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ÁREA: Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management for Cleaner Production

The book "Codice delle PMI" gathers all innovation legislation affecting Small and Medium Enterprises introduced over the years in Italy into a single organic text, simplifying understanding and consultation of the rules. Author of the volume is the lawyer Cristina Crupi who, in 2020, published another important volume for Italian innovation: "Codice delle Startup".

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The agri-food sector is the highest application of blockchain technology to track and trace components and raw material along the supply chain. Blockchain presents many potential advantages; however, small and medium enterprises often lack the means and knowledge to exploit this technology fully. This chapter presents a case study of blockchain application, namely Trusty, a platform for the notarization of fully traceable information on blockchain in the agri-food sector. Thanks to… Visualizza altro

Abstract
The agri-food sector is the highest application of blockchain technology to track and trace components and raw material along the supply chain. Blockchain presents many potential advantages; however, small and medium enterprises often lack the means and knowledge to exploit this technology fully. This chapter presents a case study of blockchain application, namely Trusty, a platform for the notarization of fully traceable information on blockchain in the agri-food sector. Thanks to its limited up-front implementation costs and its modularity, it seems particularly suitable for use by SMEs. The authors’ goal is to identify some useful issues for practitioners and inspiration for future research for academics. The most relevant topics that will be placed are (1) needs and expectations of SMEs in the agri-food sector towards the blockchain, (2) difficulties of introducing blockchain into SMEs, (3) the agnostic approach to blockchain, (4) the different value of notarized information for B2B and B2C companies, and (5) limits of some blockchains compared to others. Meno dettagli

Those who embrace the paradigm of impact investing understand that:
- Economic sustainability is fundamental both in the short term and in the medium term;
-Profit in the medium term can be pursued by being on the market with a value proposition that is attractive to all stakeholders - consumers, employees, managers, entrepreneurs, investors.
- Consumers shifting from “1.0” to “4.0”;
- Employees are in the battle for talent.

The new paradigma for Impact Investing comes from a… Visualizza altro

Those who embrace the paradigm of impact investing understand that:
- Economic sustainability is fundamental both in the short term and in the medium term;
-Profit in the medium term can be pursued by being on the market with a value proposition that is attractive to all stakeholders - consumers, employees, managers, entrepreneurs, investors.
- Consumers shifting from “1.0” to “4.0”;
- Employees are in the battle for talent.

The new paradigma for Impact Investing comes from a long- standing experience in no-profit: with less-then-average returns on capital, we are unable to attract new capitals and this, at the end, was the basis for the failure of many initiatives. Projects, also social impact ones, need to return above average returns to attract new capital to get start-ups at the scale-up / maturity phase.
Even with all this in mind and making sure to take advantage of the beauty of this new world, then to make profit is difficult.
This is the real paradigm of Impact Investing: healthy innovation.
The review of the paradigm stems from fieldwork with approx. 1,500 start-ups reviewed and analyzed, with investments (with our financial resources) in 30 start-ups.
However, being a player in Impact Investing is hard work, on a daily basis.
It requires technical skills, soft skills, a strong network, platforms, International outreach and marketing (both digital and non-digital) capabilities.
These capabilities were developed alongside with a strong deal-flow process, managed with focus and precision.
Once we selected the start-up, we used them either in the Incubation or in the Acceleration program, with Monitoring or full involvement on our side, depending on the maturity of the business idea or its team. Meno dettagli