About Us

A multipolar network founded in 1982: a heritage of knowledge and expertise

CUEIM – Consortium of University Studies in Industrial and Managerial Economics – is a non-profit research organization, based on an association model, established in 1982. It brings together universities and qualified public and private entities with the aim of spreading academic knowledge and expertise to support the socio-economic development processes of the territory, fostering the creation of a sustainable future.

Since its foundation, CUEIM has been committed to developing an “open structure,” where academia, institutions, and businesses could meet in a synergistic and complementary perspective, working towards the construction of sustainability conditions across economic, social, and environmental dimensions.

Over forty years of activity, CUEIM has concretized its mission through research interventions, training, dissemination, and consultancy services, supporting both public and private organizations, and contributing to the enhancement and socio-economic development of the territories in which it operates.

CUEIM is an open international network where Italian and foreign universities, local public bodies, private organizations, and innovation centers – both members and non-members – collaborate to act on territories for the production and dissemination of well-being.

CUEIM aims to face global challenges in order to seize opportunities along the path toward sustainability.

Key Distinctive Features

CUEIM is characterized by some specific distinctive features that define its uniqueness:

• Academic matrix: seriousness, with a commitment to excellence and a propensity for in-depth analysis, distinguishing it by its embrace of complexity and a multiplicity of perspectives.
• Non-profit status: enhancing its long-term vision and creative freedom, associated with flexibility and rapid response.
• Network structure: with the ability to mobilize multidisciplinary resources and knowledge in both national and international contexts, while valuing local roots.
• Longevity: emphasizing its vitality in the production and dissemination of knowledge, even amid the cyclical dynamics and transformations that characterize the evolution of the socio-economic system.
• Project-oriented mission: the capacity to generate and support complex projects, aggregating diverse expertise and stakeholders, to translate global challenges into operational and sustainable solutions, with measurable impacts on local territories.