Bologna is where red ideas and business thinking collide

I’m currently visiting Bologna for a couple of days. Sort of an academic trip, I’m having a presentation on patents & standards and seeing what’s up in Italy in the first place.

I see Bologna has tons of red buildings. This city is also famous for red ideas. As a case in point, yesterday a noisy student (?) street demonstration passed my hotel. This inspires me to continue my work with mapping the public domain… but on the other hand here at the department of management I feel like traditional American values rule and red ideas are not in fashion…