The Italian Northeast is at a crossroads. The region’s location is strategic: it is a manufacturing hub integrated into European value chains, a logistical hub (…)The competitiveness of Italy’s northeast in the new geopolitical and economic scenario
The demographic challenge must be met in order to secure a future for Europe’s social model. The continent has been facing a structural transformation for (…)Welfare and demographics: challenges for the European social model
Sport is one of the most important social, cultural and economic phenomena in today’s world. Its strength lies not just in the spheres of competition (…)The role of sport in society and in international relations
In a rapidly evolving economic and political landscape, science and technology are key levers for business competitiveness. Italian firms, which are part of an extensive (…)Science and technology for business competitiveness
America’s “Liberation Day”, on which the Trump Administration imposed tariffs on the country’s main trading partners, moves the globalization-based world order one more step closer (…)Global energy scenarios: how companies maintain competitiveness
Since its inception, the European project has developed along the lines of two different but complementary visions: one, the idea of a geopolitical Europe with (…)The Stability and Growth Pact: prospects for Italy in the new EU
Italy and its economic fabric are acutely attentive to the new American administration and the economic, social and geopolitical implications of its future decisions. There (…)Industry in the post-global era
What drives the competitiveness and development of the Italian entrepreneurial fabric is growth, which does not mean size alone, but also a vision that (…)Favoring business development: growth and vision
Education is essential to a work world undergoing rapid change as it keeps pace with the digital revolution. This necessary evolution poses a two-fold challenge involving the academic world on the one hand – from pre-school through university – and the economy on the other.
Anyone who knows anything about history knows that the Mediterranean Sea has been a setting for both conflict and commerce for millennia; even the discovery (…)Southern Italy: business, culture, innovation
Europe is approaching continent-wide elections within a complex scenario, rich in economic and geopolitical challenges. These weigh heavily on companies in need of reinforcement in various pivotal sectors due to growing pressure from competitors, not least those across the Atlantic.
2024 is a key year for the West, and the considerable focus on the outcome of both the American and European elections is evidence of a paradigm shift. Globalization – the twentieth century’s latest, most extensive but also shortest-lived utopian dream – has led to a return to politics.
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
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.
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.
The American institutional system has weathered both the impact of the “preventive” voting disputes stirred up by some of the more radical Republican candidates and an extremely polarized political climate.
The dollar remains strong and, despite a few crises, is still the world’s preeminent reserve currency. The euro, on the other hand – although it does represent a solid and advanced economy – has not managed to become a reserve currency capable of replacing the dollar.
In the “phygital” world, enterprise is the perpetual fulcrum of a system that hinges on a community of persons. This is true of business, marketing and communications. New priorities are emerging in the race to keep customers – by capturing their attention, boosting credibility and instilling trust – with the primary focus on corporate identity and accountability.
The definition of America’s as a “boom” economy is amply justified by the 21 months of growth confirmed by the prestigious National Bureau of Economic Research. A historic fact comparable perhaps only to the 1960s of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and the early Reagan years. Current fiscal stimulus amounting to nearly 6 trillion dollars is far more substantial than the New Deal or post-Second World War measures.
