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Stewarding Enterprises through Polycrisis
The advent of polycrisis, the intersecting, intertwined set of civilization threatening crises now facing humanity1, signals a significant shift in how ‘leadership’ should be understood and practiced....
Beyond dichotomy: why business schools must integrate climate change into their curricula
After the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, the clock is ticking down to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Numerous companies are pledging Net Zero commitments, but their level of ambition and transparency...
Can we solve societal grand challenges by designing a prosocial economic system?
Can we solve societal grand challenges by designing a prosocial economic system? Business scholars have taught generations of students and executives how to create and capture value. Among the richest...
Towards fossil-free energy futures: Why (and where) we need to look beyond the UN climate regime
At the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the UN’s climate regime, most countries agreed to triple installed renewables (RE) capacity by 2030. This has been widely considered to signal the “beginning...
How to decide for future generations?
Ewa Lombard & Cecile Biccari
Commentary
Intergenerational justice
Alternative futures
Sustainable Finance
Climate change calls for intergenerational decision-making. The negative consequences of not acting on grand challenges fall disproportionately on future generations, while the benefits largely accrue...
The Utopian Entrepreneur: Pioneering Grand Challenges
Marvin Hanisch
Special Issue on Utopias
Desirable futures
Utopian entrepreneurship
Alternative futures
Grand challenges
Entrepreneurship has always been a powerful force for societal change, but its transformative potential is especially crucial today. As we face climate change, digital transformation, aging populations,...
Harnessing the Potential, Mitigating the Risks: Design Principles for AI Initiatives in Organizations
Savindu Herath & Yash Raj Shrestha
Research highlight
Artificial Intelligence
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Companies, governments, universities, and other organizations have long been calling for innovative solutions for the world’s most pressing problems: climate change, health and well-being, hunger...
Special Issue – Utopias
Call for contributions for our Special Issue on Utopias: In his ingenious book ‘The Ministry for the Future’, novelist Kim Stanley Robinson popularized the genre ‘climate fiction’ and visualized both the...
Intangible sustainability values for business and society
On November 16 2023, Wouter was invited to a Breakfast Research and Practice seminar hosted by the Research Center for Grand Challenges at HEC Lausanne. The aim was to share his experiences and pioneering...
Nation building successes and failures matter to the EU and OECD
By Dominic Rohner, Professor of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC Lausanne), University of Lausanne, and Research Fellow, the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) From Syria...
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The advent of polycrisis, the intersecting, intertwined...
After the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, the...
Can we solve societal grand challenges by designing...
At the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the...
Climate change calls for intergenerational decision-making....
Entrepreneurship has always been a powerful force for...
Companies, governments, universities, and other organizations...
Call for contributions for our Special Issue on Utopias:...
On November 16 2023, Wouter was invited to a Breakfast...
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On October 12th, Guillaume and Mark were invited to...
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