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Inclusive Business Has Buy-in, Now We Need Action
The Inclusive Business concept has been adopted by the United Nations, the International Business Leaders Forum, and other major organizations. Convincing multinational corporations was a critical step in validating and positioning market-based solutions as profitable ways to create wealth and prosperity. But how will we really achieve scale?
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Peace Dividend’s P2P Model For Financing Entrepreneurs in Post-Conflict Sudan
Building on microfinance approaches to informal loan markets, Peace Dividend is charting a new course in post-conflict Southern Sudan. Founder Melody Atil says the model directly connects borrowers to lenders through peer-to-peer networks, making it more flexible and with greater potential to operate at a larger scale than donor-funded programs.
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Inspire Business Students to Use Their Skills for Good
Do you want to connect with social enterprises and academics across the world? Get published? Inspire hundreds, even thousands of MBA students to join the social enterprise movement? How about win $1000?
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Why Entrepreneurs Should Seek A Strong Board of Directors
Entrepreneurs like to control their own destiny. Indeed, as Ricardo Levy recounts in his book, Letters to a Young Entrepreneur, that urge to be free drove him from the comfortable ranks of a large corporation to start his first new company. Why then would an entrepreneur want to shackle that freedom by creating a powerful Board of Directors?
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Unilever Says Sustainability Key to New Business Model
Consumer products giant Unilever has unveiled a "new business model" putting sustainability at the heart of its global operations. It pledged to halve the environmental impact of its products while doubling sales over the next 10 years. Chief executive Paul Polman said the new model was "the only way to do business long term". The company said it would produce an annual report on its progress towards achieving these goals. Uni...
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NextThought Monday: Social Enterprise on the Cover of the Economist
No, not this week and probably not next week either. But in five years, it’s going to happen. The Economist, however, did recently run an article titled: "Companies Aren’t Charities," which argues that the role of a company in developing economies should be confined to pursuing profit while abiding by the rules and a solid moral compass.
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Net Impact: Ways to Profit From Social Change
"The economy is now valuing social outcomes," says Jason Saul CEO of Mission Measurement LLC. So how do we go about creating business strategies for social change? Saul shares a powerful formula during Net Impact conference.
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Growth, Governance and Good News in Africa
As growth has stagnated in the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, countries rated in "Emerging Africa: How 17 Countries Are Leading the Way," have seen a 50% rise in income per capita since the mid-’90s, with annual investment more than doubling and total trade tripling. The key factor? With some exceptions: democratic and accountable governance.
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