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News

23/02/2010
Demand from the BRIC countries boosts Italian exports

This is the title of a recent article in Il sole24Ore, Italy's leading financial daily newspaper, confirming the originality of the new Global Business and Sustainability MBA held by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - ALTIS
18/12/2009
International MBA Global Business and Sustainability

The Loyola Institute of Business Administration, partner with ALTIS-Università Cattolica in the International MBA, enter into the Top Ten of the Indian Business Schools
18/11/2009
Global Stakeholder Influence Examined in New Boston College Report

Global Education Research Network study explores impact of global stakeholders in nine countries
27/10/2009
FamigliaLavoro Award - Participants to the second Edition

77 are partecipating to the Famiglia Lavoro Award 2009, second edition. Of those, 44 enterprises and 33 public authorities.
24/10/2009
Global Social Venture Competition 2010 - Italian Round

The deadline for the submission of the Executive Summary for the GSVC - Italian Round is approaching.
By October 30 team participant has to submit (online) the Executive Summary (ES) to ALTIS.

About ALTIS

Mission and History

Management and Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development

Sede Altis - Via San Vittore 18 - Milano

ALTIS, the Postgraduate School Business & Society of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan, is an international research and education centre for the study and promotion of a responsible and competitive business culture.

Founded in 2005 by Prof. Mario Molteni, Professor of Business Administration and Corporate Strategy at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, ALTIS embodies both an openness towards the international world of business and the willingness to effectively serve the interests of the students and enterprises with which it interacts.

For ALTIS Corporate Social Responsibility implies an understanding of:

the unavoidable implications - economic, social, cultural and environmental - of business' activities;
the creative tension that exists when business' attempt to reconcile competitive and sustainability goals;
the importance of the professional and human resources that contribute to a business' success.

The mission of ALTIS is therefore to foster:

the synthesis of competitiveness and social responsibility;
the development of entrepreneurs and managers, both experienced and young, to become the protagonists in international sustainable business initiatives;
the good governance of both for profit and non profit enterprises
the collaboration between for profit and non profit initiatives as a tool for economic development.

ALTIS' principle areas of interest are:

Corporate social and environmental responsibility ;
Business globalization, with particular attention paid to emerging and developing countries;
International promotion of the business model of "Industrial districts";
Corporate governance;
Partnerships between private companies, non-profit organisations and the public sector;
Management of non-profit organizations .

ALTIS dedicates special attention to those geographical areas which are also of particular interest to the growth of Italian business: Latin America, China, India, Africa and the Mediterranean Region.

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