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Boosting Sustainable Growth with Innovative Intangibles

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Innovative intangibles typically embedded since inception in startups, foster growth, especially if they are bundled in synergistic portfolios. Digital platforms act as a growth catalyzer that ignites real options, introducing resilience and scalability in the business model. Sustainable growth needs to be ESG compliant, following the patterns of the circular or sharing economy.

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    Center for Economic Development & Social Change, http://www.ced-center.it/en/2016/09/26/economia-circolare-verso-un-nuovo-modello-di-sviluppo-economico-sostenibile/.

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Moro-Visconti, R. (2021). Boosting Sustainable Growth with Innovative Intangibles. In: Startup Valuation. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71608-0_4

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