Finance, business, territory: the role of Italian banking foundations
Italian banking foundations provide a virtuous model that is studied around the world. These private institutions, subsidiaries of both community and public bodies, have the (…)Finance, business, territory: the role of Italian banking foundations
Assessing risk: business in global disorder
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may be the harbinger of future threats rather than an exception, unfortunately. Yet some features of the conflict – especially in (…)Assessing risk: business in global disorder
The Future of Social Networks and Artificial Intelligence
Twenty years after the birth of the digital platform Facebook – the first to connect 4 billion users globally – the social media sector is (…)The Future of Social Networks and Artificial Intelligence
Training and skills: the labor market and new challenges
In this period of sweeping changes in the work world it is important to pinpoint the most pressing challenges. In general, the adoption of an (…)Training and skills: the labor market and new challenges
The future of AI between the power of thought and the strength of the algorithm
The public sector has begun to regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) – starting with the new executive order issued by the US administration – bringing us into a new phase.
Hi-tech sectors in Italy: a driver of growth
The United States/China rivalry that has dominated the international scenario for some years now, and its multiple economic and geopolitical effects, finds its foremost arena (…)Hi-tech sectors in Italy: a driver of growth
Artificial Intelligence and business: the opportunities and costs of a revolution
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is generating a revolution capable of changing forms of power and the structure of knowledge. The extent of those changes makes it (…)Artificial Intelligence and business: the opportunities and costs of a revolution
Artificial Intelligence: will it change the world?
How to navigate the changes ushered in by the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)? The year 2023 will be remembered as the year that AI (…)Artificial Intelligence: will it change the world?
Sports, youth, major events
September 20, 2023 was a historic moment for Italian sports: a bill was passed, amending article 33 of the Constitution, formally recognizing the educational, social (…)Sports, youth, major events
Focus on Industry: notes on Industry 5.0
The seminar focused on three dimensions where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is seen as having a significant impact on industry. The first of these was regulation. An element that emerged very clearly was the impossibility of treating the matter exclusively at local level and the concomitant need for a broad-based international level regulatory framework.
Demographic challenges: jobs and welfare
Italy’s demographic decline, while consistent with the trends of the principal advanced economies – described and analyzed in the latest issue of Aspenia – is (…)Demographic challenges: jobs and welfare
Global emergencies, new jobs, new training
Global emergencies and historic changes have combined to challenge contemporary economies and societies at an increasingly rapid rate. The impact of this on the work (…)Global emergencies, new jobs, new training
Inclusion and work: a path based on motivation, diversity and equity
The work world is a critical hurdle in confronting many of the social dilemmas facing the country. Growing inequalities concern not only workers who have (…)Inclusion and work: a path based on motivation, diversity and equity
Challenges for businesses in Italy’s northeast
The importance of the Italian northeast to the nation’s overall economy is immediately evident from a glance at a map of nighttime illumination, which reveals a clear duality between this most luminous, and consequently most productive, portion of the country and the rest.
Culture, business and local development: a new soft power for Italy
Italy has a major competitive edge based not only on its unparalleled historic heritage but also on a deep-rooted tradition of knowhow that has long been a demonstration of a constant propensity for innovation
Agriculture: from food security to food sovereignty
“Agriculture: from food security to food sovereignty” offered an opportunity to confront multiple issues regarding the agri-food sector, which accounts for a full 15% of (…)Agriculture: from food security to food sovereignty
Design(ing) the future: technology, training, sustainability
The recent Milan Design Week celebrated the relaunch of the wood furniture industry, which is showing some significant signs of vitality in terms of growth and exports thanks to companies’ strong concentration on technology and sustainability.
The banking system and business financing: new challenges
Business financing today is facing some daunting challenges. Italian firms are having to confront a particularly uncertain scenario marked by a deep credit crunch and an exponential increase in the cost of raw materials.
Universities, Research, Intelligence: strengthening relations
The intelligence sector has undergone enormous transformations over recent years, spurred not least by an exponential increase in the availability of and access to data sources.
The future of labor
Rapid change is a feature of the contemporary world that highlights a series of uncertainties and opportunities for labor and professional formation. Overcoming those uncertainties (…)The future of labor
Italy between energy security and the green transition
At one year from the start of the Ukraine war, which has upended an energy sector already struggling under the pressure of the post-Covid recovery, Europe finds itself faced with a “trilemma”.