Opinions

The logic of project management must permeate the whole of a firm, in order to overcome the rigidity and passivity caused by too much emphasis on norms and compliance, which often engender the shirking of actual responsibility for getting the job done

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