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 (…)Challenges for businesses in Italy’s northeast
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 (…)Culture, business and local development: a new soft power for Italy
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 (…)Design(ing) the future: technology, training, 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 (…)The banking system and business financing: new challenges
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 (…)Universities, Research, Intelligence: strengthening relations
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, (…)Italy between energy security and the green transition
Aspen Collective Mind: Business and youth
The Italian economy registered GDP growth of 3.9% in 2022. The picture that paints is of a strong country buoyed by the indisputable resilience of (…)Aspen Collective Mind: Business and youth
Italy’s recovery and resilience plan: how to strengthen and accelerate the implementation phase
After two years of planning, the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) has reached the point of implementation, with distributions going to local agencies that (…)Italy’s recovery and resilience plan: how to strengthen and accelerate the implementation phase
The future of the automotive industry: between innovation and transition
The changes underway in the automotive sector today are almost unique to that industry, in that they originate externally.
The Drivers of Business Development
We are living in times of crisis and discontinuity, the former of which has a beginning and an end while the latter endures, leaving its (…)The Drivers of Business Development
New jobs = New (remote) training
New jobs and new training can form a virtuous cycle in which the market’s demand for innovative professional figures fuels the demand for training, which (…)New jobs = New (remote) training
Aspen Collective Mind Seminar – Policies for relaunching the South
A nighttime satellite view of the European continent shows Italy, unlike all the other countries, as clearly divided in two: a brightly illuminated center-north – (…)Aspen Collective Mind Seminar – Policies for relaunching the South
Focus on Industry: resilience and recovery
The era of hyper-globalization that started back in the 1980s brought global production lines to geographic areas that offered lower production costs. However, over the (…)Focus on Industry: resilience and recovery
The start-up ecosystem: strategies for innovation, competitiveness and growth
Although far from the levels of other advanced economies, Italy’s start-up ecosystem has made considerable strides over recent years. Italy now has an opportunity to (…)The start-up ecosystem: strategies for innovation, competitiveness and growth
Design and Made in Italy: how to relaunch key sectors
The world needs to be reassessed. A design overhaul is called for, and this presents a unique opportunity for Italy. The post-pandemic recovery brought a (…)Design and Made in Italy: how to relaunch key sectors
Reform of the Procurement Code
The Procurement Code is primarily an instrument intended to facilitate the rapid, efficient and innovative execution of public works. The current Code, which dates back (…)Reform of the Procurement Code
Agro-industry and its challenges: investments, skills and technologies
The global food supply troubles did not start with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; there were numerous warnings over the two years of the pandemic, and (…)Agro-industry and its challenges: investments, skills and technologies
Taxation as a lever for development
Taxation is not only one of the pillars of modern democracy, but can also be a significant resource for development. This is even truer in (…)Taxation as a lever for development
New businesses, skills, generations
Due not least to the disruption brought on by the pandemic, the early part of this decade has been marked by two macro-trends: the pervasiveness (…)New businesses, skills, generations