Abstract

This article goes along part of the presentations of the 25th meeting of the Journal "l'industria", that took place in Bologna in September 2001. In particular, the author resumes the interventions of the session related to the role of big firms, titled "New Dresses for Old Actors: Industry and Services". The treated topics of such session went from the role of FIAT in the automotive industry to the evolution in the energy and chemical sectors, to conclude with an analysis of the development of television industry in the last quarter of a century.