What role does a business play today?

In an increasingly complex world in which the scale of values is changing, the role of business must also change and it can no longer be considered merely the creator of jobs and wealth.

 Family businesses: where are we at?

For some time now, research has shown that the greatest resistance to family businesses occurs in the most critical moments. The strong and weak points of the principal kinds of business will be analysed. Focus on the North-East and Veneto.

Why are so many offspring reluctant to join the family business?

Only 1 in 10 members of the new generation intends to join the family business within five years after getting a degree. Does this fact, which emerged from a study undertaken at Liuc University, demonstrate a crisis in entrepreneurial vocation? Or maybe not?

The Well-being of the Entrepreneur and of the Family Business

We have all changed because of the pandemic. This is also true, as is the way of things, of businessmen and businesswomen. This delicate but crucial topic involves fundamental implications from many points of view, for example, in terms of company performance, stability of organizational and institutional structures, and of family cohesion.

Reading from “The Opposing Class” by Alberto Albertini

Relations between generations and between shareholders and managers

Why I choose Italy

Having grown up with a family business background, he chose to give birth to his own startup, together with a team of friends in their thirties. He is responsible for important innovations in the fields of soundproofing and recycling. He has never even remotely considered leaving Italy

The Role of Communication in Business Families

In family businesses, shareholders and managers spend more time, energy and attention on communicating with their own stakeholders, rather than with the market. More often than not, they don’t communicate at all in order to avoid internal conflict thereby leaving room for conjecture.

Family values, an international comparison

There are some who aim, above all, for transparency, while some prefer honesty and others, again, aim for rules. When underwriting a family agreement it is important to establish shared values since they are not always the same for all.

The Integration of different cultures in order to become big (and strong)

It has become increasingly important for Italian companies to grow in size. This process must include acquisitions which require not only vision and financial capacity but also the willingness to confront other cultures and to understand them. Italy has demonstrated know-how in this field.

25 years at the service of families
with advice and minority capital for development

 Giving back to the community

Businesses are often the first to put themselves at the service of the community and not only in the case of emergencies, such as Covid. From the support of local public structures to the restoration of old monuments, to solidarity with the poor: what is the source of such will to give back to the community and which is the best way to act? The case of Otb.

Families: increasingly single and childless

In Italy, there are currently more deaths than births and this is not only due to Covid. For the very first time, in 2021, less than 400 thousand children were born. 15 years ago the birthrate increased by 100 thousand each year. Why are there so many empty cradles? Will this bring about a permanent falling birth rate for the country? Solutions to be adopted.

Parents and their offspring

Is it right that a son or daughter is naturally entitled to join the business? Should certain conditions be applied? And how “easy” is it for them to come to terms with an “important” parent? Based on dialogues between a parent and a child and a child and a parent, we shall examine one of the central themes of family business.

Italy’s prospects in the macro-economic global framework

Managing a company from the female point of view

In its annual report on the gender gap, the World Economic Forum ranked Italy still 63rd out of the 146 countries rated. Weak points remain participation in politics and, above all, in the world of work. A businesswoman narrates her own experience

“Dear dear energy!”

The increase in the cost of energy is impacting the whole of industry, including steel, at a time in which demand for steel has reached its highest level in recent years, far above pre-pandemic levels. Consequences for Italian growth and demands for action

The State of Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan

While Italy was preparing for General Elections, Europe released the second tranche of financing for Italy, amounting to 21 billion Euro. While awaiting to discover the new government’s moves, what stage has the activation of Italy’s NRRP reached?

Relations between Italy and Germany

De-globalization, internazionalization and the supply chain

The stoppage that has affected the entire world has brought the phenomenon of globalization and the creation of long supply chains under the microscope. Discussion centres on how businesses are facing the problem, well aware that, in any case, the process of internationalization cannot be reversed

Handling conflicts

In everyday life, it’s quite normal to find oneself in conflict with someone but one is not always prepared to handle such situations. Conflicts are particularly serious when they occur within an entrepreneurial family for the effects that they may have on the business itself

Shared Leadership: how to manage the business (well) in pairs

In many business families the role of chief administrator is entrusted to two (or more) managing directors. Research has highlighted many ill-defined areas, as well as some rather clearer, of this complex form of leadership. What exactly does it mean to be “Co-leader” and when and how it can work

The Business of Human Capital

The decline in the birth rate, digital transformation and ecological transition have changed the distribution of competences while new post-pandemic lifestyles have altered the meaning of “work” itself. It has become increasingly difficult for businesses to keep and motivate qualified personnel in line with plans for future development. What strategies and instruments should be adopted? Where do opportunities lie for family businesses?

On being a manager in family businesses

The managerialization of family businesses is necessary for the said businesses to grow. However, all too often, the expectations of shareholders and those of management fail to coincide, and dialogue between the two parties becomes difficult. The best practices drawn from the experience of someone used to analyzing different situations and someone who has personally lived the role

Innovation guided by the Family

When innovation concerns a family business, family issues are added to those implicit to the business itself and the situation can become more complex. However, there are recommended good practices to follow. Here are some of the best examples

Families and the economy: changes made and those to come

Italian family capitalism has been discussed for decades. Some say it holds back the country’s development while others maintain it propels it; some say that it is too closed and rigid while others believe it capable of facing any kind of change. Opinions change according to the historical and economic period. Based on the experience of several leading Italian professionals, how business families have evolved and which paths they are following at present

The Difficult choice of Consultant Advisors

The loss of a parent, in this case of a father, and, while attempting to overcome the grief of loss, finding oneself responsible for handling not only his moral but his economic inheritance, without being prepared for what is going on around you. The sincere reflexions of a daughter

Conclusions and Expectations of Businesses