The Mondora Method: Quantum Leaders in Benefit Corporations

Nigri Giorgia (), Mara Del Baldo and Agulini Armando
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Nigri Giorgia: Economics, LUMSA, Roma, Italy
Agulini Armando: Literature and Philosophy, LUMSA, Roma, Italy

Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 2020, vol. 10, issue 4, 25

Abstract: Sustainable development is now seen as the business paradigm for the 21st century and poses a significant dilemma for managers, which is to balance economic goals, environmental impact and social development. In recent years, more and more attention has been paid to sustainable entrepreneurship as a concept combining triple bottom line (TBL) aspects since introducing social and ecological values and goals, in addition to economic ones, is seen as a long-term strategy for survival and value creation. Italy’s socio-economic context where there are a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and social enterprises has proven to be a good field for new hybrid forms of for-purpose business. This paper is a single case in-depth study conducted over three years (2017–2019) analyzing Mondora, a certified and legally recognized Benefit Corporation that has introduced full-spectrum teal practices in its governance structure and is shifting the paradigm as a flourishing enterprise. The aim of this paper is to analyze the legal and governance framework of Mondora as a benefit corporation and delineate a best-case example that embraces new leadership practices as a pilot for future research on benefit corporations. The implications lie in the fact that the typology of the social entrepreneur present in benefit corporations has the characteristics of the quantum leader outlined by Tsao and Laszlo (2019).

Keywords: benefit corporation; B Corp; quantum leadership; prosocial entrepreneurship; SMEs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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