Opinions

About 1,590 Italian companies are potential targets, and private equity might help SMBs become stronger, grow and aggregate

Fashion is a magical and mystical dimension, and clothes are spaces for negotiating identity

In Japan, the costs of depression have added up to a lot of money over the past 12 years. And depression is fought through marketing: memorable consumer experience generates a trusting relationship between client and company

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