been fired (the conduct is said to have occurred during 2001 and 2007, the year of the dismissal). Among the elements of this conduct, was that ...
More Women on Boards of Directors: Why Has Nothing Changed for the Others?
It's time to take stock of the results of the Golfo-Mosca law (Law 120/2011), that introduced gender quotas in the Boards of Directors of listed and publicly-controlled companies, dictating that at least one-third of members of the corporate bodies must belong to the less-represented sex. The provisions of the law applied to the three renewals of BoDs after August 2012 (a period usually equal to nine ...
“Smart Working”: I’d Like to, but Can’t?
Every year, the Diversity, Inclusion & Smart Working (DIS) Observatory of the Sda Bocconi conducts research aiming at analyzing the way organizations conceptualize, implement, and promote “smart working,” highlighting the costs and benefits perceived by the workers and the organization itself. These studies have shown that the practice is still not very widespread, although it’s growing. The ...
The First Time Was a Revolt; What Now?
On June 28, 2019 we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the so-called Stonewall revolt that marked the beginning of the “modern” homosexual liberation movement[1]. This, despite the fact that the first public Italian homosexual demonstration was the one against the psychiatric congress on sexual deviations of April 5, 1972. The demonstration was organized by the Fuori! group of Turin, led by ...
How a Family Business Grows
In this podcast, Guido Corbetta discusses the long-term success factors for family business. An English transcript is available here.
Green transition. Measuring the impact on balance sheets
Michele Calcaterra, Senior Lecturer of Enterpreneurial Finance in Sda Bocconi School of Management and Director of the REPAiR Lab, presents the results of the research project aimed at quantifying the impact of climate transition on Italian companies operating in various commodity sectors.
Not just a game
'Sport' is a global term by definition, it needs no translation: play, performance and competition have been inseparable elements of society since the first Olympics. Over time, sport has moved from a playful dimension to an important business field. The videopodcast by Dino Ruta - Professor of Leadership in Sports and Events and Director of the Sport and Entertainment Knowledge Center at Sda Bocconi ...
From Savings to Development: The New Frontier of Growth
With 5.3 trillion euros in financial assets, Italy has the potential to transform its economic future. Overcoming the debt narrative and leveraging these resources for true development is a crucial challenge. Financial education, structural investments, coherent fiscal policies, and new financial products are the pillars on which to build a bridge between savings and the real economy. Opening the ...
The five challenges of management
In today's business environment, five key management challenges emerge: understanding changing market needs and demands, but also supply chains, and major geopolitical shifts; harnessing the power of digital through the use of innovative channels; embracing the imperative of social and environmental sustainability (by avoiding greenwashing); and last but not least, developing inclusive and authoritative ...
Rethinking innovation: the challenges of the future
One of the greatest challenges for today’s managers is understanding how to sustain innovation in an increasingly dynamic environment – one shaped by technological hyperconnectivity, social fragmentation, and, most critically, the decline in research productivity and novelty. A renowned study published in Nature highlights that both patents and scientific research over the past two decades have ...