Business Excellence in Vicenza to reflect on the future of Italian SMEs

Entrepreneurship and family business are the focuses of “Waiting for the Vicenza Festival” scheduled for Monday 14 October at 6pm at the Roi Theater in Cavazzale

From the son to the fund, but to lay the foundations for an even brighter future.Monday 14 October, at 6pm, the Roi Theater in Cavazzale (Vicenza) will host “Waiting for the Vicenza Festival“, the second of the three anticipatory events ofFestival of the Future, scheduled at Veronafiere from 27 to 30 November.The theme chosen for this Vicenza preview, which will see Business Excellence as the protagonist, is 'From the son to the fund. Refurbishing for a new generation'.TodayItalian SMEs number around 760 thousandand represent beyond75% of our entrepreneurial fabric, a percentage that becomes even more preponderant if we look at the Vicenza area, employing around 80% of the workforce.Family businesses alone represent 85% of Made in Italy production, a heritage of know-how and entrepreneurial tradition that strongly identifies our country and in this too the province of Vicenza stands out.It is easy to understand how this heritage attracts the attention of large international investment funds. More and more frequently, there are transfers of the capital of family businesses active in our province to private equity. There are also quite a few companies that have happily completed the generational transition, i.e. from father to son, guaranteeing the continuation of the family business.Among the protagonists the ProfessorAlfredo De Massis, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Business Management,ElenaTerrible, Recruiting & Selection Area ManagerBicego HR Srl, Paolo Masotti, CEO and Partner Adacta Advisory,Eugenio Adamo, General DirectorBanca delle Terre VeneteCooperative Credit,Otello Dalla Rosa, General Director of Ferretto Group, the Vice President of Confindustria Vicenza,Roberto SpezzapriaeLuigi Consiglio, CEO of Eccellenze d'Impresa.It is possible to take part in the event in personby signing up for freefrom the siteilgiornaledivicenza.itor fromFestival website.Waiting for the Vicenza Festivalis promoted byAthesis editorial group,Business ExcellenceeMIT Sloan Management Review Italy, with the patronage ofMunicipality of Vicenzaand ofChamber of Commerce of Vicenza. Institutional partner isConfindustria Vicenza. Main partner of the event isPastaficio Rana. Local Platinum partnerBanca delle Terre VeneteCooperative Credit,BicegoHR Srl. Media partnersANSAand digital partnersZeep! Agency.The third Waiting for the Festival will be in Mantua. The Mantuan event, in its first edition, is scheduled for Monday 21 October at 5.30 pm in the Auditorium of theMaMu Mantua Multicentreand will focus on“The Mantua area as a laboratory for the integrated competitiveness of the agri-food supply chain”.The “Waiting for the Festival” precedethe Veronafiere event to be held at Veronafiere from 27 to 30 November, for the first timepromoted in synergy with JOB&Orienta, the exhibition dedicated to Orientation, School, Training and Work. The objective of the event is to offer young people a clear vision of their professional and human future.The theme of the Festival, organized byBusiness Excellence,MIT Sloan Management Review ItalyeAthesis editorial group, will be the centrality of manin “Society 5.0: building a human-centric world”. Four days of meetings will involve young people, companies and investors, with a scientific partnership with MIT Sloan Management Review Italia. Technological, social and environmental challenges and their impact on organizations will be analysed.