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How a private equity-backed corporate carve-out created a successful, sustainable consulting powerhouse...
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Jay Mehta on why people should be at the heart of any business transformation
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....
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How a French entrepreneur scaled an insurmountable problem
August 29, 2023 • by Julia Binder in Entrepreneurship • 4 min read • 
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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...
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Five lessons from my life as a sustainable entrepreneur
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...
The anatomy of a merger: ensuring the long-term future of a family firm
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,...
I failed but emerged stronger from the experience
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...
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