Ouverture de ‘IR 4.0, Network Economies & Stakeholder Engagement’

• Published in: Symphonya no. 2; pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Brondoni, Silvio M., Boccardelli, Paolo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Milan Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management, University of Milan - Bicocca 10.12.2019; Niccolò Cusano University-Rome
• Subjects: 4.0; Artificial intelligence; Business; Business models; Capitalism; Corporate culture; Corporate governance; Corporate identity; Corporate profits; Economic crisis; global capitalism; global competition; global corporation; Global economy; Health education; Health information; Healthy food; Human capital; industrial revolution; Information systems; Innovations; Investments; Market economies; Profitability; shareholder value; stakeholder engagement; Stakeholders; Stockholders; Sustainable development
• ISSN: 1593-0300; 1593-0319
• DOI: 10.4468/2019.2.01ouverture

Global corporations operate today in conditions of highly competitive tension in a context subject to political, social and technological instability. In recent years, the Greek economic crisis of 2009 showed the new basic drivers of global capitalism (Health; Energy; Food; Communication). In global network organisation, the importance of ‘corporate network value’ emerges, and intangible corporate assets (identity, culture, information system) acquire huge importance. The advent of new technologies and the growth of AI offer significant opportunities for creating value not only at business scale but also at societal level. For the future growth of global corporations, the challenge is to conciliate the profitability imperative with a business model compatible with the objective of a sustainable development and in a logic of stakeholders’ engagement.