The fifth Italian capitalism is growing, that of medium-large companies that increasingly go abroad and buy companies across borders. Foreigners have bought more Italian companies than we have acquired abroad but our companies invest…
The ramshackle attacks on Stellantis reveal the premier's sovereignist anti-capitalism and anti-market culture, as had already emerged in the summer with the extra tax on banks. It is curious that in the days in which Meloni accuses Stellantis of favoring France over…
Marco Bentivogli's new book "Fire the bosses. How the bosses ruined the work", published by Rizzoli, comes out in bookstores today. By kind permission of the author we publish excerpts from the introduction
Are company shares counted or weighed? If the principle of multiple voting passes under discussion in the Senate, we could go back to Cuccia's times by questioning the balance of command of the large groups of capitalism...
The central thesis of the book that saw the light in 1909 is that in the modern economy and society war damages both the winners and the losers. In Angell's scheme, the prosperity and well-being of a country is not…
The recent Intesa Sanpaolo Report on industrial districts is a mine of very interesting data but also an opportunity to reflect on the opportunities and limits of this segment of the Italian manufacturing industry and on the transformations underway
Shoshana Zuboff of Harvard Business School clearly explains in this short essay how extractive capitalism was born and how it is time to open your eyes to it
The founder of Brembo, Alberto Bombassei, announced that he will step down from the presidency of the group at the shareholders' meeting in mid-December: his son-in-law Matteo Tiraboschi will replace him with Daniele Schillaci Ceo - News also from the top management of Illycaffè whose leadership will be entrusted…
The fight against climate change, the energy transition, the lack of chips bring to the fore the highly topical considerations of a great intellectual such as the president of Censis, Giuseppe De Rita, in his introduction to the book by Stefano Cingolani,…
According to the French economist Thomas Piketty, the progressives of our times conquer the educated electorate but the conservatives keep the wealthy ones: this is why according to his recent working paper which has attracted the attention of the Economist of which we report the Italian version
Extract from the new book by Giorgio Arfaras, "The story is not over. From the origins of capitalism to the western and eastern variants" published by Guerini (with goWare for the digital version)
We publish the final part of the Lectio Magistralis by Professor Franco Amatori, economic historian at Bocconi, held in recent days in the online conference promoted by the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani and the Gramsci Foundation on "The Italian company and its context"
A recent Consob study argues that the Italian rules on takeover bids are used more for delisting than to increase the contestability of companies, but the real problem does not lie in the current regulation but in the nature of Italian capitalism, which…
In his new book against the tide, Stefano Cingolani had the courage to go against common sentiment speaking of good Capitalism, refuting the most widespread clichés and identifying a great value in its ability to renew itself, fundamental in a…
A new book by Franco Bernabè, "A conti conti. Italy for…
Filippo Cavazzuti's new book "Italian financial capitalism. An Arab phoenix? Tales of economic policy", published by goWare, has just been released. We are publishing the chapter dedicated to Nino Andreatta, of whom Cavazzuti was a pupil and collaborator …
The ethical turning point of the Business Roundable - which associates many top managers including Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook - surprised but did not erase the doubts: here is exactly what the approved document says
The social scientist Shoshana Zuboff tells in the Financial Times the obscure logic of the new economy and the perverse use that the giants of Silicon Valley have made and are making of our personal data, which feed the algorithms and spy on our lives…
Big industry has almost disappeared in Italy and yet they are the second largest manufacturing country in Europe: how do you explain this paradox? Try to answer the book by Beniamino A. Piccone "Italy: many capitals, few capitalists" published by Vitale & Co. with…
The Democratic senator is often the object of Trump's ridicule but could become the Democratic candidate for the White House with ideas on the capitalist model close to Germany's social market economy - Here is her economic thought in an interview with…
According to the AUB Observatory (AIDAF-UniCredit-Bocconi University), there are more family businesses with a turnover of more than 50 million euros, they employ more people and have returned to pre-crisis profitability - Compared to 2008, only 17% are failed and just…
The ongoing technological revolution changes the traditional economic paradigm and forces the capitalist system, increasingly focused on data rather than on price, to reinvent itself and put social responsibility first
The economic historian Giulio Sapelli outlines the path of a community socialism of the Olivetti type as the only possible alternative to increasingly financialised capitalism. In a society dominated by machines and technology, only an economic-social form that puts…
INTERVIEW with GIUSEPPE BERTA, Professor of Economic History at Bocconi - Beyond the economic improvements, Italian industry must regain planning momentum and a strategic vision that does not exist today - "The new Leonardo plan is too defensive while the…
Courtesy of the publisher and the author, we are publishing a part of the introduction by Luigi Serio, professor of business economics at the Catholic University of Milan, to his book "Excellent averages - Italian companies in global competition" published by Guerini and Associates
WEEKEND INTERVIEWS - The economic historian, Giuseppe Berta, asks himself in his recent book "What happened to Italian capitalism?" published by "il Mulino", how and why "from 90 onwards Italy tries to hook up the train of…
From Marx's theory, according to which whoever owns the means of production commands, to the contemporary one according to which it is whoever possesses the data who command: it is dataism and the young Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari talks about it…
The traditional annual survey of Mediobanca and Unioncamere on financial statements proves once again that, despite the difficulties of the economic situation, medium-sized Italian industrial companies perform better than large and small companies - In 10 years turnover…
INTERVIEW WITH GIANNI TAMBURI, number one of Tip, who turns 10 - "Italian capitalism is changing but there is still a lot to do and many mistakes have been made: by bankers, managers, analysts, Confindustria and the press - Unicredit and…
The inclusion of the criminal economy in the calculation of the new GDP causes debate but the defense of legality in the economy requires a multiplicity of interventions which must have the reduction of inequalities and the growth of investments in human capital at the center -…
Seven years ago, the subprime mortgage crisis was the beginning of a crisis that has become epochal and that leaves a scenario of rubble: low growth and employment collapses undermine social stability - Investments are not enough to get out of it…
FAMILY CAPITALISM - It is a pity that the Merlonis did not find in the family the financial resources and managerial strength to maintain Indesit but selling the group to a giant like Whirlpool is a test of wisdom because it puts…
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Foundation and the 150th anniversary of Italcementi, the annual conference organized by the Pesenti group questioned the various forms of capitalism and business - Pesenti: "In Italy, according to the Aub Observatory, the occupation…
We publish the last part of the introduction of the new book by Marcello Messori ("Fight against rent. Theory and proposals for economic policy", Rocco Carabba publisher, series edited by Ciocca and De Cecco) which collects the writings of Claudio Napoleoni and his reflections…
"Family businesses in the Italian economy" is the theme of the conference promoted today (9am, Via di Porta Castello 44, Rome) by the Lumsa University and the Telos Foundation - Speeches by academics and institutional men are expected - The final report…
"Our model - explained the world number one of Vodafone, speaking at the inauguration of the academic year at Bocconi - is with widespread capital, where there are no control groups or significant shareholders, the governance is English, the shares are…
The Ligresti-Mediobanca, Montepaschi, Zaleski cases reveal how the legislation in force has favored cross-shareholdings, syndicate agreements, groups with minority control and has substantially abolished the prohibition for the administrator to act in conflict of interest, fundamental for…
At the Bocconi the balance sheet of 15 years of Tuf in the metamorphoses of capitalism: from the financial to the digital one - "Guido Rossi: "Today on Wall Street physicists are in charge" - The interventions of Galateri and Rordorf - The role of…
The Consolidated Law on Finance (TUF) turns 15 but the illusion of reforming relational capitalism and its governance and drying up its pervasive positions of income has unfortunately vanished - The multiplication of rules is fatal - Even today…
What remains and what will be of capitalism in Italy during the crisis is the underlying theme of the new book by Aldo Bonomi - The volume, published by Einaudi, brings together the stories of artisans and entrepreneurs and is…
From Mps to Eni-Saipem, from Bpm to Fonsai, from Alitalia to Seat Pg: the gallery of financial scandals is endless but the electoral campaign is losing the opportunity to immediately imagine new rules of the game, stricter controls and sanctions…
On January 23, 2007 Leopoldo Pirelli died, great lord of industrial Milan and Italian capitalism - Also in the end parallelism with Gianni Agnelli, who died the day after 10 years ago - The courageous reform of Confindustria and…
On January 23, 2007, Leopoldo Pirelli disappeared, an unforgettable gentleman of capitalism, kind with a taste for punctuality - The parallelism with the fate of Gianni Agnelli and the reform of Confindustria - Appreciations for Marco Tronchetti Provera except that…
The new plan launched by the center-left government majority puts an end to the statism that was causing growth to slow down to 5,5% (worst figure in 10 years) and causing a flight of foreign capital (-78% in one year) -…
While in China and Russia the State is the majority shareholder of the major companies, in Brazil it is often the minority shareholder, but still remains able to exercise a decisive influence on decisions. And if the formula seems to work like…
