ALTIS - Alta Scuola Impresa e Societa Profile 2011

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ALTIS profile

http://altis.unicatt.it/en/altis_postgraduate_school_business_society

Milan, 10th July 2011

http://altis.unicatt.it/en/altis_postgraduate_school_business_society

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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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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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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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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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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

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