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Guest Post: Research on Inclusive Markets – Anyone Up for Academic Leapfrogging?
Poverty has long been a blind spot in management research. Even research on emerging economies like China, India or Brazil - that house a significant share of the world’s poor - has evaded the topic. Recent publications on business and poverty could change this - and provide a roadmap for researchers attempting to bring more rigor to the field.
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Friday Roundup – 9/24/10: New York City on Poverty
For anyone even remotely interested in development, it was also an interesting week. Here’s a selection of relevant links from the week behind us, coming from several of the meetings and gatherings that took place just a few blocks downtown.
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Wantrapreneur: Villgro’s Search for Societal Wealth Creators
In order to identify and accelerate the creation of social ventures, Villgro is promoting "Wantrapreneur", a business plan competition to encourage the process of creating and evaluating new ventures that have a central focus on the creation of social value.
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TEDxChange: “Change is Possible”
At the conclusion of TEDxChange, Melinda Gates said, "If there is one message you take away from today, I hope it is that change is possible; we are making progress. When I’m on the ground, I can see the difference we’re making - the positive side - yes, I see sadness and poverty, but I see what’s changing and that gives me hope."
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Impactful Ideas: Update on the G-20 SME Finance Challenge
Recent entries to the G-20 SME Finance Challenge are likely to transform the way that we think about social change, by showing us the immense value in combining the political and legislative power of the world’s leaders and the creativity and ambition of the private sector.
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Live @ TEDxChange: Melinda Gates on Learning from Others and Her Vision of Happiness
Some concluding thoughts after the talk delivered by Melinda French Gates at TEDxChange, which took place yesterday in New York City.
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Live @ TEDxChange: Hans Rosling and the Fight against Over-Simplification
The morning got started with a group of bloggers and media representatives. We were joined by officials of the Gates Foundation and then by Melinda Gates herself. I had two biases as I engaged in the conversation: one, around the role of markets and enterprise in progress that is being made towards the Millernium Development Goals...
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Don’t Miss TEDxChange, Starting This Morning at 11:00 AM EDT
NextBillion will be at TEDxChange later today, starting at 11:00am EDT at the Paley Center for Media in New York City. There are several ways you can join the conversation.
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