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Theories of change : change leadership tools, models and applications for investing in sustainable development / Karen Wendt, editor.

Wendt, Karen, editor.
2021
HC79.E5
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Title
Theories of change : change leadership tools, models and applications for investing in sustainable development / Karen Wendt, editor.
ISBN
9783030522759 (electronic bk.)
303052275X (electronic bk.)
9783030522742 (print)
3030522741
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52275-9
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xix, 504 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-52275-9 doi
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HC79.E5
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.9/27
Summary
Today, it has become strikingly obvious that companies no longer operate in an environment where only risk return and volatility describe the business environment. The business has to deal with volatility plus uncertainty, plus complexity and ambiguity (VUCA): that requires new qualities, competencies, frameworks; and it demands a new mind set to deal with the VUCA environment in investment, funding and financing. This book builds on a new megatrend beyond resilience, called anti-fragility. We have had the black swan (financial crisis) and the red swan (COVID) - the Bank for International Settlement is preparing for regenerative capitalism, block chain based analysis of financial streams and is aiming to prevent the "Green Swan"--The climate crisis to lead to the next lockdown. In the light of the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals, what is required, is Theories of Change. Written by experts working in the fields of sustainable finance, impact investing, development finance, carbon divesting, innovation, scaling finance, impact entrepreneurship, social stock exchanges, alternative currencies, Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), ledger technologies, civil action, co-creation, impact management, deep learning and transformation leadership, the book begins by analysing existing Theories of Change frameworks from various disciplines and creating a new integrated model - the meta-framework. In turn, it presents insights on creating and using Theories of Change to redirect investment capital to sustainable companies while implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement. Further, it discusses the perspective of planetary boundaries as defined by the Stockholm Resilience Institute, and investigates various aspects of systems, organizations, entrepreneurship, investment and finance that are closely tied to the mission ingrained in the Theory of Change. As it demonstrates, solutions that ensure the parity of profit, people and planet through dynamic change can effectively address the needs of entrepreneurs and business. By exploring these concepts and their application, the book helps create and shape new markets and opportunities
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Wendt, Karen, editor.
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Sustainable finance.
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Part I: Theories of Change: Defining the Research Agenda, Leadership and Change
Theory of Change: Defining the Research Agenda
About Bridges and Goals: On the Art of Change Management as a Bridge to the Goals for a Sustainable World and a World of Sustainable Investing
Analysing the Credibility of Theories of Change
Failed Theories of Change: Misperceptions About ESG Investment and Investment Efforts to Combat Climate Change
Y.1: The Biological Code for Evolutionary Transformation and Strategic Investment Decisions
Part II: Creating Global Frameworks
Towards a Unifying Framework of Impact Assessment in Impact Investing
Social Reporting Standard (SRS): Making Social Impact Visible
Clustering of Negative Criteria: A Pragmatic Approach for the Implementation of SRI
Part III: Impact Investing
Improving Early Childhood Development in Namibia with Result Based Financing
An Analysis on Impact Measurement: How Do We Measure Impact?
The Lessons of Microcredit
Impact Investing Practice Report: Impact Analysis and Impact Reporting at BonVenture
Part IV: Quantitative Analysis in Investing
When Transparency Clouds Rather Than Clarifies: A Closer Look at Transparency Bias Within ESG Scores
Comprehensive Simulation Meta Model for Transition Planning and Decision Analysis with Sustainable Impact
Part V: Ecosystems
Banking 4.0: Digital Ecosystems and Super-Apps
Orchestrating Value Co-Creation in Business Ecosystems
Part VI: Blockchain, Chryptoeconomics and Sustainability
Change Through Crypto-Economics
Blockchain and Sustainable Development Goals: From Blue Skies Estimates of Impact to Bottom-Up Essentials
The Tokenization of Assets: Using Blockchains for Equity Crowdfunding
Blockchain and the Evolution of Information Society
Cryptography Leads the Next Wave of Societal Change
Machine Learning and Finance
Part VII: SDG Topic
The Gender Investment Gap
The Era of New Leadership
Social Enterprises: Investment in a Sustainable Social Development with Added Value
Part VIII: Climate Change
Domestic Heating and China's Sustainable Energy Goals
Sustainable Energy Investment in Australia
The Money Pipeline: The Role of Finance in the Climate Emergency
Moving the Topic of Climate Change from Politics to Economics.

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