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New Business Models In Maastricht

John Elkington · 22 June 2023 · Leave a Comment

Reception in the city hall
Frida (Roper) engages the matches/cigarette boy
Closer up
The venue at Maastricht School of Management
And we’re off, with Dr Abel Diaz Govalez introducing Suzanne Wisse-Huiskes and I

By Eurostar and other trains to Maastricht University for the 8th International conference on New Business Models, where I was the opening keynote speaker. Spoke alongside Suzanne Wisse-Huiskes, who is a member of the Investment Committee
of the InvestEU Fund. Some excellent discussions, followed by supper with Frida Roper, our CEO Louise’s eldest daughter, who is studying in Maastricht. A memorable visit, with one of the most striking moments being our visit on the first evening to a bookshop built inside a church in the city centre. Felt right at home.

Loved this bookstore within a church – moving

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I began this blog with an entry reporting on a visit to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod, on 30 September 2003. The blog element of the website has gone through several iterations since, with much of the older material still available.

Like so many things in my life, blog entries blur the boundaries between the personal and the professional. As explained on this site’s Home Page, the website and the blog are part platform for ongoing projects, part autobiography, and part accountability mechanism.

In addition, my blogs have appeared on many sites such as: Chinadialogue, CSRWire, Fast Company, GreenBiz, Guardian Sustainable Business, and the Harvard Business Review.

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John Elkington is a world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development. He is currently Founding Partner and Executive Chairman of Volans, a future-focused business working at the intersection of the sustainability, entrepreneurship and innovation movements.

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