Geely: The ever-evolving businessÂ
Li Shufu, CEO and founder of Chinese carmaker Geely, overcame a host of setbacks to become the billionaire owner of a multi-faceted business...
November 7, 2023 • by Mark J. Greeven, Patrick Reinmoeller in Entrepreneurship • 9 min read
Li Shufu, CEO and founder of Chinese carmaker Geely, overcame a host of setbacks to become the billionaire owner of a multi-faceted business...
September 27, 2023 • by Misiek Piskorski in Entrepreneurship • 6 min read
Since taking over as Chairman of Mehta Group, Jay Mehta has successfully turned the family-owned business around, steering it from the brink of insolvency to becoming a profitable multi-activity enterprise....
September 7, 2023 • by Sophie Bacq in Entrepreneurship • 5 min read
Civic wealth can be created through entrepreneurship, bringing together a variety of stakeholders and getting buy-in from communities....
September 1, 2023 • by Vanina Farber in Entrepreneurship • 6 min read
It is my belief that many business innovations that will benefit society going forward will come from the Global South — especially from Latin America. We in the Global North can learn...
August 29, 2023 • by Julia Binder in Entrepreneurship • 4 min read • Podcast available
French entrepreneur and mountain guide Marion Chaygneaud-Dupuy explains to Professor of Sustainable Innovation and Business Transformation Julia Binder how she made a profitable business model – climbing Mount Everest – more sustainable...
June 27, 2023 • by Mate Rimac in Entrepreneurship • 8 min read
Mate Rimac founded an electric supercar company in Croatia – a country with no automotive industry or start-up culture – when he was still a teenager, and against all odds, grew it...
May 5, 2023 • by David Ramirez in Entrepreneurship • 5 min read
A fragile foundational partnership and the misalignment of your workforce can be the Achilles’ heel of a start-up...
January 17, 2023 • by Peter Vogel in Entrepreneurship • 7 min read
To sell, merge, list or delist is a difficult decision that many business-owning families face at some point. Peter Vogel reflects on just such a turning point in the history of Firmenich,...
November 21, 2022 • by Arnaud Henneville-Wedholm in Entrepreneurship • 7 min read
Arnaud Henneville-Wedholm's dreams of glory were crushed in a David and Goliath battle with Mark Zuckerberg, but he firmly believes that failure can be a springboard to success if managed well...
November 11, 2022 • by Jim Pulcrano in Entrepreneurship • 8 min read
For the past 20 years, ‘growth at all costs’ has been the dominant Silicon Valley mantra, with companies foregoing profitability to scale fast and dominate the market. Yet, in a time of...
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