The Journey of Multinational Corporations to Inclusive Business
Over the last decade, many multinational corporations have attempted to set up inclusive businesses - new business models with an embedded positive social impact - of one kind or another, with varying success. Despite good intentions and the investment of significant resources, few of these pilots have been successful and an even smaller proportion has reached significant scale.
Conversations which Hystra has had over the past 10 years with intrapreneurs leading these efforts at close to 20 multinational companies show that, across a variety of sectors and geographies, the challenges they have faced are very similar.
The lessons from this first wave of efforts are collected in a report entitled ‘The Journey of Multinational Corporations to Inclusive Business’, with a particular focus on the internal factors that affected the outcome and progress of these initiatives.
