The University of Milan-Bicocca (UNIMIB) includes 4 Schools and 16 Research Departments with over 33,000 students. It owns scientific background from different disciplinary areas, such as Biotechnologies, Physics, Chemistry, Natural Sciences, Sociology and Economics. The Department of Business Administration, Finance, Management and Law (Di.SEA.DE.) has a strong expertise in consulting activities in management and strategic support, business plan and market researches. Moreover, between UNIMIB-Di.SEA.DE. and the Ministry of Economic Development exists a particularly strong collaboration with the creation of the “Osservatorio Materie Prime” (annual survey on Italian raw materials industry).