The technological challenge of productivity in services for Italian micro businesses

The discussion held in Rome, which involved institutional and academic representatives, highlighted how thehe productivity of the tertiary sector today represents the main indicator of national competitivenesswhose growth is however held back by structural criticalities and a marked territorial polarization.

As noted by the president of the Study Center, Marco Travaglini“The data shows how the productivity of services represents one of the main challenges for Italian competitiveness and how it is necessary to intervene to reduce territorial inequalities and strengthen the growth capacity of companies“. The digital transition, understood as the systematic adoption of automation and artificial intelligence processesemerges no longer as an option, but as an indispensable requirement for micro and small companies, which make up over 95% of the national entrepreneurial fabric.

The debate highlighted the need to overcome dimensional constraints through policies aimed at strengthening intangible infrastructures, essential for bridging the performance gap between the North and South of the country. The technical perspective illustrated during the meeting suggests that the slowdown in growth, observed since the last decades of the last century, requires a review of public investment strategies, aiming for greater operational efficiency in the face of increasing management costs and wages.

At the conclusion of the meeting, the president of the AEPI Confederation Mino Dinoi announced the organization’s willingness to present to the institutions a package of five proposals to support micro businesses, which represent approximately 95% of the total Italian businesses, equal to over 4,314,961 million economic activities. “Productivity must return to the center of the debate between politics, institutions and the productive world“, Dinoi said. “The research results clearly indicate the challenges that the country is called upon to face. For this reason AEPI intends to contribute to the debate with concrete proposals in favor of micro businesses, competitiveness and growth of the territories“.