The Italian Utilities Industry
Success Stories and Future Perspectives
Editors: Gilardoni, Andrea (Ed.)
Free Preview- Includes contributions by leading Italian utility professionals
- Presents various examples of cutting-edge solutions for sustainability and energy transition
- Describes the Italian utility sector, from governance to sustainability
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This book addresses the fundamental changes that the Italian public utilities sector has undergone in the last two decades. Since the late 1990s, liberalisation and privatisation have replaced state-owned monopolies at both the national and local level, new technologies have created a broad range of new opportunities for power generation and distribution, and a redesigned public policy agenda has brought to the fore a whole set of new priorities. In this fast-changing environment, firms have redrawn their strategies, redesigned their business architectures and models, invested in infrastructure and R&D, taken advantage of growth opportunities at home and abroad, opened up their ownership structure, revised their offerings, and developed a new approach to customers. As a result, a radically altered market structure has emerged. As the sector tackles the overriding challenge of sustainability and energy transition, the book takes stock of such past and ongoing developments through the direct testimonies of various stakeholders: the companies in the energy, water, and waste management sectors that are at the forefront of this sweeping transformation; regulators; financial partners; and management consulting firms. The diversity of perspectives and wealth of information presented make this book a valuable resource for anyone wanting to grasp the direction, intensity and causes of change, as well as the nature of the challenges that lie ahead.
This work has been prepared as part of the research activities of the Observatory on Alliances and Strategies in the Pan-European Utility Market, one of Agici’s Research and Advisory units. - About the authors
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Andrea Gilardoni is a tenured professor of General Management at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. His research focuses on environmental management, water governance, public utilities, energy policy and cost-benefit analysis. He also founded the quarterly journal Management delle Utilities e delle Infrastrutture, and is president of Agici Finanza d’Impresa, a company devoted to utility, infrastructure and energy, and offering research and advisory services.
- Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Utilities: Fundamental Players for Socio-economic and Environmental Development
Pages 3-36
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The Journey Towards the Energy Transition
Pages 37-54
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Regulating by Uncertainties the Energy Sector in the Deepest (Ever) Transformation, While Fostering Future-Proof Investments
Pages 55-67
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From National Champion to Global Player
Pages 71-83
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From Letta and Bersani Decrees to the Future Challenges. The Role of Edison
Pages 85-97
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Italian Utilities Industry
- Book Subtitle
- Success Stories and Future Perspectives
- Editors
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- Andrea Gilardoni
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-37677-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-37677-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-37676-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 291
- Topics
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