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Italy appears to be in the same situation as Germany. Investments in Knowledge are said to be a top priority but there is no specific awareness nor specific policy and agenda concerning intangible assets disclosure.
According to Stefano Zambon from the University of Padua and Ferrara (see below), "despite some innovative efforts (such as the "social budget"), the emerging general picture is that of a context which is still distant from implementing intellectual capital or human resources valuation processes, but which also shows a quite wide and spontaneous interest in evolving "from ingredients to cake"."
Therefore, specific resources on intangible assets are scarce, especially concerning public policies.
1. National Statistical Agency - ISTAT
The National Statistical Agency - ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica) is involved in work related to statistics of the information society and technological innovation. Several activities are on-going:
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2. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) - Istituto di Studi sulla Ricerca e Documentazione Scientifica (ISRDS)
The Institute for Studies on Scientific Research and Documentation of the National Research Council carries out research and training in the fields of research policy and scientific information policy.
As research director, Giorgio Sirilli, economist and statistician, works on intangible related topics, in particular on science and technology policy, economics of technical change, science and technology indicators, management of innovation, evaluation of research and development, innovation in the public administration. Giorgio Sirilli is also delegate to committees dealing with science and technology issues in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European union. He chairs the OECD Group of National Experts on Science and Technology Indicators (NESTI) which is in charge of the development of methodologies and statistical tools for the collection of data and analysis of indicators. He has published several books and articles dealing with science and technology indicators, old and new paradigms in the measurement of R&D and measuring Innovation in Europe and Italy.
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Among academics, several research groups have been identified:
4. Consulting companies and other organisations
Some auditing and consulting companies are dealing with these issues, in particular KPMG S.p.a Italia, Arthur Andersen MBA srl, Neutra S.p.A, nova.innovazione nel management and Summit-TMI. In particular, Summit-TMI is a consulting company partner of the Scandinavian company TMI, specialised in education and training consultancy. It has organised in March 2000 a conference on the value of intangible assets with Stefano Zambon among speakers (Il valore degli Intangible Asset). Summit general manager Franco D'Egidio (Amministratore Delegato) has written a book on intangible assets measurement entitled "La vitalità d’impresa. Misurare l’intangibile per cavalcare l’onda del cambiamento".
Finally, several major Italian companies are involved in intangible valuations. We can cite CSELT, Centro Studi e Laboratori Telecommunicazioni spa which is the Telecom Italia Group's Company for study, research, experimentation and qualification in the field of telecommunications and information technology. In May 1998, it has started an internal project called "Intellectual capital" aimed at measuring the intellectual capital of CSELT and increase the value and the profit of the Centre. The project was conducted by a working group.
Italy also counts a series of networks and organisations interested in the issue of "social audit" or "social balance and accounting":