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Pop!Tech – A Quiet Town Comes Alive
Greetings from Camden, Maine - site of Pop!Tech 2007 and the “quiet town” referred to in this post’s title. I arrived here last night, after a short flight into Portland and a drive up Route 1 along the Maine coast. There’s not a whole lot going on in Camden - it’s...
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Jobs: AMGlobal Consulting, Emerging Markets Consultancy
AMGlobal Consulting currently has two postings for entry-level positions:Research ConsultantThis position is a perfect entry-point for an undergraduate or recent graduate student interested in learning how to work with Emerging Markets, Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom of the...
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Graduate Fellowship in Social Entrepreneurship Available at NYU
Each year, the NYU Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Program in Social Entrepreneurship awards up to 20 Graduate Fellowships in Social Entrepreneurship to students from across 11 NYU schools.The Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Program in Social Entrepreneurship is designed to attract,...
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Hard Questions for Microfinance: How Much Profit is Too Much Profit?
Microcredit is generally considered a step forward in the war against poverty. Giving small loans to impoverished people helps transform lives ? read the annual report of any MFI for details. While I am a firm believer that microfinance is a good thing, does it remain “good” when...
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Global Social Venture Competition
A number of recent posts on NextBillion seem to feature the Indian School of Business, and with good reason!The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) is the largest student-run business plan contest in the world, which provides mentoring, exposure and prizes for social ventures from around...
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Exploring New Markets: The Base of the Pyramid
From October 15, five professors from the Indian School of Business, in Hyderabad, will deliver video lectures on topics such as marketing, microfinance and mobile telephony in a country such as India.This is part of the Financial Times Business School series of online executive education...
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NextBillion Goes to PopTech This Week
Every fall, a small seaside town in Maine hosts an ideas festival called Pop!Tech.? In the past, I’ve jealously followed conference coverage on the blogosphere, trying to picture myself wedged between Bruce Sterling and Stewart Brand while they discuss the future of environmentalism (for...
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Strategy in a Difficult Retail Market
Noted economist and consulting editor for The Economic Times, Swaminathan Aiyar has written an interesting article on strategy in retail markets.Aiyar argues that as Mukesh Ambani (one of the wealthiest people in the world), who is driving Reliance Industries? foray into retail, could learn...
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