Understanding how trust operates in the mind of a customer. It is a new asset that companies can no longer afford to lose, because regaining it is no small matter. It is also an important tool for long-term management of uncertainties in changing markets

The neuroeconomics of attention: managers and entrepreneurs activate different parts of the brain in response to the same stimulus. With the unlikely collaboration of a row of one-armed bandits, reaction patterns to multiple input began to emerge

US health care reform: eighteen months after being approved by Congress, the big challenge lies in its implementation. To be fully in place by 2018, it needs help from the Supreme Court, collaboration from the single States and Obama's re-election

CEOs of Italian listed companies: their pay incentives are out of line, because the processes that evaluate them are often not merit-based. Some very successful companies are famous for doing this right, and can show us ways to align merit and pay in Italy

Italy's electoral law: the current system breeds terrible distortions, but simply turning back the clock is not the answer either. To return legitimately to a majority system requires redesigning electoral districts to increase political competition.

Diversified companies have weathered the 2007-2010 storm fairly well; the next strategic weapon will be to jointly use both financial and synergic logics of management. Since these two systems are generally considered rivals, balancing them is no small task