Bocconi Alumni chapter leader Elia Righetti tells about his experience in Thailand, where he has worked since graduating in 2009. As you might expect, there are a number of cultural differences, starting with the eating habits so dear to Italians

Connected to a local administrator? Company earnings jump by 5%, by 25% if the company is a contractor for a public administration. While national scandals grab headlines, regional and local corruption continues unabated and unfazed by national reform proposals

The weaknesses of the Italian economy must not become an alibi for resignation about stagnation. The key to recovery is held by medium firms, which have been able to capture change and must do so once more to lift the country out of the economic doldrums

The sum of public and private debt has reached more than 200% of GDP, while liquidity has grown by a factor of five in the last seven years. An export based economy with low wages and low domestic consumption has created vast internal debt during the crisis

From Haka Maori to Grundfos Olympics: increasingly, companies resort to sports rituals to cement collective identity. Newly hired or transferred employees in particular benefit from ceremonial team-building and company loyalty activities that ease their transition

Heterogeneous teams are the most successful, but they also display the highest failure rate. For effective teamwork, a good coach can start with three steps to achieve team cohesion around a shared objective from the outset, before negative tensions arise