798 research outputs found
Anders Kristian Munk on Anthropology in Business with Matt Artz
No full textIn this episode of the Anthropology in Business podcast, Anders Kristian Munk speaks with Matt Artz about his career as a business anthropologist. The conversation covers Ander’s journey from human geography to Techno-Anthropology.Anders Kristian Munk is an anthropologist, associate professor, and the director of The Techno-Anthropology Lab at Aalborg University in Copenhagen. He holds degrees in ethnology and human geography, with a PhD from the University of Oxford, and previously worked at the SciencesPo médialab in Paris and the Danish Technical University.He is the co-author of Controversy Mapping: A Field Guide, which introduces readers to the observation and representation of contested issues on digital media
2. Networks, states and empires in the Baltic Region
No full textMain author Kristian Gerner. Harald Runblom author of boxes on The Vikings and The Hansa.</p
Private equity as an emerging asset class of responsible investment
No full textResponsible investment has traditionally focused on the equities of listed firms. However, its principles can be applied to other asset classes. In this paper we are concerned with “Responsible Private Equity” (RPE), which can be defined as the use of private equity deals to finance initiatives that balance financial, social, and environmental considerations. We suggest that this emerging asset class has some strengths that could allow it to overcome the present financial turmoil: 1) RPE investors are effective providers of incentives; 2) they can provide to the portfolio firms knowledge, network and reputational resources that are crucial to the exploitation of business opportunities with a positive social or environmental impact
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