Values-based entrepreneurship: Opaline's bubbles

The case investigates the supported search fund model pioneered by Novastone Capital Advisors (NCA) through which mid-career executives can achieve their dreams of becoming entrepreneurs though the acquisition of an SME. NCA provides support throu...

Positive social impact is the aspirational raison d'être of social entrepreneurship, driving its mission and actions, yet it remains theoretically ambiguous across the academic literature. This systematic integrative review identifies two distinct...

Most entrepreneurs become parents while actively growing their ventures. While prior entrepreneurship research has examined how parenting responsibilities influence entrepreneurial entry and outcomes, less is known about how founders already leadi...

The Bankamoda case looks at due diligence in the impact investing context. The protagonist, Estefanía Abello, is a Colombia-based senior associate at the Swiss AlphaMundi Group (AMG), an impact first but very commercially minded impact investor th...

Over years of research into hundreds of companies, we've found that businesses fall into recognizable patterns, or mindsets, based on two simple variables: how much they invest in sustainability beyond what regulation requires and how broad or nar...

Here is a question worth considering next time you go to the supermarket: when was the last time you bought something primarily because it was sustainable? Not just sustainable along with everything else you cared about. But sustainable as the lea...