Italy in the world: Made in Italy and internationalization – During a summer with heavy emphasis on politics, the foreign press still paid attention to the Italian economy and Made in Italy was under the spotlight.
People standing close in line, card games with neighbors, the extraordinary hospitality that is so different from American customs. Salvatore Scibona, the Italian-American writer who The New Yorker considers one of the country’s 20 best fiction writers under 40, speaks about rediscovering a world that lived in the stories of his grandparents. He told that story in The End, a novel about Italian immigrants in America during the 1950s.
The most interesting articles in some of the major foreign papers July 20-31:
Industry and finance: Italy’s world role
Wall Street Journal – Luxottica Has Its Eyes on Brazil and Asia*
Interview to the CEO of Luxottica, Andrea Guerra, on the group’s growth in Asia and Brazil
June also saw a respectable number of studies by Italian researchers picked up by major international scientific journals, with 46 articles published involving the contribution of 349 Italian researchers working across 95 national research centers.
Apply new improved-image technologies and new techniques for obtaining biochemical information on tissue to high-field-strength magnetic resonance could lead to significant advances in the medical field. Thanks to the accurate early diagnosis that this enables, unnecessary surgical procedures could be avoided. In an interview with the Aspen Italia website team, Riccardo Lattanzi – a biomedical engineer and professor at the Center for Biomedical Imaging at the New York University School of Medicine – explains the benefits of interaction between engineers and doctors in clinical research.
Italian business worldwide – Last week, the foreign press turned its attention to the strategies for international development of some Italian businesses. The first was Enel which, according to Bloomberg Businessweek, is about to invest 900 million euro to export its know how in geothermic energy to places from Turkey to Peru (July 18 –
The most interesting articles in some of the major foreign papers from July 6-15:
“The voice of European business”
Financial Times – Emma Marcegaglia, Business Europe president *
Interview with Emma Marcegaglia, president of Business Europe
Marisa Roberto has lived and worked as a researcher in the United States for 11 years but would be prepared to return to Italy if a good opportunity were to arise. An Associate Professor in the Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders at the Scripps Research Institute in California, and a member of the Aspen’s “Italian talent abroad” group, Dr. Roberto makes no attempt to conceal her pride in reciting the capabilities of Italian scientists.
“Time to re-invest in Italy” – As the recession persists, emerging countries are still considered a catch for investors.
The most interesting articles in some of the major foreign papers from June 29 to July 3:
Investing in Italy
Financial Times – Generali investment head says Dax has peaked, buy southern Europe*
According to Nikhil Srinivasan, head of investments at Generali, the time has come to buy assets in Southern Europe
The level of exposure given by major international scientific journals during the month of May to studies conducted by Italian researchers remained more or less stable, with 42 articles published, involving the contribution of 333 researchers working across 109 Italian research centers.
Up until a few years ago, “non-heart-beating donor” transplants were a very problematic option, but today they may offer a genuine solution to the donor organ shortage. The first such successful liver transplant in London was performed by Paolo Muiesan, today a surgeon at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital and a member of Aspen’s “Italian talent abroad” group.
Fashion week runways and business – As always, Milan Fashion Week attracted the interest of the foreign press.
The most interesting articles in some of the major foreign papers from June 22 to 24:
According to Simona Milio, Associate Director of the Social and Cohesion Policy Unit at the London School of Economics, “linking up all the knowledge actors within the country” is the key to ensuring the best use of Structural Funds assistance made available by Europe.
And such proper use by major recipients like Italy – explained Milio in an interview with the Aspen Italia website team – is fundamental to preventing the dismantling of EU cohesion policy, which is being called for from several quarters in the midst of the current crisis.
Italy’s healthcare sector invoices 43 billion euros, the equivalent of 4.2% of all manufacturing, and exports up to 23 billion, or more than 6% of the country’s total exports. In regards to innovation, the sector is also very relevant both in terms of research and development (14.2% of the total) and patents (21.5%).
Unicredit grows in Russia – International growth is a key strategy in dealing with the economic crisis and Italian groups are adapting to market needs with new projects. That is the case of Unicredit which, as its president Giuseppe Vita stated in a video interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, is planning to increase its market share in Russia (June 21 –UniCredit Says Aims to Expand Russia Market Share).
The most interesting articles in some of the major foreign papers from June 15 to 19:
Conquering the British market
The Times – Dolce&Gabbana: We will turn British men into ‘Latin lovers’*
Interview with Dolce&Gabbana
Made in Italy luxury goods – “A solid performance.” While there are signs of a slowdown in sales of luxury goods, made in Italy brands seem to be holding their own. According to the Wall Street Journal, that is true for Prada, which saw income grow by 14% in the first quarter, making it one of the groups with the highest growth (June11 – Prada Sales Show Double-Digit Growth).
The most interesting articles in some of the major foreign papers on June 11 and 12:
A growing Prada
Wall Street Journal – Prada Sales Show Double-Digit Growth
Prada continues its double digit growth, performing better than the luxury goods sector as a whole
