--- title: "Research and articles on company knowledge | ekory" description: "ekory research, analysis and guides on Italian companies, with sources: what searching for information costs, retiring know-how, AI at work." url: https://ekory.ai/blog language: en italian: https://ekory.ai/it/blog.md updated: 2026-10-24 --- # What a company's knowledge is worth. Research, analysis and guides on Italian companies, always with sources: the time lost searching, the craft that retires, AI at work and the rules that come with it. 26 July 2026 14 min read ## The cost of knowledge that can't be found What the time spent searching for information they already have is worth to Italian companies. A sector-by-sector analysis. - **€66.2 bn** a year: the cost for private companies - **19%** of white-collar time spent searching - **42** days a year per person [Read the study](https://ekory.ai/blog/the-cost-of-knowledge-that-cant-be-found) [Download the PDF](https://ekory.ai/research/the-cost-of-knowledge-that-cant-be-found.pdf) ## Research, analysis and guides. - [Italy’s AI law: what changes for companies and professionals](https://ekory.ai/blog/italy-ai-law-what-changes): Analysis 10 October 2026 15 min Law 132/2025 asks professionals to tell clients when they use AI and employers to inform workers. From 23 October 2026, a person makes the final call at work. - [AI for dealer networks and after-sales service: price lists, parts and manuals always at hand](https://ekory.ai/blog/ai-for-dealer-networks-and-after-sales): Industries 8 October 2026 11 min The answer your dealers need is already in a price list or a manual. How to reach it without calling your best person, with Excelsior data, EU rules and the Tohatsu Italia story. - [AI onboarding: the first 90 days of a new hire](https://ekory.ai/blog/onboarding-with-ai-first-90-days): Guide 7 October 2026 10 min What to prepare before day one, what to do in the first week and month, and where an AI agent on company documents saves colleagues’ time. - [AI for publishers and literary agencies: rights, catalogs, royalty statements and manuscripts](https://ekory.ai/blog/ai-for-publishers-and-literary-agencies): Industries 7 October 2026 12 min 8,645 translation rights sold abroad in 2025, three publishers in four already using AI: where it helps with contracts and royalties, and where the copyright line runs. - [AI for accountants and labor consultants: practical uses, limits and rules (2026)](https://ekory.ai/blog/ai-for-accountants-and-payroll-consultants): Industries 29 September 2026 12 min Since 10 October 2025, clients must be told which AI you use. What it can do in a firm, what stays with the professional, which rules apply. - [Why AI that cites its sources makes fewer mistakes: RAG explained simply](https://ekory.ai/blog/why-cited-answers-are-more-reliable): Guide 24 September 2026 11 min Answering from documents cuts AI errors without ending them: 43% for GPT-4 against 17% to 33% for RAG tools in a Stanford test. Why the citation matters. - [The cost of starting from scratch](https://ekory.ai/blog/the-cost-of-starting-from-scratch): Research 17 September 2026 16 min Onboarding a new hire costs €5,300 to €9,300: four months to full productivity and a hundred hours of colleagues’ time. In Italy, €16 to €28 billion a year. - [AI in law firms: professional secrecy, Law 132/2025 and the uses that hold up](https://ekory.ai/blog/ai-in-law-firms): Industries 15 September 2026 12 min Secrecy applies to AI providers too, the client must be told, and AI-invented citations have already reached the courts, in Italy as well. - [How many Italian companies use AI in 2026: the data by size and sector](https://ekory.ai/blog/ai-adoption-in-italian-companies-2026): Research 8 September 2026 15 min 16.4% of Italian companies with 10+ employees use AI: 53.1% of large ones, 14.2% of small ones. The data by size and sector, against Europe. - [How to choose an AI assistant for your company: 12 questions to ask before you decide](https://ekory.ai/blog/how-to-choose-a-company-ai-assistant): Guide 2 September 2026 10 min Twelve questions to ask a vendor before you sign, from where the data goes to how you get out, with a table to compare the offers. - [Company knowledge base with AI: what it is, what goes in and how to build one](https://ekory.ai/blog/company-knowledge-base-with-ai): Guide 27 August 2026 12 min What goes in and what stays out, why wikis and shared folders stall, and a 30-day plan to build a knowledge base with AI without moving a file. - [GDPR and generative AI: the questions to ask a vendor before you sign](https://ekory.ai/blog/gdpr-generative-ai-vendor-questions): Guide 20 August 2026 13 min Twelve questions for a generative AI vendor, from the DPA to who sees what inside the tool, with why each matters and what a good answer sounds like. - [You are already an AI deployer](https://ekory.ai/blog/you-are-already-an-ai-deployer): Analysis 14 August 2026 11 min The AI Act duty that really concerns an ordinary Italian company has applied since February 2025, carries no dedicated fine, and almost nobody knows it. - [The know-how you never wrote down](https://ekory.ai/blog/the-know-how-you-never-wrote-down): Analysis 8 August 2026 10 min The law protects know-how only if you identified it and kept it confidential. What lives only in one person's head passes neither test. - [The bottleneck is your best person](https://ekory.ai/blog/the-bottleneck-is-your-best-person): Perspective 7 August 2026 11 min B2B buyers give suppliers 17% of their buying process. At a technical distributor, much of that time is spent waiting in line for one colleague. - [What the retiring craft is worth](https://ekory.ai/blog/the-cost-of-retiring-know-how): Research 6 August 2026 12 min Italy needs 3.1 million hires by 2029 just to replace the people who leave. In wood and furniture there are 105.6 employees over 55 for every 100 under 35. - [Personal ChatGPT is not your company’s memory](https://ekory.ai/blog/personal-ai-is-not-company-memory): Perspective 4 August 2026 9 min 47% of Italian workers use AI at work, but only 19% of them use company tools alone. People get more productive; the company's memory does not. ## The next studies, in your inbox. New research also goes out in the newsletter, once a month. 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