The competitive capacity of SMEs is increasingly less related to its actions: to make a difference, today, is instead the ability to interact effectively with other companies. The word of the "new" economy, in short, both in the manufacturing sector and that of services, seems to be sharing and collaborating, an activity in which new technologies are helped to reduce the limits – even economic, but Not only that in the past were imposed by the corporate dimension. You can also check other opinions in this discussion.
It is to address these issues and illustrate these new technologies that CNA has organized, for Wednesday, February 4, at 18, at the provincial headquarters of Via Malavolti 27, in Modena, a conference entitled "Collaboration and Efficiency." On stage, in an evening that will have a very very operational content, will be Fabio Casalin, CNA consultancy, Riccardo Guiati (Ima) and Luca Mongiorgi (Iungo).
After an aperitif, at 20.45, we will discuss how it is possible to finance the technological investments useful also for this purpose. Today, in fact, the Emilia Romagna region puts at the disposal of the companies an exciting call for grants to fund investments in ICT and management. Armando Cassanelli, of the service, incentivize of CNA, and Giovanni Taddei, consultant of the financial intermediation company Finimpresa-Serfina, will have the task, to illustrate precisely the announcement, the modalities of participation and other instruments to The provision of companies to deal with investments in this area.
Corporate investment in technology
Corporate investment in technology has reached the lowest point of the last 50 years compared to trend growth. However, signs of improvement are still glimpses. The technology analysts at Credit Suisse predict a boom in tech spending over the next four years, in the wake of the resumption of investment by companies.
In Hard Times, the financial directors of the companies stiffen the controls on the company's economic resources. Usually, the first item to be resized is the one related to advertising and marketing activities. Follow the recruitment and expense items for information technology. When the situation starts to improve, they loosen the grip, and the money is reinvested.
At least that's what usually happens. However, when crises begin to follow as it has been recently with the financial crisis before, and with the debt crisis in Europe and the fiscal precipice in the United States, later on, financial directors around the world can become Constantly reluctant to spend. It was mainly the companies active in the technology sector that were affected by the recent parsimony of expenditure. However, signs of improvement are still glimpses.
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