Opinions

Five centuries after the dawn of printing, the publishing industry is undergoing radical changes. What is the future of e-books, on what devices will we read them and how will the writing, publication, sale and dissemination of books be affected by digitization?

As long as landfills provide a cheap way out, waste management will not evolve toward more advanced patterns

After the Google ruling issued by the Court of Milan, one must secure the consent of featured third parties before putting a video online. Questions of privacy and the applicability of EU law on a foreign-based company have been called into play in a sector that is hard to control

The model of the male manager taking all the decisions and overstressed by too many activities and too little time is not working. A Bocconi questionnaire outlines this managerial style and finds that the remedy for isolated individualism and poor communication is teamwork

The Italian touch is about acknowledging the value that artisans, tailors and seamstresses bring to the fashion product. Not easy in a globalized economy, but one company is putting craftspeople in its stores to show customers just how skilled a true artisan can be

Six traits of corporate behavior can be warning signs of potential wrongdoing; among them are artificially fast growth, financial trickery, short-term thinking and plain old greed. It is easy to pinpoint such faults after a crisis, but regulators should monitor them as a preventive measure