Articles by Theresa Newhard
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Monday
October 27
2008GlobaLens Offers BoP Cases, Courses and Community
The William Davidson Institute at The University of Michigan recently launched an exciting new tool for educators and others in the emerging markets and international business spaces. A remarkably transparent resource, GlobaLens offers cases, courses and community through a user-friendly...
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Monday
September 22
2008Why Social Enterprises Need Money to Grow On
In The Search for Social Entrepreneurship, Paul Light writes, “If the idea is matters, so does management?to the extent that management is essential for scale-up and impact, socially entrepreneurial organizations need to embrace it.” Light’s idea that high performing...
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Thursday
August 7
2008What Gets Measured Gets Done: Analyzing the WBCSD’s New Tool
Many of us in the base of the pyramid community, myself included, often wonder, “is this business really making a social impact?” Sure, there are real indicators of success, but what action drove that particular outcome? As I ponder the social impact of business, I’m reminded of an...
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Wednesday
July 16
2008New Base of the Pyramid Resources on NextBillion.net
After a few weeks of non-blogging, I’m happy to write my first post on NextBillion. I’ve spent some time over the last few weeks updating the Resources section of the site, complete with additions to the case study, reports, books and articles sections. A couple of highlights are...
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