Most Italians take the entire month of August as holiday and leisure time. The Feriae Augusti dates back to at least 18 BC as a series of festivals and celebrations declared by the Roman emperor Augustus. Many businesses are closed during feire. Here in the Veneto dozens of manufacturers are able to accommodate this downtime through cooperation and by somehow avoiding bad agency behaviors. It's an interesting thought experiment to imagine how US firms would behave under similar cultural expectations...
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