The Sustainable Business Roundtable (SBRT), founded by ESMT Berlin in 2011, convenes for the 31st time on June 17, 2026. The occasion marks 15 years of consistent cross-industry collaboration on sustainability. Under the theme “Rethinking resources: Securing sustainable access and use,” the meeting on campus in Berlin brings together business leaders, policymakers, and sustainability experts to examine how companies can strengthen resource resilience and circularity as geopolitical pressures and regulatory demands grow.
For Harvard Business Manager, Bianca Schmitz's study why radical innovations often fail in the market despite being technically superior. There is a key barrier is salespeople’s fear of embarrassment and loss of credibility when selling highly novel products, which reduces performance especially in uncertain customer conversations.
For Harvard Business Manager, Olaf Plötner commented on a case study about a German industrial company whose sales are growing, but profits are falling because its sales organization has become too complex and inefficient.
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