In Emilia-Romagna, 33% of firms will improve funding in expertise and digital companies in 2024, 3 factors above the nationwide common. Ensuring a mature manufacturing material, divided into areas with giant industries, medium-sized firms and the tendency to develop cooperation with companions and startups.
This is a photograph from the fourth stage of the Assintel Report roadshow, held in Bologna on May tenth on the headquarters of Confcommercio and arranged Assintel – the nationwide affiliation of ICT firms – and Confcommercio Emilia-Romagna. The examine was performed byThe Ixé Institutesponsors of the work are Grenke, Intesa Sanpaolo, TIM and Open Gate Italia.
I three present applied sciences in 2024 firms within the area are these associated to collaboration (PC and smartphone) in 76% of them, communication (ultra-broadband and wifi) in 72% and cybersecurity in 65%. But if these values are in step with the nationwide common, there are different specialised applied sciences: these are workplace and administration purposes (57%), IT infrastructure (52%) and information administration (45%) , all inside 6. and eight factors above common. Some variations are putting: among the many areas of innovation, these linked to increasing the connection with the shopper have much less weight; Customer administration is vital to solely 12% of regional firms, in comparison with 21.9% on the nationwide stage, and gross sales and communication capabilities are vital to 24.5%, in comparison with a nationwide common of 31%.
Before the rising expertiseInternet of Things (16.6%) and synthetic intelligence purposes (11.4%) are above common, with initiatives already within the implementation and testing levels.
In normal, within the firms of Emilia-Romagna there’s little reporting of the elements that forestall the digital transformation. This additionally applies to 2 main limitations: monetary, which is current in 26.9% of them, and that of tradition and digital abilities, which is current in 28.1% of firms, each greater than 4 factors under the common.
“The outcomes verify that Emilia Romagna continues to face out as a fertile space for digital innovation – remark Luca Cavina, Assintel Emilia-Romagna Committee Coordinator -. This success is the results of a fruitful collaboration between the non-public sector and public establishments, with explicit consideration to the continual dedication of the Region of Emilia Romagna to the promotion of initiatives, tenders and incentives geared toward supporting companies within the sector, together with the numerous impression of the Data Valley.” The firms of Emilia-Romagna – he continues – “know digital significance, they use this expertise to enhance their manufacturing processes. This not solely reveals an open thoughts to steady enchancment, but in addition reveals the power to adapt and innovate to maintain the workflow dynamic. As the regional committee of Assintel, our intention is to encourage steady cooperation between firms on this sector, to advertise the sharing of data and knowledge, and to lift consciousness, particularly amongst younger college students, of the alternatives provided by the digital panorama of Emilia-Romagna”.
«The digital and technological transformation of the financial and territorial system represents an vital alternative for Emilia-Romagna to consolidate its already acknowledged main position within the nationwide system. – he feedback Enrico Postacchini, President of Confcommercio Emilia-Romagna -. Our area ensures that it’s a lovely place, a spot that’s talked about within the area of analysis and innovation not solely due to the strategic institution of the Tecnopolo Manifattura in Bologna. The digital ecosystem needs to be used for innovation, particularly for small and medium enterprises. The problem of the digital revolution is a query of better democracy, between folks, between generations, between firms. Empowering our companies digitally, even the normal ones – concludes Postacchini – means accepting the problem of change to remain available in the market and develop “inside”. And to do all this, firms have to be given the chance to take a position. Taxation, liquidity, capital solidity: an space that also must be completed.”
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