The media increasingly talks about how technological progress will affect the labor market and our way of life. Artificial intelligence; in other words the notorious robots. The historian Yuval Noah Harari’s view in the article “The meaning of life in …
VACATION’S OVER: WELCOME BACK TO WORK
We are leaving behind us mountain landscapes and sunsets on the sea; a humid August and the catchy songs of summer that continue to play inside our heads. But now, it’s time to get back in the groove and get …
DIGITAL DETOX: SUMMER SUGGESTIONS 2017
Over the last few days, while re-organizing my files, I found a 2013 Tim Harford article entitled “Ten Email Commandments”. In it there are some tips dealing with the topic of digital detox – a subject of great relevance these …
EXPORT: WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR FIRST STEPS
I recently concluded a consultation with a company that began moving its first steps in the export market this past year. It is a business in the retail food industry that has developed its own high quality product, it created …
AN EXPORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Over the past few days I’ve been working on completing an export development project that I am happy to share with you. It is for a very small, family-run business in the artistic/blown glass sector who offer their own line …
MARKETS: THE INTERNET IS MOVING THE BOUNDARIES
Over these last few days I was a speaker at a conference organized by FarExport on the topic: Choosing Target Markets and Organizing Sales. The choice of target markets – those on which you should invest more from a commercial …
POLAND: IS THERE A MARKET FOR HIGH-DESIGN COMPANIES?
Although Polish GDP has grown steadily for the past 25 years, the purchasing power is only equal to 69% of the EU average. It should also be noted that there are considerable differences in the distribution of wealth within Poland …
THE IMPORTANCE OF A WAREHOUSE IN THE USA
I’ve just returned from the HD Expo in Las Vegas, dedicated to what hotels, restaurants and anyone else in the hospitality industry may need. Wardrobes, floorings, bath and spa accessories, beds, electronic accessories, furniture fabrics, interior and exterior furniture, lighting, …
SMALL-MEDIUM ENTERPRISES: THE ENGINE AND BRAKES OF DEVELOPMENT
Small-medium enterprises are the distinctive feature of our economy: The Italian economy is characterized by 4.4 million highly dynamic firms operating in a number of different industries. The vast majority are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) … While the presence …
HOW TO CHOOSE THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS
I participated in the conference Partners for Growth organized by Niederdorf Italia; the theme was International Distributors. It was a meeting from which I took away some interesting ideas that I share with you here: When you are looking for …