Italy’s strong and weak points
The opening premise of this roundtable discussion was that a differential of more than ten percentage points has separated Italy from the average growth rate (…)Italy’s strong and weak points
The opening premise of this roundtable discussion was that a differential of more than ten percentage points has separated Italy from the average growth rate (…)Italy’s strong and weak points
The discussions at this roundtable event got underway with the acknowledgement that the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) is an indicator which provides a (…)How multinational companies in Italy can support the country’s development
As a concept, fraternity, the most obscure of the three words in the French revolutionary motto, has been sidelined for some considerable time, but today, (…)New forms of social solidarity in Italy
The participants of this roundtable discussion emphasized that any consideration of relations between banks and businesses should steer clear of simple dichotomies that view them (…)Access to credit: facing the crisis
The participants at this roundtable event noted that, in terms of Italy’s economic development and competitiveness, regulatory simplification represents a fundamental challenge for the modernization (…)Simpler norms: modernizing Italy
A key theme at this roundtable session was that leadership entails not only managing the present but also imagining and building the “future”. However, a (…)After the crisis: renewing Italy’s leadership
The seminar got underway with the participants recalling that when Charles De Gaulle met André Malraux in the aftermath of the Second World War, he (…)Projects for Italy’s 150th anniversary
Form and beauty, joy and endurance in the face of suffering, a sense of what’s real, a dislike for certain forms of rhetoric, a dissociation (…)Italy’s identity, culture and language
It is by now an increasingly widespread view that the implementation of the new framework of financial relations between the State and local administrations foreshadowed (…)Fiscal federalism in Italy: improving efficiency and modernizing the country
Without denying the status of banks as fully-fledged businesses yet reaffirming their intrinsic difference to any other type of entrepreneurial undertaking, participants at this roundtable (…)Italy’s banks and the national interest
By the year 2030, worldwide energy consumption, spurred by economic development in such highly populated countries as China and India, might well be 50% greater (…)Energy security and the national interest
Italy’s energy system is marked by a production mixture heavily tilted in the direction of the more expensive energy sources, oil and gas, and – (…)Italy’s national interest and energy security: the nuclear option
The main cause behind Italy’s blocked growth is the Italians’ approach to asset management: they tend to hold tight to their patrimony and not help (…)Modernizing Italy
In Italy, the dynamic development of the public regulatory authorities which took place throughout the 1990s was at times chaotic and unmanageable. It was unquestionably (…)New independent Authorities in Italy: rules, market and consumers
The Italian language, with its rich traditions, history and culture, today finds itself squashed between the onslaught of English on the one hand and the (…)The Italian language: are Italians repudiating their very identity?
The debate focused on the ideal approach for providing Italy’s managers with a training process that encourages personal maturity, pushing students to abandon an enduring (…)The importance of education and training for Italy’s leaders
The forum “Italy’s patrimony: value added in global competition” was part of the Institute’s National Interest project, which has posted a rich selection of documents (…)Italy’s patrimony: value added in global competition