Companies and the business milieu have undergone unprecedented change since the second half of the 20th century. The fact is that new forms of competition and cooperation, revolutionary business models and practices and transformations in the design of organisations which have reinvented their processes and information systems, along with many others, represent recurring themes ads of the most innovative business forums.

In parallel, these far-reaching corporate transformations have led to enormous expectations of value creation, alongside well-founded fears as to the impact which they may have on industrial sectors, companies themselves and on society.

The fields of study and reflection are thus open to an enormously wide range of issues concerning corporate policy, which could lead the society of the 21st century towards a vicious or virtuous circle dynamic. Hence the importance of promoting the analysis of such issues, and disseminating the conclusions reached.