A reliable corporate governance is pivotal in order to guarantee value creation for a company in the long term. Such a statement has often been said, read or heard. However, establishing a relationship between governance quality and company performance remains particularly problematic: company performance depends on multiple factors (industry, geographical markets, product/service quality, etc.) and […]
Among the controversial points, the EU rule on “interchange fees.” Electronic payments, led by credit cards, are growing exponentially. In the world today, they represent 60% of the total, with transactions doubling between 2001 and 2012. And new technologies will mean they will grow even more: already in 2014 online payments will rise by 20% […]
We are in the midst of an extremely delicate and fragile historical nexus. The crisis is worse than ever and is hitting above all those companies that are less-prepared and the weaker strata of society. Young people find themselves in ever-greater difficulty (one out of three in Italy and one out of two in Spain […]
This analysis presents highlights from the full report, available in PDF here. In the context of the current financial and economic crisis, The European House – Ambrosetti decided to analyse the economic performance of European countries in the last 10 years in order to comprehend the most resilient countries during the crisis (2008-2012) The study […]