Mission,Methods and Activity

The Adriano Olivetti Institute was

founded in 1967 by Giorgio Fuà on the

initiative of the Social Science

Research Council of the United States

and the A. Olivetti Foundation. It is a

non profit institution.

It is one of the oldest Management

Schools in Italy and has over the years

become a focal point for spreading

industrial culture and the philosophy of

entrepreneurship.

The name is intended as a reminder of

the far-sighted intuitions of Adriano

Olivetti regarding the corporate social

responsibilities and the relations

between industry and community.

The Institute is supported by

numerous companies, banks and

foundations in addition to the

collaboration of the Steering

Committee consisting of university

teachers and other personalities from

the spheres of economics and culture.

The current Presidential Committee is

composed of Adolfo Guzzini

(Chairman), Valeriano Balloni (Vice

Chairman), Sabino Cassese and Paolo

Pettenati (honorary chairmen).

• OBJECTIVES AND TEACHING METHOD

Since 1967 Istao is dedicated to the

preparation of young entrepreneurs

and managers with an innovative

course of study.

To date has trained over 1600

students with an educational model

based largely in the training inside the

companies in the belief that the best

way to learn is to have a confrontation

with the real and professional work.

The educational proposals include an

active teaching training in classroom

and experiences in the company, with

the cooperation of important and

influential operators of the industrial

and cultural world.

The goal is to train people with a

broad vision of the company, the

industry and macro-economic scenario,

people who know how to coordinate

the resources under a unified plan,

identify problems and provide quick

responses.

To achieve this goal each Istao course

involves three main activities:

• Classroom Training: lessons on the

principal tools and techniques of

business analysis, alternated with

case studies and simulations, up-

dating seminars and research activity.

• In-house company Projects:

team working on projects proposed

by companies. Students can put

theoretical skills in practice working

inside a company and in contact

with managers.

• Internship: each course ends with

an individual 4-months internship

which completes the student’s training

programme and prepares him/her for

entering the world of work.

• MASTER PROGRAMMES

ISTAO organizes four main courses

designed for young and bright

graduates who wish to embark on a

managerial or business career.

The Master in Business Strategy

and Management, is a general

management course in which have

been developed over time some areas

of study such as bank and enterprise,

fashion industries and house system.

The Master in International

Management, is a highly specialised

programme designed to provide Italian

students with the ability and

confidence to successfully promote

products and services on a global

scale. The master is held in

collaboration with the ICE (National

Institute for Foreign Trade), Marche

Region and the Faculty of Economics of

Università Politecnica delle Marche.

The Master in Corporate Finance,

which began in 2007, is aimed at

graduates in economics who, having

achieved the Degree, intend to

develop managerial skills in finance.

The Master consists on a project in a

company combined with a training

course in classroom and partly online.

The Master in Technology and

Innovation Management, aims to

provide students with the methods of

management and the most advanced

best practices in the fields of

technological innovation and business

organization. The Master consists of a

project in a company combined with a

training course in the classroom and

partly online.

• SPECIAL PROGRAMMES

Center for Innovation and Enterprise

Networking (CINIm). Among services

to companies, was established in 2007

this center, which aims to accelerate the

process of scouting and adoption of

innovations in technology and

organization by the companies.

CESAV - Experimental center for

analysis and economic evaluation

of small businesses companies.

The center, built with the support of

banks, is also a subsidiary to serve

small and medium companies to

enable them to develop and / or

redesign their industrial projects, thus

making easier relations with financial

institutions.

Centre for Monitoring of Shipping.

The Centre gathers information on

maritime trade and transport data and

policies relating to major ports of the

Adriatic-Ionian.

The initiative is promoted and

supported by the Chamber of

Commerce of Ancona.

The goal is to provide technical and

studies for public and private analysis

tools to support the development of

institutional policies.

eCapital - Business Plan

Competition. It is a competition

among innovative business provides

the tools necessary to

turn ideas into enterprise projects.

The competition is promoted by the

support of Marche Capital Spa, Marche

Region, Chamber of Commerce of Ancona

and Polytechnic University of Marche.

• OTHER ACTIVITIES

Istao also offers training programmes for

owners and managers of small

enterprises, for top executives of the

Public Sector and for employees of bank

and other financial institutions:

• Executive Programmes: highly

specialised lessons for entrepreneurs

and executives;

• Seminars on Urban Transformation;

• Training for young executives of

banks;

• Summer Course on “Nano-

technologies and innovative

development of materials” Istao is also engaged in applied

research for both the business sector

and Public Administration in particular on

matters concerning the competitiveness

and growth of companies and local

territories.

• COMPANIES SUPPORTING AND COOPERATING IN ISTAO’S ACTIVITIES

A C R A F Spa

A E A Srl

Alpidorica Spa

ARCA SGR Spa

Ariston Thermo Spa

B.A.G. Spa – Nero Giardini

Banca dell'Adriatico

Banca di Credito Cooperativo Picena

Banca d'Italia

Banca Marche

Banca Popolare di Ancona

Benelli Armi Spa

Biesse Spa

Brandoni Solare Spa

C S I L Scrl

Cagnoni Carlo Spa

Calzaturificio Falc Spa

Camera di Commercio di Ancona

Cassa di Risparmio di Fano

Clementoni Spa

Collegio Costruttori della Provincia di

Ancona

Comune di Ancona

Confartigianato Imprese Marche

Confindustria Ancona

Confindustria Ascoli Piceno

Confindustria Fermo

Confindustria Macerata

Confindustria Pesaro

E. Bora Srl

ECOSTAR Srl

Enereco Spa

F.lli Guzzini Spa

Faam Spa

Fabi Spa

Fileni Simar Srl

FIAM Italia Spa

FIMAG Spa

Fondazione "Alessio Altini" Onlus

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio della

Provincia di Macerata

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Ascoli

Piceno

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Fano

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Jesi

Fornari Spa

Frittelli Maritime Group Spa

G.I & E. Spa

I C A Spa

I.A.R.M. Srl

IFI Spa

iGuzzini Illuminazione Spa

Indesit Company Spa

ISA Spa

Istituto Banco di Napoli - Fondazione

Marche Capital Spa

Meccanica H7 Srl

Nuova Maip Spa

Nuova Simonelli Spa

Piginigroup Spa

Poltrona Frau Srl

Prefabbricati Foresi Srl

Provincia di Ancona

Provincia di Macerata

Rainbow Spa

Regione Marche

Renco Spa

Restart Scarl

Santarelli Costruzioni Spa

Scavolini Spa

Schnell Spa

Selettra Srl

SI – Società Internazionale Spa

SO.MA.CI.S. Spa

Somigroup Spa

Teuco Guzzini Spa

TOD'S

TVS Spa

Unioncamere delle Marche

Università degli Studi di Camerino

Università degli Studi di Macerata

Università degli Studi di Urbino

Università Politecnica delle Marche

Vitale Novello Srl

Zannini Spa

Zipa Spa

• MEMBERS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Adolfo Guzzini (President)

Valeriano Balloni (Vice President)

Paolo Pettenati (Honorary President)

Sabino Cassese (Honorarry President)

Giuliano Bianchi ,Massimo Bianconi,

Giovanni Bogliolo, Luciano Brandoni,

Patrizia Clementoni, Marco Crivellini,

Graziano Di Battista, Francesco Foresi,

Lino Fornari, Salvatore Giordano,

Giuseppe Losco, Corrado Mariotti, Andrea

Merloni, Marco Morbidelli, Marco Pacetti,

Salvatore Rossi, Simone Rupoli, Felice

Santarelli, Gian Mario Spacca, Adolfo

Vannucci.

Villa Favorita - Via Zuccarini 15, 60131 Ancona (Italy)tel. (0039) 071 2137011 - fax (0039) 071 2901017 / 071 2900953

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