Modena’s automotive companies need at least 400 graduates every year between engineers and designers, but the area provides barely one third of that as the Universitie...

“You see, our problem now is to deal with the growth.” 

From the perspective of Walter Fontana, the crisis actually doesn’t exist. The experience of Fontana, world lea...

Italy’s Guarantee Fund for SMEs has helped 500,000 companies so far.

Italy’s state-backed Guarantee Fund to make it easier for small- and medium-sized companies to get...

Most new jobs in Italy are still fixed-term, but July figures show slow and steady labor market transformation.

The July job figures released yesterday by the Labor Mi...

Japanese Mitsubishi buys Italy’s De’ Longhi air-conditioning division in a €664 mn deal.

After Italcementi, Pirelli, Ansaldo Breda and Sts (to name a few recent cases)...

The Long Read: there is no Europe without growth and investments.

The two recent bailouts, for Greece and for the euro zone, are positive but partial. Now, the problem...

The activity of the Temporary Export Manager (TEM) within a SME can be configured through three main phases:

analysis, project development, reporting and proposal of f...

New skills for business competitiveness.

• What makes the difference in a changing world?

• What are the new models for competitiveness?

• What are the new skills requ...

Most companies do Business Development “wrong”.

Many companies ignore Business Development altogether, which is a mistake.  Other companies invest in lots of Business...

The WAIPA World Investment Conference (WIC) 2015 calls for new strategies to channel FDI into growth-enhancing and employment-generating activities worldwide.

Milan, J...