There is a South that proves it can run faster than the rest of Italy: it is the South's medium-sized industrial enterprises. Eighty-seven percent of these "ambassadors" of family capitalism expect to close this year with an increase in turnover (compared to 76 percent of those in the Center North) and 92 percent expect increases in exports (compared to 81 percent). These are production realities that look to the future with greater optimism: 40 percent expect a significant increase in their market share (versus 22.9 percent in other areas of Italy). That’s also why six out of 10 medium-sized companies in the South will invest in digital and green, continuing the path they have taken between 2020 and 2022 or with new investments by 2025. The remaining about 40 percent have not yet invested in the Dual Transition or no longer intend to do so. It is economic barriers that hold back more than half of medium-sized companies in the South from making 4.0 investments (compared with 30 percent of other medium-sized companies), while cultural barriers predominantly hinder the Green Transition (38 percent in the South, 33 percent elsewhere). This is the finding of the latest report "The competitiveness factors of medium-sized enterprises in the South: the role of strategic capital" produced by Mediobanca's Study Area, Centro Studi Tagliacarne and Unioncamere and presented today in Catania at the Chamber of Commerce.
|