Running through discussions at this national roundtable was the acknowledgement that the opportunities offered by the technological revolution currently in progress pose a challenge for (…)Beating the crisis: Italy’s manufacturing renaissance
Proceedings at this national roundtable kicked off with the participants acknowledging that the illicit trade in goods and services, today more than ever manifested by (…)Combating counterfeit products to protect businesses and consumers
Launching discussions at this national roundtable was the observation that the Italian pension system has undergone several attempts at reform over the past 25 years. (…)Supporting pension funds to stimulate economic growth in Italy
The participants at this national roundtable noted that, since its very beginnings, the story of the media has been interwoven with power (and the ability (…)“Mediacracy”: how media and politics interact
Setting the backdrop for discussions at this National Roundtable session were the latest global liquidity indicators produced by the Bank for International Settlements, according to (…)Economic crises in a globalized world: new ways to finance businesses
This national roundtable discussion got underway with the observation that at the heart of Italy’s spending review is the idea of reducing expenditure for the (…)Suggestions for Italy’s spending review
The debate at this national roundtable got underway with the observation that tapping into knowledge that has always existed in Italy to revive Italian arts (…)Artists and artisans: the excellence of “Made in Italy”
Proceedings at this national roundtable got underway with participants observing that Italy periodically looks to privatization as a means to restoring the fragile fortunes of (…)Of virtue and necessity: privatization to spur growth in Italy
Conservation vs. change, protection vs. openness, and domestic focus vs. global reach: these juxtapositions prompted participants at this national roundtable to highlight that a cursory (…)How the audiovisual industry can stimulate economic and cultural growth in Europe
The participants at this national roundtable noted, by way of opening premise, that the luxury and high-end markets represent a worldwide business worth 730 billion (…)The Italian luxury goods industry: cultural and manufacturing aspects
Kick-starting this national roundtable event was the observation that the question of the competitiveness of Italian firms in global markets can be summed up in (…)Helping Italian SMEs compete on global markets
320 times greater than the store of knowledge kept in the legendary Library of Alexandria, and representing a mass of data which, if stored on (…)How important is big data for business and society?
Discussions at this National Roundtable session opened with the observation that, due to its natural characteristics and anthropological factors, Italy may be considered as being (…)Preventing, insuring and managing natural disasters
Discussions at this National Roundtable commenced with a reference to the old cartographic practice of marking unknown and dangerous lands with the expression “Hic sunt (…)The “abuse of rights” in public finance administration and tax law
The participants at this National Roundtable viewed as telling that in the nigh-on seventy-year history of the Italian Republic, there have been several instances of (…)Reforming Italy’s public administration to spur competitiveness
At this roundtable session dealing with the future of Italy’s welfare system, the participants observed that tackling the issue of risk management requires the resolution (…)Italy’s welfare system: living with risk
Discussions at this national roundtable session got underway with the opening premise that the economic crisis and its social consequences have profoundly called into question (…)Charity and the global economy: in search of a new model
Discussions at this roundtable got underway with the observation that five years of crisis – triggered by the collapse of the financial sector and constantly (…)A multidisciplinary culture to build a new future: knowledge, capacity to change, responsibility
Driving discussions at this national roundtable was an awareness that any attempt at positing a restructure of the Italian design industry must contend with the (…)Revising the design industry: networks, culture, innovation, and business management
At this national roundtable discussion, it was observed that the global phenomenon known as e-commerce is bringing about a paradigm shift in distribution models for (…)E‐commerce, security, distribution channels: opportunities and challenges for businesses and consumers
