Opinions

Thanks to foreigners, corporate competitiveness is maintained. A study on the United States between 2000 and 2007 demonstrates counterintuitive effects

Sovereign funds are arbiters of the crisis with their $2.4 trillion wealth, but their investment strategies can be disruptive. International attempts to regulate them are problematical because they are controlled by governments, which have their own agendas and in many cases are not democratic

Workplace stress: a research study by Bocconi CROMA and the Work Clinic explores the causes of bullying and excessive stress on the job. Their findings appear to indicate that hierarchical, bureaucratic organizations where authoritarian styles of leadership prevail are those most at risk

Being systematic and methodical in thinking about marketing creativity means going beyond fantasy or extravagance. Two Bocconi researchers explore five interesting ways to achieve good returns from shrinking marketing budgets by leveraging foresight, technological savvy and provocation

Millennium goals: some progress has been made, but its fruits are unevenly distributed among nations. Despite millenium declarations and the examples of other EU countries, Italy has been notably absent among donor countries, showing little solidarity and less foresight

Customers who trust a point of sale plan to visit it more often than those who trust less, according to a new survey by Bocconi's Dept. of Marketing