The world impact on industry structures, strategies, business models and work practices. This research line focuses on the digital transformation and its impact on industry structures, strategies, business models, work practices, and new competencies required to the workforce. The research activities are focused on the effects of digital transformation on Italian sectors with a comparative perspective with United States and other countries of the European Union. The aim of such focus is to shed light on the causes of the widening productivity gap that Italy has accumulated with some countries of the European Union and the United States after the emergence of the Internet as a new paradigm for information exchange.