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The ipcm® issues published in the first six months of 2021 have been richer in reports about innovation investments than ever and this July-August issue is no different. The many companies reporting on their experiences certainly depict a strong, sound manufacturing industry in numerous sectors. This is especially true when firms are managed by private capital and entrepreneurial families who, unlike investment funds or financial groups, do not look so much at EBITDA and dividends as at the value of their companies as a whole – their staff, skills, and expertise to safeguard.
However, this does not mean that all instability factors have been eliminated.
The scarcity of raw materials is persisting, resulting in exaggerated price increases that are putting a strain on all sectors. Incidentally, the industry finds itself in this condition more for political reasons than for actual manufacturing circumstances.
The travel ban imposed by the USA on Schengen countries and a few others (Brazil, India, China, and South Africa, for example) also continues.
Finally, there is the issue of a mandatory “green pass” for access to many public places where it is impossible to maintain social distance, except at the expense of heavy restrictions. For some people, this will do more harm than good to our recovering economies. We at ipcm®, on the other hand, are favourable to it: there is nothing more motivating and positive for productivity than working safely. The possibility of returning to face-to-face events, to personal appointments with clients (already resumed, but still with a certain anxiety), and to a more relaxed and less fearful climate in offices, on public transport, and in restaurants, but above all the chance to consider home working as an option and not an obligation are all ingredients for the new normality.
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