Floor of a cacao agroforest near Altamira, Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon, with seedlings among fallen leaves

Teaching

Teaching Interests

Strategic Management, Global Strategy, Global Challenges, Sustainability, Impact Investing, Inclusive Innovations, and Public Innovations.

Teaching in Action

Leandro Pongeluppe sitting on the classroom floor with his Wharton MBA class of MGMT 6110 in a tiered lecture hall, Fall 2022
MGMT 6110: Managing the Established Enterprise, Wharton MBA, Fall 2022.
Leandro Pongeluppe at the front of a Wharton classroom wearing a football jersey and juggling a ball, with a slide of a stadium crowd on the screen and students watching from their desks, Fall 2025
Teaching at Wharton, Fall 2025.

Teaching Awards

Wharton Teaching Excellence Award 2025-26. MBA level, MGMT 6110: Managing the Established Enterprise.

Wharton Teaching Excellence Award 2024-25. MBA level, MGMT 6110: Managing the Established Enterprise.

Wharton Teaching Excellence Award 2023-24. MBA level, MGMT 6110: Managing the Established Enterprise.

Teaching Experience

2022 to present - Managing the Established Enterprise / The Wharton School (MBA)

2018 to 2021 - Fundamentals of Strategic Management (Guest Lecturer) / Rotman School of Management (MBA)

2019 - Grand Challenges (Guest Lecturer) / Rotman School of Management (MBA) and Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (MGA)

2016 - Impact Innovations in the Public Sector / Insper (Undergraduate)

2016 - Organizational Strategy / Insper (Undergraduate)

2013 to 2016 - High Impact Investments / Insper (Executive Education)

2015 - Introduction to Impact Investing / Insper (Undergraduate)

2013 - Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) / UFBA (Undergraduate and Graduate)

2013 - Biodiversity Supply-Chain / Natura Co. (Supply-Chain Department)

Teaching Assistant Experience

2021 - Fundamentals of Strategic Management / Rotman School of Management (MBA)

2013 to 2014 - Corporate and Competitive Strategy; Organizational Strategy / Insper (Graduate)

2012 to 2015 - Corporate and Competitive Strategy; Organizational Strategy / Insper (Undergraduate)

2012 - Capsim Management SimulatorⓇ / Insper (Undergraduate)

Case Studies*

Banco da Providência: Dilemmas over Social Impact Assessment. 2026. SAGE Business Cases. In collaboration with Sandro Cabral, Sergio Lazzarini, and Michelle Borges. PDF DOI

Lions Outback Vision (LOV): Saving Sight with a Lens to the Future. 2025. SAGE Business Cases. In collaboration with Luís Gil and Nuno Gil. PDF DOI

The Villa Flora Project: Innovation and Community Engagement in the Brazilian Real Estate Market. 2016. Insper Metricis Case Studies Collection. In collaboration with Sérgio Lazzarini, Luis Norberto Paschoal, Carol Moron, Paula Saes, and Nobuiuki Ito. PDF

Uber: The Dilemma of Growing with Disruptive Innovation. 2016. Insper Case Studies Collection. In collaboration with Paulo Furquim de Azevedo, Nobuiuki Ito, and Maria Clara Morgulis. PDF

Avante: Humanizing Financial Solutions for Pyramid-based Microentrepreneurs. 2015. Insper Metricis Case Studies Collection. In collaboration with Carol Moron, Nobuiuki Ito, Carla Ramos, and Sérgio Lazzarini. PDF (in Portuguese)

Dudalina: Value Chain Growth Strategies. 2015. Insper Case Studies Collection. In collaboration with Sérgio Lazzarini, Nobuiuki Ito, and Rodrigo Amantea. PDF

Gera Venture Capital: Climbing Educational Opportunities for Low-Income Youth (Part A) and (Part B). 2014. Insper Metricis Case Studies Collection. In collaboration with Sérgio Lazzarini and Nobuiuki Ito. PDF, Part A PDF, Part B (in Portuguese)

Instituto Semeia: Building the Basis for Impact Investments in Brazilian Conservation Units. 2013. Insper Metricis Case Studies Collection. In collaboration with Sérgio Lazzarini and Andrea Minardi. PDF

Vox Capital: Balancing Financial and Social Return on Impact Investments. 2013. Insper Case Studies Collection. Insper Metricis Case Studies Collection. In collaboration with Sérgio Lazzarini and Andrea Minardi. PDF (in Portuguese)

* English versions of the cases posted in Portuguese can be shared upon request.

Class Slides**

Wharton MBA MGMT 6110: Managing the Established Enterprise (Global Module). Most recent versions, Fall 2026.

Class 1. Mapping the Global Arena: Ferrero Group (Spring 2026)

Class 2. The Institutional Environment in Global Markets: Corruption in International Business (Fall 2026)

Class 3. Distances in Global Markets: European Super League (Spring 2026)

Class 4. International Strategies and Governance Structures: Apple and Zara (Spring 2026)

Class 5. International Strategies and Entry Modes: Walmart (Spring 2026)

Class 6. Institutional Voids, Political Risk, and Business Groups: McDonalds and Tata Group (Spring 2026)

Class 7. Stakeholder Management, Environmental Externalities, and Innovation for the Bottom of the Pyramid: Natura Co (Spring 2026)

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