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Corporate culture

curated by Antonio Calabrò

Industry at its finest gives rise to culture,
forging original combinations of value and values, profitability and social relations

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23 October 2026

The EU: putting industry at the heart of policy and boosting investment in knowledge

‘Rising Industry’ was the theme of Assolombarda's general meeting in Milan. ‘Industry at the Centre’ was the title of one of the debates at the Aspen Institute Italia’s annual ‘Seminar ...

16 October 2026

Stories of beauty and new technologies, a glossary to help you understand industry

Let us remember Marc Bloch and his rigorous approach to history, as well as the Annales School that he founded with Lucien Febvre in 1929. They began with a journal, ...

09 October 2026

Open factories included in the 700 gems of the FAI Open Days, because doing...

Businesses are key players in the country’s economic, technological and innovative development. But they are also social and cultural actors, embodying a ‘polytechnic culture’ that brings together the humanities and ...

30 September 2026

Those who do not pay tax breach the social contract, putting the future of...

A democracy is founded on a social contract between the different parts of a country. Everyone contributes as best they can, as set out in the Constitution, to building the ...

25 September 2026

Reading books is good for your health, too. And the delicate dandelion, which grows...

'Not all our books will perish,' writes the elderly Emperor Hadrian in a long, passionate and melancholic letter to his adopted grandson, Marcus Aurelius. After Antoninus Pius, the sceptre of ...

17 September 2026

Is AI dangerous? Limits and rules to be established and urgent policy decisions regarding...

How can scientific research and technological development be slowed down? And who oversees this, and how can we prevent new AI-related technologies from ultimately causing serious harm to people and ...

11 September 2026

It’s back to school time. And we should reread good books to avoid educational...

School? ‘A daily devotion to tomorrow.’ In other words, a commitment to a better future. An exemplary summary of the responsibility borne by those tasked with educating the younger generations, ...

04 September 2026

The number of international students at Milan’s universities is on the rise: the new...

September in Milan begins with some good news: a veritable boom in the number of international first-year university students. Over 26,000 of the total 220,000 enrolments are from abroad, mainly ...

Investing in knowledge and long-term training to ensure we do not lose the battle...

Investing in knowledge to strengthen the competitiveness of Italy (and, by extension, Europe) and its economic and social development. This is the strategic vision that is increasingly placing the onus ...

Learning to ask questions, like Ulysses, to understand the meaning and value of Artificial...

One cannot understand anything about the world, whether ancient or contemporary, so full of uncertainties and complexities, unless one adopts the intellectual stance of someone who never tires of asking ...

The ‘Po Valley megalopolis’ offers a fine example of a unique high-tech fusion of...

Urban planners and geographers say that this is the age of megacities. They point out that 45% of the world’s population now lives in cities, and that megacities are constantly ...

Italy is facing a skills shortage that will affect the lives and livelihoods of...

Italy is a country steeped in history and with a love of stories. It is rich in ancient documents and monuments, and its most prestigious school is the classics high ...

The South is growing, but continues to lose its young people. Is the answer...

Southern Italy is growing faster than the Italian average. It is encouraging to read in the business news that it is 'driving' the national economy for the fourth year running. ...

The continued success of Italian songstress Mina serves as a shining example for managers...

A room of one's own — that's what Mina would have liked to have had when she was a young girl from Cremona in the 'Bassa' province, beginning to forge ...

The car industry appeals to the EU to stop the death of the factory

'Last night, after our shift, we went out together. It was freezing cold, and there were no lorries at Gate 23 or anyone on the street. I said to him, ...