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Grow the Pie Means Creating Social Value, Not Economic Growth

New Prime Minister Liz Truss has made growing the pie a centrepiece of her economic policy: “For too long, the political debate has been dominated by how we distribute a limited economic pie. Instead, we need to grow the pie …

By Alex Edmans35 Comments on Grow the Pie Means Creating Social Value, Not Economic Growthupdated on 12/10/202210/10/2022
Growing the Pie

Is There Really No Evidence That ESG Strategies Outperform?

Scientific Beta has just released a study claiming that there is “no evidence that ESG strategies outperform” after controlling for risk. Their research has been seen as paradigm-shifting since, previously, there was apparently clear evidence that ESG delivers alpha. Several …

By Alex Edmans2 Comments on Is There Really No Evidence That ESG Strategies Outperform?updated on 08/02/202213/05/2021
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Navigating the Challenges of Putting Purpose into Practice

In February 2021, Dee Corrigan, Head of Corporate Engagement at A Blueprint for Better Business interviewed me on the tough questions faced by companies seeking to put purpose into practice. Since Blueprint’s network already understands the value of purpose, this …

By Alex EdmansLeave a Comment on Navigating the Challenges of Putting Purpose into Practiceupdated on 14/09/202211/03/2021
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How Brown Stocks Produce Green Patents

Should Investors Aim for a Net-Zero Portfolio? In 2020, Extinction Rebellion activists dug up the lawn of Trinity College, Cambridge, accusing it of being “complicit in the climate & ecological crisis” by investing £9.1 million in oil and gas companies. …

By Alex EdmansLeave a Comment on How Brown Stocks Produce Green Patentsupdated on 17/10/202208/02/2021
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What Stakeholder Capitalism Can Learn From Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman’s article “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Its Profits” is often ridiculed as being from the dark ages – implying that companies should focus entirely on making money and exploit everyone else in doing so. But, …

By Alex EdmansLeave a Comment on What Stakeholder Capitalism Can Learn From Milton Friedmanupdated on 01/12/202217/01/2021
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Paid Family Leave Improves Firm Productivity

The Rights and Wrongs of Milton Friedman Milton Friedman’s infamous article, “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits”, is widely ridiculed for exemplifying everything that’s wrong with capitalism. But many of Friedman’s critics haven’t read further than …

By Alex EdmansLeave a Comment on Paid Family Leave Improves Firm Productivityupdated on 01/12/202218/10/2020
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Spurring Innovation: The Surprising Effects of Inequality

A key principle in the book is that responsible business is not only about splitting the pie fairly (paying generous wages to employees, or offering affordable prices to customers) but also growing the pie through innovation and excellence. That sounds …

By Alex EdmansLeave a Comment on Spurring Innovation: The Surprising Effects of Inequalityupdated on 17/10/202218/09/2020
Citizen Engagement Growing the Pie

Connecting a Leader’s Vision With Employees’ Daily Tasks

Companies often have inspiring purpose statements, such as “to bring health through food to as many people as possible” (Danone), “to connect everybody to live a better today and build a better tomorrow” (Vodafone) and “to make a difference in …

By Alex EdmansLeave a Comment on Connecting a Leader’s Vision With Employees’ Daily Tasksupdated on 01/12/202231/05/2020
Citizen Engagement Growing the Pie

Responsible Citizenship in a Time of Crisis

What does it mean to be a responsible citizen in a time of crisis? When faced with challenges of such a global scale, it may seem that individual citizens are powerless to make a difference. In fact, citizens have far …

By Alex EdmansLeave a Comment on Responsible Citizenship in a Time of Crisisupdated on 24/06/202222/05/2020
Growing the Pie Investor Stewardship

Responsible Investing in a Time of Crisis

What does it mean to be a responsible investor in a time of crisis? In my first article in this series, “Responsible Business in a Time of Crisis”, I suggested business leaders ask themselves “What’s in my hand?”  In other …

By Alex Edmans1 Comment on Responsible Investing in a Time of Crisisupdated on 13/07/202217/05/2020

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