HISTORY

ISTAO WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1967 AS A STUDY INSTITUTE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ECONOMY AND BUSINESSES, BASED ON THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC VISION OF ADRIANO OLIVETTI

ISTAO founded by the Economist Giorgio Fuà is a Business School based on two main objectives: dissemination of economic culture and development of entrepreneurship as a moral commitment and an operative capacity force. The accomplishment of these objectives is reached through different activities: training, studies and researchers, an organization of seminars, conferences, meetings, a panel that deal with the main economic, social and educational issues in the international context.

MISSION

ISTAO AIMS AT DEVELOPING A SPECIFIC MODEL OF ENTREPRENEUR: THE ENTREPRENEUR CULTURALLY AND CIVILLY ENGAGED

Specifically, the entrepreneur-leader who considers as his own mission that of training, guiding, developing a group of people making them feel involved in a common creative experience of which to feel proud of.

The Charter of Values of ISTAO is based on:

• Competence and knowledge
• Advanced Training
• Economics
• Territory
• Innovation
• Consistency
• Ethics and Respect
• Commitment
• Social Intelligence
• Entrepreneurship mindset
• Teamwork
• Social Vision.

ISTAO’s goal, thus, consists in promoting a new figure of entrepreneur: not only good “organizers of productive activities but also capable of making collaborators fond of their work, providing them with an objective.