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Magazine article (E&M - 2019/2) Ricciuti Elisa, Bufali Maria Vittoria

The Evaluation of Social Impact: The AVIS Experience

Following the introduction of the Third Sector Code (regarding the voluntary sector), the theme of assessment of the social impact generated by non-profit organizations (NPOs) has re-emerged strongly, emphasizing the importance of adopting methodologies of measurement such as SROI ( social return on investment) .#An analysis conducted to assess the ability of the Association of Italian Volunteer Blood ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/2) Rinaldi Francesca Romana, Rizzi Francesca

Fashion Startups: A Rulebook for Success

The growth of startups in the fashion industry in Italy has accelerated in the last five years, as evident from the increase in the number of initiatives, events, contests, and incubators dedicated to the sector. In a mature sector such as fashion, startups are in fact taking on a key role, by virtue of the considerable added and differential value that they can bring. Based on a number of interviews ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/2) Vicari Salvio

Innovation Is Possible, Change Is Necessary

In contemporary competitive scenarios, the intensity of competition has grown tremendously with respect to the past, and innovation is the key to survival. An important part of companies' capacity for long-term success thus depends on knowing how to exploit technological evolution. Technological innovation can be incremental, leading to increasingly refining one's offer to customers in a process of ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/2) Prandelli Emanuela, Verona Gianmario

The 5 Rules of Online Business

In the era of so-called "digital transformation", the pervasiveness of the Web and the advent of new technologies are shaping a competitive landscape in which disruption is a daily occurrence, and innovation is the focus. On the Web, and thanks to the Web, the rules of competition are changing. On the one hand, spaces are opening on the market that favor the birth of new categories of operators. On ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/2) Nucciarelli Alberto, Trento Sandro

The Case of Uber, Between Innovation and Regulation

The existence of platform-based companies in regulated sectors imposes the need to combine innovative business models with the system of legislation regulating their activity. This is what is observed in the sharing economy, where the creation of value takes place by exploiting excess capacity. Uber has disrupted the sector of urban transport by enabling anyone to work as a driver using their own ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/3) Pintaldi Federica, Rapiti Fabio

Ten Years of Changes in the World of Work

In the last decade the Italian labor market has gone through substantial transformations, from the structure of employment, to the professional composition of the population, to the living conditions of workers, have been determined by the intersection of cyclical and structural factors: the great economic crisis, the gradual shift of production towards services, and long-term socio-demographic trends. In ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/3) Marrone Marco

The Good and the Bad of the Gig Economy

Technological innovation is producing epochal transformations in the economy, not only making heretofore unthinkable organizational scenarios possible, but increasingly affecting society, conditioning the way people work and consume. The evident aspect of these transformations is the rapid multiplication of commonly used terms – such as gig , sharing , or platform – that have enriched the vocabulary ...

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/3) Perretti Fabrizio

On Disasters the Bell Tolls for Everyone

The point is not to find a single culprit, but to ensure that everyone knows their role

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/3) Simonella Zenia, Basaglia Stefano

2008-2018: How to Interpret the Post-crisis Period

This third article in the mini-series dedicated to Economia & Management ’s thirty years, concentrates on the third decade of the magazine’s history, from 2008 to 2018, with the addition of a few digressions relating to 2019.

Magazine article (E&M - 2019/3) Alemanni Barbara

Fintech Nudging: A Push toward Financial Well-being

Fintech is revolutionizing the way the financial industry interfaces with clients and helps them reduce information barriers regarding their finances. A central role in this process is played by nudging logics, those systems of decision-making architecture that help orient decisions towards more virtuous behavior. The entire approach helps better satisfy the customers’ needs and increase loyalty. Digital ...