In the current economic and business context, Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes a debated topic among academic and practitioners. Although the specific literature has outlined the relationship between top management and digitalization, sustainability topics remain less scrutinized, particularly concerning AI. With these premises, this study intends to investigate whether sustainable corporate governance (SCG) affects disclosure about […]
The digital transformation has significantly reshaped organizational structures, particularly through the widespread adoption of remote working, which accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. While existing literature has explored internal impacts such as productivity and work-life balance, less attention has been paid to the effects on external relational dynamics, especially in the public sector. This paper investigates […]
In a knowledge-based economy, a gender-diverse board may enhance intellectual resources, as a driver of firms’ value creation. This study aims to explore the connection between Intellectual Capital Efficiency (ICE) and Board Gender Diversity (BGD) within Italian innovative startups. In this way, it seeks to address the literature gap concerning the existent relationship between the […]
The objective of this article is to present the analysis of a case study regarding a small-medium enterprise Italian-owned company in the start-up phase, which produces consumer goods such as playful learning products for 0-24 months children. The Company is unlisted and is fully held by a family-controlled group. It meets the basic requirements of […]
Despite the growing interest in the field of IC, there is still a lack of evidence and literature on the importance of IC in companies’ turnarounds, an issue that is even more pressing due to Covid-19. The pandemic is impacting corporates’ performances all over the world and most of them will face turnaround processes after […]
This paper focuses on the Italian public administration that, with its more than 10,000 inefficient data centers, employs at least 30,000 people who are tasked with the maintenance and technological updating of these obsolete infrastructure and with the upkeeping applications (often outdated and on which much more people work) that run on these infrastructures. Yet, […]