Sardegna
Alessio Tola
Presidente Onorario
Smeralda Consulting e Associati
tola@sardegna.amcham.it
ABOUT ALESSIO TOLA
University professor, qualified professor of analysis and evaluation of technologies at the University of Sassari. He has always devoted himself to the study of industrial districts and the dynamics of development of production systems, also through the issues of innovation technology, production certification and internationalization of the reference markets. It has over 100 scientific publications over the last five years, including international studies on the socio-economic impact of start-ups in Italy and in the USA.
First generation entrepreneur, he founded the Smeralda Consulting Group, of which he is Honorary President, which deals with technical assistance and re-engineering of processes for the Public Administration and private companies, as well as developing promotional and institutional and commercial communication activities at support for innovative products and processes.
“Technological processes and innovative products have always been the basis on which to build competitive market development activities. Competitive companies recognize the value of Research and Development functions capable of supporting the commercial penetration of the most advanced markets. The US model for the development of innovative companies is a sure reference for the Italian market which recognizes the value of technology transfer in terms of supporting competitiveness. Italian companies, especially start-ups, need support for growth and support for management training, able to support entrepreneurial skills and to achieve results in terms of commercial success of productions. The fast growing US market represents in such sense the most honest and concrete example to follow”.
