Business Observatory

The Corporate Governance Lab's Enterprise Observatory systematically analyzes Italy's approximately 6,000 large companies (with turnover > €50 million) having every kind of ownership structure (initially excluding subsidiaries of multinational companies) on aspects such as: 

• Ownership and corporate structure, with information on individual shareholders and their shares;
• Governance model adopted, and related composition of corporate bodies;
• Leadership structure, including proxies and their distribution;
• Bylaw rules: on the composition of management and supervisory bodies; on the transfer of shares (pre-emption, approval, co-sale clauses, etc.); on the operation of the Shareholders' Meeting (and related thresholds for resolutions); on the distribution of dividends;
• Financial performance;
• Major strategic choices (e.g., mergers, acquisitions, FDI, etc.). 
   

The analyses conducted are aimed at identifying ownership and governance models that can both anticipate and prevent potential conflicts within the corporate structure and put companies in the best position to meet the growing competitive challenges at the global level.

For this reason, an international benchmark of companies in other major European countries (with turnover > 250 million) is also planned, aimed at providing entrepreneurs with a perspective that is not only national, but consistent with the competitive environment in which they operate.