Roberto Bruni, Research Fellow in Business Administration, Professor at the Department of Economics and Law, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (Italy), spoke recently at the Institute of Economics and Management (IEM) about how the university can influence the positioning of the city and increase interest from investors, professors, students, and tourists.
The expert spoke at the panel discussion of the international economic symposium Positioning Tomsk as a University City, and also gave lectures on territory marketing for International Management master’s program students.
He noted that this program is very interesting for him, because the class is international: students from India, Africa, and Russia study here and they are really interested in how to apply this topic in Tomsk.
At the panel discussion of the IEM international economic symposium, Professor Bruni also spoke about the role of the university in the development of the region, emphasizing how important it is to involve the university in this process. After all, it is the university that has the knowledge and tools that can help in attracting various stakeholders (companies, internal and external investors, and Tomsk citizens), to unite everyone in achieving a common goal.
However, as the expert noted, simple advertising is not the main factor in achieving this goal. People today do not trust it. We need to do more in public relations, organize international congresses, invite international experts, and explain what interesting things they can find here, as well as investors, students, and visitors to the city.
Summary of the speech: the correct positioning of the territory is human-made. The key is to model the process of the emergence of new knowledge, to create and emphasize the uniqueness of the city, and then its perception will be objective.
Source: tsu.ru