Research

In order to meet increasing demands for responsibility, multinational enterprises (MNEs) need to make sure that the practices they adopt are actually implemented in their units. Anne Jacqueminet, in an article in Organization Science, finds that a unit's values play a great role and that there is a strong imitation effect of other units' behavior

Extension of the Domestic Stability Pact to small Italian municipalities reduced corruption by an average of 11%, but only in the absence of extraordinary European funding. Local income and the amount of municipal public services were not affected, according to an analysis by Gianmarco Daniele and Tommaso Giommoni

A new paper by scholars from Bocconi and Oxford makes sense of the strategies used by the Mafia and the Italian State throughout 55 years of struggles for keeping or tearing apart the shroud of ambiguity that surrounds the organization. The paper allows understanding how ambiguity might be used strategically by organizations to shy from public scrutiny and alerts us on how to recognize such strategies

A study by Cesare Cavallini and Marcello Gaboardi on the intervention of nonparties in pending litigations shows deep similarities between the American and European legal systems. It thus helps to alleviate the distrust surrounding crossborder contracts

Dondena's Fellow Rodolfo Baggio has published a book on the use of modelling and simulation for tourism and hospitality. Enjoy an excerpt

Published by the School of Management, the new magazine is an outlet for content produced by SDA Bocconi faculty and community