Description
A story of how passionate leadership made Natuzzi the most globally recognised furniture brand.
Learn how strong leadership and determination can prevail.
Both insightful and inspiring, this book tells the real-life personal stories from the people within Natuzzi and how they built the brand.
Live and feel the beauty of the South of Italy.
Engagingly written by an author with a true passion for Natuzzi and Italy.
BOOK DETAILS
Publisher: LID Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-911498-59-9
FORMAT: 234x156mm
Bookbinding: Harback
Number of pages: 210
AUTHORS
Luca Condosta is Group Vice President Finance at ABB, a pioneering technology leader company working in over 100 countries. He has 15 years of experience in multinationals, a passion for business and leadership. He published his first book in 2008 on sustainability reporting and several papers on corporate governance and corporate strategy.
REVIEWS
Natuzzi is one of Italy’s most important, innovative and successful entrepreneurs of the past 30 years. This book is a deep, thoughtful and comprehensive assessment of his story.
Peter Fuhrman, Chairman, China First Capital, former European bureau chief for Forbes Magazine
Fast, generous, tireless, curious, constructive, persevering, determined, periscopic … Pasquale Natuzzi is this and much more.
Mario Bellini, architect and designer
Pasquale Natuzzi is a man of vastness of thought, of the power of vision. His constantly evolving vocabulary is made of courage, elegance and efficiency, pursuing harmony in living harmony as a final result.
Mauro Lipparini, architect and designer
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