Thanks to its leading position in national and international markets, its economic status and its long rooted openness to foreign business, Lombardy is today one of the most attractive regions in Europe for investors. Home to more than 800,000 companies, Lombardy is the largest recipient of foreign direct investment in […]
Lombardy is still one of the most attractive areas where to install the Italian subsidiary of an international company. Nevertheless, no matter how much an area can be investor-friendly, a foreign investor, when implementing an international expansion strategy typically needs to reduce potential risks and costs related to the operations […]
AttrACT: L’ATTRAZIONE DEGLI INVESTIMENTI PER LA CRESCITA DELL’ECONOMIA LOMBARDA (Milano, 7 febbraio) In un contesto in cui gli investimenti sono ormai un elemento fondamentale per lo sviluppo dell’economia, cresce la competizione tra i territori per attrarre capitale, talenti e imprese. Inoltre, fenomeni emergenti, quali Brexit e reshoring, generano nuove opportunità […]
With the end of year fast approaching, it is a good time to take a moment and reflect on the events that characterised Invest in Lombardy’s 2016. Let us look back at the year that was through the prism of numbers, and then look ahead. According to fDi Magazine (a division […]
A certain concern about the general outlook for Real Estate in Italy, due to uncertainty and political instability, seems to be balanced by positive expectations about Brexit. With the UK leaving the European Union, Milan is ready to run for the relocation of the European Patent Office and the European […]
International business does not only cross borders, it also cross cultures. Culture profoundly influences the way executives think, communicate and negotiate. Whatever sector you are operating in, cultural differences will have a direct impact on your ability to succeed internationally. In an ever-interconnected global economy, the companies that will see […]
With global labor costs balancing at the international level, a new trend is gaining momentum: reshoring. After decades witnessing the offshoring flood of manufacturing companies, a growing number of businesses across Western countries are bringing their manufacturing efforts back from overseas. As recently explained on Econopoly, the reshoring phenomenon often […]
Reshoring became popular as word only recently, meaning the process of returning the production and manufacturing of goods back to one’s own country, more consistent in highly manufacturing-based economies. First signals and evidences were gathered and analyzed by the UniClub MoRe Back-reshoring research group starting from 2009. From 2014 on, […]
Justice in Italy is not necessarily fast. This is pretty much common knowledge, but it is also confirmed by an OECD comparative study of 2010. Such lengthy times and the related costs have been more than just a bit problematic for foreign companies planning to set up in Italy, potentially […]
Lombardy ranks as the third hub of cultural enterprises throughout Europe, behind geographic areas like Paris and London (source: European Cluster Observatory 2013). In fact, according to the latest report “Io sono cultura 2016” released by Unioncamere and Symbola – Fondazione per le qualità italiane, Lombardy totals over 60,000 enterprises with […]
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