Italian manufacturing is facing major challenges, but it continues to generate a very large trade surplus. The real challenge is to relaunch manufacturing – which triggers a multiplier effect on the rest of the economy and it is a source of innovation. To do this Italian manufacturing must close some of its gaps, primarily a size gap, a productivity gap and a knowledge cap (in research and development).

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Article of Marco Magnani, Aspenia 12.03.2015