Company boards stand to learn from the Italian agency in charge of civilian emergencies

Whether it's a question of diamonds or hiking boots, Corporate Social Responsibility has become a part of most business models.

It makes sense to separate assets with widely differing risk characterisitcs

The more economies are open, the larger their public sector is. It’s the foreign consumer who ends up picking up the tab

More and more companies bet on value co-creation schemes: virtual knowledge brokers and open source systems are among the new approaches being tried in an effort to leverage input from customers