Category Archives: Italy

Wiki & Blog updates

Keeping track of my new posts on this blog is pretty easy, and if you’re used to using an RSS reader, you can subscribe to this blog very easily.
For the wiki, if you click on “preferences” at the bottom, that will take you to a screen where you can change your password, but you can also choose to receive updates when changes are made (hourly, daily, weekly). When something changes, you’ll get an email, so I would probably choose the daily, if you want to get notifications.
I will be posting things as I get information (I just added to the Florence page some info about your flights, for example) so keep an eye on both of these sites.

Getting ready for Florence

Welcome to the students who are going on the Business in Florence program. There should be an email for you (sent to your uconn.edu address) with some information about the trip. Please take a look and respond to me so I know we are connected via email. There’s also some information about the wiki that we will use for the class.

Small Italian firms go global

Story about a small (50 employees) Italian company that makes dresses, but sells them around the world. Going global was the only way for the company to stay in business, because the number of local customers willing to pay for the quality and detail work of their dresses would not have been large enough for the company to stay in business.

Next time you see a website for a company (especially one that does very specialized products), think about how many employees there might be at that “global” company.