The aim of SDA Bocconi is to bring international developments in science and academic culture into contact with the real needs and operational problems of those involved in management in businesses, and in financial and public institutions. These objectives are the focus of the research work at SDA Bocconi, in the conviction that knowledge plays a key role in building up competitiveness, efficiency, and quality, and in processes of innovation and change. The mission of SDA and of its research work is to enable key figures in the world of the economy and production to gain access to the most advanced management theories, processes, and techniques.