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For Social Enterprises, The Bottom Line is Impact: Four Lessons About Investing in Social Businesses
Despite Cambodia's rapid economic growth driven by strong exports, private investment and a growing agricultural industry, nearly one in five Cambodians live below the international poverty line.
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Multinational Companies Court Lower-Income Consumers
When General Electric engineers here wanted to develop a more affordable baby warmer for India’s small, private hospitals, they initially replaced the fat, rubberized wheels standard on high-end models with smaller metal ones. They figured it was a quick, easy way to cut costs.
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IESE Launches an MBA Elective in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
New course reflects a growing commitment by business schools to address the unique needs of social enterprises
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Tata announces social enterprise challenge
The Tata Group has announced the commencement of the Tata Social Enterprise Challenge (TSEC) 2014-15, a joint initiative with the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C), to find India's most promising early-stage social enterprises.
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Big Data enables us to reach the bottom of the pyramid: TTSL CIO
Tata Teleservices has become one of the first companies in India to harness big data to bolster its legal and regulatory operational requirements.
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Obama Goes to UN With Islamic State, Ebola on Agenda
President Barack Obama heads to the United Nations General Assembly this week with two missions: to rally international support for a coalition against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria and to back his plan to fight the Ebola virus in West Africa.
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Gates Foundation to Aid India in ‘Toilets For All’ Program
The Urban Development Ministry and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have agreed on a partnership to promote user-friendly toilets to ensure universal sanitation in the country.
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Jumpstarting Indian Startups Serving The Bottom Of The Pyramid
There’s a dearth of seed-stage funding for social enterprises in developing countries, a situation known as the “pioneer gap.” That’s why Will Poole and Dave Richards co-founded Unitus Seed Fund about two years ago and, recently, announced an agreement with the U.S. Global Development Lab, a new enterprise within USAID, to jumpstart the early-stage impact startup ecosystem in India.
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