altis - alta scuola impresa e societa profile 2011
DESCRIPTION
ALTIS, founded in 2005, is one of the seven Postgraduate Schools of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. By 2015 the postgraduate school intends to become the principal European center for the development of high social impact entrepreneurship in Africa, India and Latin America, serving local development and the internationalization of Italian companies.TRANSCRIPT
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ALTIS profile
http://altis.unicatt.it/en/altis_postgraduate_school_business_society
Milan, 10th July 2011
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Index
1. An Original Identy
2. Breakdown by Divisions
3. Activities in Brief
4. A Look at the Divisions
5. ALTIS For Enterprises
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Origin & Mission
RESEARCH
PROJECTS
EDUCATION
ALTIS, founded in 2005, is one of the seven Postgraduate Schools
of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
Entrepreneurship and Management
for a sustainable development
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By 2015 the postgraduate school intends to become
the principal European center
for the development of high social impact entrepreneurship
in Africa, India and Latin America,
serving local development
and the internationalization of Italian companies.
Vision
ALTIS was created to be the reference point in Italy
for entrepreneurs, new entrepreneurs and managers
seeking to achieve simultaneously
high economic and socio-environmental performance.
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“If love is wise, it can find ways of working in accordance with
provident and just expediency.” Caritas in Veritate, n. 65
“Every single social and global
issue of our day is a business
opportunity in disguise.”Peter Drucker
Win-win approach
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ALTIS, a bridge between…
University
Research /
Education
North
Profit
Socio-
environmental
performance
Action
Business
Economic
performance
South of the world
Non Profit
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Index
1. An Original Identy
2. Breakdown by Divisions
3. Activities in Brief
4. A Look at the Divisions
5. ALTIS for Enterprises
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The Eight Divisions of ALTIS
Globalization &
New Markets
Public
Management
SMEs &
Industrial Districts
Social
Entrepreneurship
Finance &
Development
CSR &
Sustainability
Non Profit
Corporate Welfare &
Social Innovation
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Director
MOLTENI
Social
entrepreneur-
ship
GUIDOTTI
SMEs &
Districts
ANTOLDI
Non-Pprofit
GRUMO
Globalization
& New Markets
MORAMARCO
Finance &
Development
ORIANI
CSR &
Sustainability
MOLTENI
Public
Management
ZUFFADA
Corporate
Welfare &
Social
Innovation
MARSEGUERRA
PROJECTS
RESEARCH
EDUCATION
Executive Director
CINQUE
Staff
ALTIS PERU
PORTUGAL
ALTIS INDIA
VARMA
ALTIS AFRICA
GEORGE
Organization Chart
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Index
1. An Original Identy
2. Breakdown by Divisions
3. Activities in Brief
4. A Look at the Divisions
5. ALTIS for Enterprises
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International alliances for research projects
ALTIS is engaged in research and collaborative projects
with leading universities around the world.
LATIN AMERICA
• PUC – Pontifícia Universidade Católica
de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Fundação Dom Cabral (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
• UCSS (Lima, Peru)
USA
• Boston College (Boston)
• Miami University (Ohio)
• HAAS School of Business,
University of Berkeley (California)
• Mendoza College of Business,
University of Notre Dame (South Bend)
EUROPA
• University of Bath (UK)
• Cranfield University (UK)
• University of Warwick (UK)
• Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium)
• Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Germany)
AFRICA
• Uganda Martyrs University (Nkozi, Uganda)
• Tangaza College (Nairobi, Kenya)
CINA
• Zhejiang University
(Hangzhou)
INDIA
• LIBA (Chennai)
• XIMB (Bhubaneswar)
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Three formulas for the Master's Programs
• Master’s program carried out abroad
• In partnership with leading local institutions
• Taught in the local language
• International faculty: ALTIS + local teaching staff
• Aims and contents consistent with the ALTIS mission
• Internationality and excellence available with affordable tuition fees
• Where appropriate, mixed approach: taught classes + e-learning
• Diploma: Double degree
• Full time
• Taught in English
• For Italian and foreign students interested in an international career
• Faculty excellence
• An exceptional price/quality ratio designed to attract students from developing
countries
• Diploma: MBA
• Mixed approach: Taught classes + e-learning
• Taught in Italian
• For entrepreneurs and managers
• Strong practical orientation
• Mixed Faculty: academics + professionals
• Diploma: Master's degree
International
MBA
Executive
Master
Master
Abroad
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Our Masters’ Programs
INTERNATIONAL MBA PARTICIPANT PROFILE VENUE AS OF FAC.
• Global Business and Sustainability
- Italian and foreign BA students
with work experience
MILAN 2007 MI
EXECUTIVE MASTER'S
• SMEs and competitiveness - Italian SME entrepreneurs
- Their children and/or
collaborators
MILAN
BERGAMO
2006
2011
MI-PC
MI-PC
• Management and innovation in the public administration
- Public sector managers and
officials
MILAN 2011 PC
• Non Profit Management - Managers, employees and
collaborators
- Recent graduates (BA)
MILAN 2012 MI
MASTER'S ABROAD
• Master’s in Local Development
- Civil servants in Peru LIMA 2009 PC
• MBA Social Entrepreneurship and Management
- Entrepreneurs and potential
entrepreneurs in Africa
NAIROBI 2011 MI
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MBA Social Entrepreneurship and Management (Kenia)
• Nairobi, Kenya – Tangaza College, Catholic University of Eastern Africa.
• Aim: train new entrepreneurs, from both profit and non-profit enterprises, to become
agents of socio-economic change in the Sub-Saharan African countries.
• Partner (design, teaching staff and internship): UCSC-ALTIS + Tangaza +
LIBA(India).
• Students enrolled at the UCSC (Master’s level), with possibility of double degree.
• Period: January – December; full-time, English language (1st edition in progress)
• Approximately 100 applicants 38 participants:
35 from14 African countries + 3 Italians (new frontier of international
cooperation);
16 women and 22 men.
• Selection is made according to CV + Business summary.
• Industries of business summaries: Agribusiness 10, Production/Commerce 10,
Education/Research 8, Energy/water 6, Microfinance 2, Health 2.
• Teaching methods: on-site, video conferencing, e-learning.
• Financing: CEI + Vodafone Foundation + students fees
• At completion: presentation to Social Venture Capital Funds.
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Master in Public Governance and Management (Perù)
• Lima, Peru – Universidad Católica Sedes Sapientiae.
• Aim: train managers and officials of the central, regional and local administrations of
Peru, in order to contribute to the process of administrative decentralization and
modernization of the public sector.
• Essence: a project of action/research designed to transfer good practices with
regard to local development and subsidiarity, commissioned by the Ministry of
Industry of Peru and financed by the Lombardy Region.
• Double degree: first-level university master’s degree from UCSC + Maestría en
Administración Pública from the Universidad Católica Sedes Sapientiae in Lima
(Peru).
• Duration: one year.
• Part-time, Spanish-language.
• Participant profile: civil servants and managers of central, regional and local
administrations.
• 32 participants
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Euro-Mediterranean School
• The Euro-Mediterranean School is promoted by Promos, a foundation for the development
of international activities, and ALTIS. 5th edition 2010-2011.
• Aim: train new entrepreneurs from the Middle East/North Africa region and the Balkans in
order to develop new entrepreneurial activities within their own countries and Italy.
• The program takes place in two phases.
• Phase 1:
‒ On-line training for 1.5 months;
‒ Participants: 100 from the Middle East/North African region and the Balkans, who will
remain in their own countries continuing their working activities;
‒ Contents: development of business plans and internationalization strategies;
‒ Output: business plans to be submitted to the Milan Jury.
• Phase 2:
‒ The 20 best students, based on the quality of their business plans, will be invited to
Italy;
‒ One month full-time (February-March), in English language;
‒ Lessons, meetings with business experts and representatives of the institutions;
‒ Intense networking activities in Milan and other cities with the support of a number of
Chambers of Commerce and entrepreneurial associations (Genoa, Naples, Calabria
Region, Salerno, Varese).
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Main Projects in Italia
• Virtual window that helps non-profit organizations to locate financial,
human and material resources within enterprises and grant-making
institutions.
• Consultancy for carrying out bilateral and trilateral partnerships (non-
profit entities, enterprises, public administration) for social purposes.
• Social cohesion projects.
• The Italian association of sustainability professionals.
• Professionals involved in enterprises, entrepreneurial foundations,
consulting companies, public administration, non-profit entities.
• Mission: promote the professions and professionalism of CSR
managers.
• Workshops, research, conferences, knowledge centers.
• Strong international linkages.
• ALTIS plays an important role in the Scientific Committee of the
Fondazione Welfare Ambrosiano (FWA).
• FWA offers support to individuals working in the Commune of Milan, and to
their respective nuclear families, who find themselves in temporary
conditions of distress.
• The FWA’s endowment Fund offers loans to individuals and for start-ups of
micro-entrepreneurial initiatives.
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National and International Awards
• Italian Round of an international competition to reward the best business plans with a strong
social value.
• Promoted by the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley.
• In partnership with leading international business schools: Columbia Business School (New
York), London Business School, Indian School of Business, ESSEC Business School.
• Italian jury consisting of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, representatives of banks and academics.
• European semifinals in London, finals in California.
• With the participation of Banca Intesa Sanpaolo and the Associazione San Michele Valore
d’Impresa.
• A competition to highlight the best work/family reconciliation
programs in enterprises, public administrations and non-profit
entities.
• The reference event in Italy promoted by the Lombardy Region
and ASAG.
• Jury made up of the best Italian reconciliation experts.
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Activities in rapidly-developing and emerging countries
Generali MillenniumDevelopment of micro-
insurance in India in
partnership with the
Generali Group
Country ProjectActivities for entrepreneur
development with FEM,
financed by the Cariplo
Foundation
Dalit Women
EntrepreneursInternational research on new
activities developed by women
belonging to the poorest segment
of the population
MBA Social Entrepreneurship &
ManagementMaster’s for development of
social entrepreneurs in Sub-
Saharan Africa
CSR projectsCorporate Social
Responsibility projects
with leading Peruvian
companies
Microcredit in KampalaMicrocredit projects carried out
in collaboration with the SpeSalvi Foundation and with the
participation of the Banca Popolare di Vicenza
Euro-Mediterranean School
Distance-training for 100 students
from the Mediterranean Basin, with
a one-month residence in Milan for
the top 20 students
Master’s in TeachingTwo-year Master’s to
provide advanced
qualifications for
management teachers at
the university level
Master DesarrolloMaster’s for the
decentralization of the
Public Administration,
aimed at senior officials
PERU
KENYABACINO DEL
MEDITERRANEO
INDIA
UGANDA
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Index
1. An Original Identy
2. Breakdown by Divisions
3. Activities in Brief
4. A Look at the Divisions
5. ALTIS for Enterprises
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CSR and Sustainability Division
AIMS of the DIVISION Director: Mario Molteni
The Division is the reference point in Italy for the development of CSR/sustainability policies conceived as
an essential element of a business strategy designed to combine economic success with a high level of
social and environmental performance.
Projects
• CSR Manager Network Italia
• Policies and processes of responsible supply
chain management
• Preparation of sustainability report
• Development of sustainability policies for
businesses
• Collaboration with Expo 2015
Education
• Frontiers of CSR management
• CSR Modules in the Masters
• Series of workshops on sustainability
Research
• Skills of CSR managers
• Responsible Supply Chain Management
• From Social Accountability to Integrated Report
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Responsible HR Management
• Corporate Foundations
• Responsible Consumers
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Corporate Welfare and Social Innovation Division
AIMS of the DIVISION Director: Giovanni Marseguerra
The Division studies the role of businesses in the promotion of human development (economic, social and
intergenerational) with reference both to the overall change in the social system and to the development of
individuals who work and interact in it.
Projects
• Work/Family Prize
• Development of corporate welfare system in leading
Italian companies
• Monitoring systems of reconciliation requirements of
co-workers and of the company’s implementation
ability
• Monitoring system for the effectiveness of
reconciliation initiatives
• Network of “Work-life balance companies”
• Optimization of costs for corporate welfare (gap
analysis, needs analysis, consultancy on tax and
social security reductions, etc.)
Education
• Course on Work/Family Reconciliation
• Module on CSR Profession
Research
• Social policies towards dependents
• Innovative forms of work/life reconciliation
• Conditions and values favoring social
innovation
• Interaction between human and social capital
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SME and Industrial Districts Division
AIMS of the DIVISION Director: Fabio Antoldi
The Division is concerned with the evolutionary processes of small and medium enterprises (SMEs),
with support to entrepreneurs, and with development of networks and clusters of SMEs in both Italy and
developing countries. This in the belief that small-scale entrepreneurship, notably when organized in
networks, can represent a sustainable manner of promoting both the international competitiveness of
regions and the development of populations.
Projects
• Analysis of management systems of SME export consortia promoted by UNIDO in Peru, Uruguay, Morocco and Tunisia
• Analysis of the potential for economic development of an Argentine province, with particular attention focused on local SMEs
• Analysis of international benchmarking in five industrial districts (APLs) in the state of Bahia, Brazil
Education
• Executive Master’s SME and Competitiveness
• Specialized course on governance systems in
Italian industrial districts
• “Value to the firm”: seminars for training small-
scale entrepreneurs member of Confapi Milano
• Courses on management of Italian industrial
districts given in Mexico (Guadalajara) and
Brazil (Curitiba)
• Course “Strategic management of SMEs” for
American university students in Milan (twice per
annum)
• Summer school “Strategic management of
SMEs, family businesses and industrial clusters”
for foreign students
Research
• CSR practices adopted by SMEs in the
industrial districts of the Lombardy Region
• Comparative research on the formation and
functioning of SME networks in a number of
industrial districts in Italy, Peru, China and India
• Observatory of SMEs in Milan
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Social Entrepreneurship Division
AIMS of the DIVISION Director: Stefano Guidotti
The Division is dedicated to the promotion of entrepreneurship in the emerging and developing countries,
with particular attention to Africa, India and Latin America. The Division seeks to promote the creation of
new companies – both profit and non-profit – having a strong social and environmental impact.
Projects
• Generali Millennium (India)
• FEM Project, Cariplo Foundation
• Global Social Venture Competition
• Collaboration with I-LAB: scalable projects in the
developing world
• Platform for immigrant entrepreneurs in Milan
Education
• MBA Social Entrepreneurship and Management
in Kenia
• Social Entrepreneurship module within MBA
Global Business and Sustainability
• Social Entrepreneurship Workshop in East
Africa, India and America Latina (Peru & Brasil)
Research
• Scalability of social-entrepreneurship projects
• Social entrepreneurship and open innovation
• Female entrepreneurship among the Dalits in
India
• Social entrepreneurship in rural areas in Africa
• Models of social entrepreneurship linked to
NGOs
• Social businesses based on IT
• Venture capital and social enterprises
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Non profit Division
AIMS of the DIVISION Director: Marco Grumo
The Division has been set up as a place of research and investigation of innovative management
techniques for non-profit organizations: associations, foundations, social cooperatives, voluntary
organizations, associations for social advancement, social enterprises, ONLUS (non-lucrative social
organizations), religious entities and related organizations.
Projects
• Social Report Guidelines for non-profit
organizations
• Social Responsibility of the Enterprise: work,
prison, enterprise
• Drafting of the Social Report for a number of
entities (San Francisco Opera, Educatt,
Scuola Aurora, etc.)
Education
• Project managers in non-profit organizations and
social businesses
• Administration, accounting and reporting for non-
profit organizations
• Summer School in marketing and development of
non-profit organizations
• Summer School in management of non-profit
organizations “Drafting the Business Plan”
• Innovative management, administration and
development:
for Superiors and Councils members of religious
institutions in Rome and Milan
for the new leadership of Catholic schools
for the heads of parochial nursery schools
• Executive training course for religious institutions in
innovative management and development
Research
• Observatory of Social Report of non-profit
organizations
• Reintegration of detainees into the labor force
• Accountability of non-profit organizations
• Innovative forms of financing for non-profit
organizations
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Public Management Division
AIMS of the DIVISION Director: Elena Zuffada
The Division focuses on management themes of particular importance and timeliness for dealing with the
great challenges facing the public sector as a whole, working in close contact with institutions.
Education
• First-level university master’s degree in Public
Government and Management – in partnership
with UCSS Lima (Peru)
• Executive Master MIPA (second-level Master’s
degree) in Management and Innovation of the
Public Administration
Research
• Governance structures and instruments for the
public-private partnership
• Accountability, performance evaluation and
reward structure
• Intermuncipal cooperation
• Subsidiarity, participation and stakeholder
involvement: towards new governance models
Projects
• Local development and subsidiarity: transfer of
best practices (Peru)
• Tools for social accountability of public enterprises
(social and sustainability reports)
• Laboratory for administrative simplification to
enhance SME competitiveness
• Organizational models and tools for innovation
and quality of public services
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Finance and Development Division
AIMS of the DIVISION Director: Marco Oriani
The Division focuses on the study and analysis of the instruments used by financial intermediaries to
support new entrepreneurial initiatives and/or the development of those already existing, in Italy and
throughout the world.
Projects
• Microcredit in Uganda
• Asset management and conflicts with clients
• Financial behavior in private banking
Education
• Courses on the impact of the financial crisis on
individuals and businesses
• Finance modules in the ALTIS master’s
programs
• Real estate courses
• Courses on financial planning
Research
• Strategies and policies of “responsible lending”
in the Italian banking system
• Venture capital in the emerging markets
• Microcredit and financial inclusion
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Globalization and New Markets Division
Aims of the Division Director: Vita Moramarco
The Division seeks to contribute to the development of Italian businesses in the major emerging markets,
training Italian and foreign managers according to the specific requirements of business clients. In addition
it carries on a systematic reflection concerning regional competitiveness and labor market trends
Projects
• Labor market observatory: focusing on the
dynamics of employment in the Lombardy
Region with particular reference to:
• Microbusinesses
• Development Cooperation and non-profit
• Districts and metadistricts
• Analysis of career opportunities for new
graduates
Education
• MBA Global Business and Sustainability
• Euro-Mediterranean School
Research
• Competitiveness and globalization
• Competitiveness and investment in human
capital
• Policies for growth in development countries and
field studies
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Index
1. An Original Identy
2. Breakdown by Divisions
3. Activities in Brief
4. A Look at the Divisions
5. ALTIS for Enterprises
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ALTIS for Enterprises
makes available to enterprises (profit, non-profit, public and private)
its wealth of skills and international connections developed
in the fields of research, education and field work.
ALTIS for enterprises: value proposition
We support our clients in the definition and execution of business
strategies that take into account sustainability,
in order to promote the success of the company and to contribute to
improving quality of life for society as a whole.
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ALTIS for Enterprises
carries out projects in the field and ad hoc training programs
on typical subjects of postgraduate schools:
• CSR and sustainability policies and practices
• Sustainability report according to GRI standards
• Compliance with ISO 26000
• Monitoring chain of production and “cluster development” interventions
• Work/family reconciliation policies and corporate welfare
• Support to new initiatives of internationalization in developing countries
• Strategic and business plans
• Development, internationalization and generational transition plans for SMEs
• Market analysis with particular focus on emerging countries
Interventions at the enterprise level
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Formulation of a strategic plan
on the perspectives of the
CSR and sustainability
Strategy
Implementation of CSR and
sustainability systems,
programs and practices
Functional Projects
Development of a CSR
and sustainability
corporate culture
Culture
The cycle of interventions in terms of sustainability
• Analysis of CSR initiatives in operation, points of weakness,
possibilities for improvement
• Definition of scenarios, strategy and an action plan for the CSR
• Development of a “dashboard” for top management on socio-
environmental performance
• Compliance with ISO 26000
• Development and implementation of a code of ethics
• Production (e.g., reduction of pollution emissions)
• Supply (e.g., definition of socio-environmental criteria for purchasing)
• Human resources (e.g., development of work/family reconciliation
procedures)
• Finance (e.g., definition of responsible investment policies)
• Preparation of a sustainability
balance sheet (or report)??
• Supporting the definition of an
Internet site dedicated to
sustainability
• Relations with rating agencies and
fund managers
• Training projects
• Development of systems to
measure socio-environmental
performance
• Incentive systems linked to
sustainability
Measuring??, reporting and
communicating CSR and
sustainability initiatives
Accountability