Opinions

Re-read classics by past experts like Peter Drucker, if you want to make sense of the current crisis and understand the unchanging elements of good corporate governance. Or follow management fashion and risk damage down the road to the company, shareholders and stock value

At the COP15 in Copenhagen in December 2009, an international agreement was reached to limit the increase of mean global temperatures to +2°C. But nobody knows the amount of greenhouse gas emissions this corresponds to, and so everybody is waiting for someone else to act

Value creation is expressed not only in terms of stock price, but also in policies adopted by companies that protect customers, maintain good working conditions and respect the environment. But it is not always easy to measure sustainability.

In the global market for commercial aircraft, the clash between Boeing and Airbus ended up in the WTO court. An initial ruling was issued, but the transatlantic rivalry could end up providing a new framework agreement stipulating rules valid for all players

International finance: the IMF and OECD have supplied guidelines on sovereign wealth funds. As in other countries, in Italy fears grow about the expanding role of funds that manage huge sums and are controlled either by China or the Gulf states

Online communities: the most effective ones are those freely managed by consumers. If rules are too constraining, users flee corporate sites. Freedom of expression and non-technical language are prerequisites for successful community formation in the virtual world.