Italy
The Italian family business, the family office…and the many startups
The third generation is revitalizing the family’s entrepreneurship
Italy starts to emerge as a centre for family office activity
The country has a few more than 20 single-family offices, but expect many more to be launched in the years ahead
Despite employing more workers, family businesses are more efficient
There is a growing amount of evidence that shows family businesses generate more jobs and higher profits with less debt than non-family businesses. What’s going on?
Segafredo float raises possibilities
Will other family-owned coffee firms follow Massimo Zanetti’s lead? Or might they even fancy a tie-up with the newly floated third-generation firm?
Pirelli and the limits of the free market
It may have been owned by a tangle of families that offends purists, but there is something to be said for the tyre company’s complicated structure.
Interview: MV Agusta’s Giovanni Castiglioni
When he took over the struggling motorcycle brand from his dying father in 2010 nobody expected much, but it is winning on the track again, and Mercedes recently took at 25% stake.
Size matters for Italian family firms
Family businesses are much smaller in Italy than they are in France and Germany. That needs to change if the country is going to flourish.
