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Mathematics for Economics and Business

This textbook is tailored for those educational programs, such as Economics and Management, which include a first (and frequently the only) course of Mathematics. We have selected some topics which we consider to be fundamental, if not mandatory, for these students: - the knowledge of Calculus, for functions of one and two variables; - the use of Calculus in optimization; - the notion of integral ...

Organizational Culture

Ignorance, Quackery or Play Your Culture

The book examines the distinctive traits of organizational culture – including symbols, behaviors, attitudes, rituals, and beliefs – and introduces an original, rigorous classification model. This model is built on elements such as identity, core values, satisfaction levels, interpersonal relations, the connection between happiness and personal performance, and organizational goals. The book also ...

Dreamers who do

Intrapreneurship and innovation in the media world

Disruption, from Latin (dis- ‘apart’ + rumpere ‘to break’), means tearing something into pieces, destroying it completely. In the chaotic, uncertain, fast-paced contemporary world, journalism must embrace change and adapt. Based on this assumption, the author covers her experience towards the centenary media business with a fresh and entrepreneurial approach, the same approach she adopts in ...

Handbook of Mergers and Acquisitions

This handbook is a useful synthesis of the most respected academic approaches and well-known professional best practices. It focuses on the private markets – private equity, real estate, and infrastructure – where most M&A activity now takes place. The handbook analyzes the business and operational strategies pursued through M&A and with the active participation of private capital. It then examines ...

Inside Nuvola Lavazza

A Hub for Strategic Communication, Company Values, and Vision

The book tells the story of the Lavazza Nuvola project, the headquarters of the Lavazza Group inaugurated in Turin in 2017, from a strategic communication perspective, explaining how communication contributed to the conception, development, implementation and promotion of the project.The authors explain how communication becomes strategic when it helps a project take shape, imbuing it in “all its ...

Corporate and Investment Banking

A Hands-On approach

A new book on the relationship between banks and corporates is a challenge that must be accepted: we need to revert the narrative on banks and provide a proper perspective on what they can do for the economy overall.Corporate and Investment Banking is in fact the banking activity that most affects the growth of companies and their ability to be more robust and competitive. In the financial world, ...

Social Impact in Your Hands

How to Build a Startup that Combines Business with Impact

We live in an interesting, unprecedented historical moment of uncer-tainties, complexities and changes that can bring new energy, and in which scenarios of power and influence shift with exponential speed, evidence of a future that is already present. The times in which we live necessarily call for new leadership. In this book, the figure of the social entrepreneur is outlined as a new leader who ...

Finance Lab

By addressing the financial markets from a new perspective, this book sets out to take the reader on a journey, explaining the role of financial markets as places where exchanges take place to meet the needs of people, businesses and institutions. The volume is structured in four parts. The first part introduces the functions, structure, and components of the financial system. In the second part, ...

Capital Markets

Perspectives over the Last Decade

This book, published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Equita, is the result of the 10-year collaboration between Equita and Bocconi to carry out research and studies on capital markets. Well before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the overall evidence showed that capital markets in Italy were still underdeveloped. In fact, the past decade was characterized by serious weaknesses in ...

Envisioning the Unobvious

A Playbook to Build Your Future

In a time of rapid change, tunnel vision won’t get us where we want to go. This is a book about launching your own Mission Unobvious with an exponential mindset. Whether you are starting out in life, looking for a fresh start, or trying to get new ideas off the ground, the book lays out an approach to envisioning and creating futures that go beyond expectations. Join the author on her journey of ...