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Digital transformation and industry 4.0. Empirical analysis on the evolution of companies in the large-scale retail trade
No full textThe rapid acceleration of technological development in recent years has profoundly revolutionized the way companies are managed, pushing them to propose new business models, products and marketing strategies.
At the same time, the role of the consumer has undergone a radical evolution, becoming a central figure for the company, which needs effective two-way communication that improves interaction with customers and meets their growing expectations.
The current scenario is therefore shaped by digital transformation, a term used to indicate a set of technological, cultural, organizational and social changes that involve all companies and market sectors. In order to better understand the impact that this process, through the complex paradigm of Industry 4.0, has on Italian firms, a survey was conducted that involves companies operating in the large-scale retail trade (GDO) sector. This industrial sector was chosen as it is a context increasingly characterized by automation and digitalization of sales processes.
Based on the results obtained through an online survey on a sample of 130 companies, this paper proposes some significant considerations on the diffusion of digital technologies, on the
benefits they bring as well as on the managerial and organizational impacts generated in the business context under consideration
The Adoption of Information Systems for the Analysis of the Life Cycle of Hazelnuts
No full textAttention to the different phases of the life cycle of agri-food products by producers and consumers is an aspect that is growing at the same speed with which the agricultural sector is introducing innovations brought by digital transformation, evolving into agri-tech.
Therefore, it becomes necessary to evaluate the sustainability of the entire agri-food chain to understand where and how to intervene to improve its efficiency and quality. This work, through a case study relating to an Italian agricultural company operating in the hazelnut sector, aims to analyse the impacts of the life cycle of this product considering the path from the raw material to the final treatment before the hazelnuts are delivered to the transformation company. The final goal is to assess the potential critical issues concerning hazelnut production, with a view to improving the efficiency of the life cycle stages using innovative information systems set up ad hoc. As a result, our findings describe a best practice of a system able to support the company in the management of its data, which can be updated directly in-house, continuously and in a coordinated manne
Innovative Approaches for the Digitalization of Tourism Businesses
No full textOver the last few decades, tourism has changed profoundly, and at the same time, both the types of travel and the profiles of travelers have changed. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism was one of the sectors that paid the highest price in economic terms, not only in the lockdown period but also in the following months in which, in correspondence with the first reopening, consumers associated a high perception of risk to travel, many giving up planning their own departures. The entire supply chain of the tourism industry has been affected, from the hoteliers of the largest and most renowned structures to small Bed & Breakfasts, from guest houses to hostels, from restaurateurs to suppliers, and from operators to tour guides and museums. This work aims to investigate new dimensions of post-COVID-19 tourism by including some innovation factors, such as the alternatives offered by smart working to tourists and to the citizens of large cities in which many hotels are placed. The research work highlights how the digitalization of tourism services has thus far changed the information-decision-making process that leads to the choice of travel, its experiential and post-experiential phases, and how in the new post-pandemic normal, it can change the way of living the vacation, traveling, and ancillary services connected to them
Oltre il conflitto tra efficienza ed equità: regole e misure di policy per l’uguaglianza di genere
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La teoria dei giochi e il conflitto organizzativo
No full textL’articolo affronta la questione della conflittualità nell’ambito delle organizzazioni proponendo la teoria dei giochi
come possibile strumento di risoluzione. La riflessione qui presentata e le conclusioni cui si perviene si fondano
sulla distinzione dei giochi a somma zero, definiti a priori non cooperativi, e quelli a somma diversa da zero (o
somma positiva), che prevedono l‘adozione di strategie competitive, conflittuali o cooperative. Quando non è
possibile conoscere a priori le modalità di svolgimento del gioco, e quindi la strategia vincente, il gioco diventa un
dilemma, e ciò si può riscontrare nelle organizzazioni. La riconduzione al dilemma consente di utilizzare il c.d.
“gioco dei falchi e delle colombe”, proposto dal biologo evoluzionista Smith, per contestualizzare le possibili
soluzioni alla conflittualità in ambito aziendale
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