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Venture capital: generate impact or push for a healthy return?

January 29, 2024 • by Valentina Masseretti , Anita Quas , Stefano Romito, Clodia Vurro in Sustainability • 8 min read

Impact venture capital in Europe is generating lower financial returns than its traditional counterpart. Here are three possible reasons why....

China’s automotive odyssey: From joint ventures to global EV dominance

January 26, 2024 • by Yueyuan Selina Xue, Wei Wei, Mark J. Greeven in Sustainability • 9 min read

How has China’s automotive sector made the journey to where it is today? What has driven this focus and dynamic growth and what are its prospects?...

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How social finance can drive sustainable development

January 24, 2024 • by Borja García Fernandez in Sustainability • 9 min read

Access to basic services and infrastructure remains out of reach for an alarming number of people. Social finance, targeted at addressing deep-set societal challenges, is one way for investors to make a...

Do aggregate economic profit outcomes align with established metrics about national business environments?

January 23, 2024 • by Camilla Erencin, Simon J. Evenett, Alexander Gruber, Felix Reitz in Sustainability • 4 min read

The economic profit measure developed in the Crux of Capitalism initiative is based solely on reported firm performance. As such it departs from established metrics of the national business environment...

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Measuring impact wins public trust and is good for the bottom line

January 22, 2024 • by Sonja Haut in Sustainability • 11 min read

Impact metrics are not just about keeping regulators and investors happy, they can help unearth new pockets of value for companies, from talent and brand appeal to efficiency and innovation....

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Davos was abuzz with AI, but let’s not forget that this is an economic forum

January 19, 2024 • by Öykü Işık, Amit M. Joshi, Sarah E. Toms, Misiek Piskorski, Alyson Meister, Arturo Bris, Natalia Olynec, Knut Haanaes, Heather Cairns-Lee, Alexander Fleischmann in Sustainability • 8 min read

What are the key takeaways from this year’s World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting? IMD experts share reflections direct from Davos...

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How a telecoms giant brought hope to children in Pakistan

January 19, 2024 • by Zainab Hussain Siddiqui , James E. Henderson in Sustainability • 13 min read

The Norwegian telecoms group Telenor launched an ambitious project with UNICEF in 2016 to increase digital birth registrations in Pakistan. It is a powerful example of how firms can experiment with sustainable...