Not All That Glitters Is Gold! The Brokerage Role of Consulting Companies in Disseminating Information to Overcome the Barriers to Metaverse Adoption

The last few years have seen a reemergence in the awareness of virtual worlds among practitioners and academics. Driven by tech giants' investments, the Metaverse is considered by some as an unprecedented revolutionary technology with the potential to unlock an entire gamut of new unexplored opportunities for both companies and individuals. Others instead talk of “Metaverse dream fallacy” for search traffic for the word Metaverse has collapsed by roughly 80% over the past year and some ...

Women Directors and R&D Investments Relationship: Does Their Intellectual Capital Matter?

Recent corporate governance literature highlights the crucial role of women directors in shaping firms' strategic investments, particularly in research and development (R&D). Although existing studies often measure gender diversity by the percentage of women on boards, they overlook women directors' specific roles and characteristics. This study addresses this gap by exploring the conditions necessary to comprehend how and whether women directors influence R&D investments. Drawing on ...

Methods for optimizing energy distribution in the integrated steel making industry|Metodologie per l’ottimizzazione della distribuzione di energia nell’industria siderurgica a ciclo integrale

Integrated steelworks are energy-intensive facilities that also have a significant environmental impact. Their internal energy demand is characterized by a large diversification of energy sources, and this demand can vary widely during a single production day. However, during steel production, large amounts of process gases are recovered which, besides being used for the internal heat production, are valorized for producing electricity and steam in the power plant. Optimizing their distributi...

An innovative approach to the energy management of electric steelworks|Un approccio innovativo alla gestione energetica degli impianti siderurgici a ciclo elettrico