The increasing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into decision-making processes represents a fundamental lever for competitive positioning, especially for start-ups operating in innovative ecosystems such as Rome Technopole (RT). This paper analyzes whether and how RT startups adopt AI to support decision-making and knowledge management processes, basing these processes on ethical and human-centric principles. After […]
The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) has become a strategic priority for organizations of all sizes, driven by pursuit of process optimization, efficiency gains, and enhanced decision-making. Yet, the effectiveness of AI depends not only on technological implementation but on how organizations integrate it with human-centric values –a challenge that remains underexplored in the context […]
The United Nations and the Agenda 2030 have clearly recognized the role of for-profit organizations in boosting sustainable development and reducing inequalities. This process has led to a profound change in International Development Cooperation (IDC), where private enterprises are called to develop Inclusive Businesses (IB) aligning business values with social impact, following responsible environmental, social, […]
Digital technologies provide an excellent leverage of innovation in the cultural sector, as they can provide unprecedented opportunities for audience development and engagement. The Covid-19 pandemic emergency has exacerbated these opportunities, as digital tools allowed to break down physical, cognitive and economic access barriers, reaching out to isolated communities, and to provide a tailor-made cultural […]
In this paper a new approach has been proposed by a recent H2020 European project, called SoPHIA (2021), which aimed to draft a Holistic Impact Assessment model to evaluate investments on cultural heritage (CH) and that, we believe, could also provide effective insights for cultural organisations in the process of drawing their Sustainability Reporting. Building […]
As citizen participation and participatory governance have become central concepts in the cultural policies at EU level, we are interested in understanding what this entails in practice. While, generally speaking, participation has been deeply scrutinized in political science and public administration literature, how citizens become participants in a process of co-creation of culture, who benefits […]
This paper investigates Participatory Cultural Initiatves (PCIs) and patterns of learning and knowledge sharing among participating actors. We highlight Participatory Cultural Initiatives (PCIs) and their impact on communities, cities, and regions. PCIs create material and immaterial outcomes through the presence of cultural artefacts and the exchange of ideas, thoughts and feelings among participants. In particular, […]
The purpose of the paper is to scrutinise citizen participation in co-creating a culture initiative. The active involvement of citizens in the co-creation of public initiatives has been embraced by the European Commission as a relevant topic on its reform agenda. In this line, citizen engagement has become one of the criterion to select the […]
In the last decade, technological innovations have impacted the cultural industries in unprecedented ways. It is common knowledge that technology has a positive impact on demand; its impact on supply, however, is less clear. Cultural organizations are not always ready to adopt technological innovations, as personnel may lack the required competencies. For example, tour guides […]
The aim of this paper is to investigate participatory cultural initiatives (PCI) and their impact on communities, cities, and regions. The notion of impact exceeds the notion of outcome insofar, as it includes subjective feelings and joint intuitions. PCIs create material and immaterial outcomes through two crucial inputs: human creativity and human intellectual activity. In […]