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Things are generally slower in August, as many folks take vacation and less gets done by those who are at the office. (For a refreshing and innovative take on this phenomenon, you might consider Seth Godin’s advice to work like your hair is on fire while the competition sleeps.) For the...
Roundup: Mobile Phones for Development, SME Outsourcing and MoreBlog Post
This post is the second in a two part series on how to get involved in the base of the pyramid movement. Part 1 was a personal story of involvement, and Part 2 focuses on the role of students in bringing social transformation.I recently attended the Social Enterprise Knowledge Network (SEKN)...
Business Students Can Change the WorldBlog Post
This post is the second in a two part series exploring China?s role in Africa?s development. Part 1 focused on the breakdown and impact of African exports to China, and Part 2 focuses on the role of China?s investment and imports into Africa.Investment It is no surprise that most...
Chinese Activity in Africa, Part 2: The Path of Least ResistanceBlog Post
The Social Enterprise Knowledge Network (SEKN) brings together a number of Latin America academic institutions interested in exploring the concept of social enterprise and market-based solutions to poverty. Last week the network convened for a research colloquium in Harvard Business School to...
Two Ideas for SEKN – The Social Enterprise Knowledge NetworkNews
The New York based Acumen Fund is a non-profit venture fund that invests in businesses that have a social and economic impact. It will invest in companies providing affordable, critical goods and services in sectors such as health, water, housing and energy. The geographies it focuses on are South Asia and East Africa, besides the US. Since it set up shop in India a couple of years ago, the fund has made equity investments in Kochi based ayurvedic chain, Ayur Vaid Hopsitals, Hyderabad-based Life...
For Acumen Fund, ROI = Profits + Social ImpactBlog Post
Guest blogger Monica Touesnard is the Managing Director of the Base of the Pyramid Learning Lab, a program of the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. She is currently working to expand the scope and reach of the BoP...
Guest Post: What Defines a Base of the Pyramid Business?Blog Post
This post is the first in a two part series exploring China?s role in Africa?s development. Part 1 focuses on the breakdown and impact of African exports to China, and Part 2 focuses on the role of Chinese investment and imports in Africa. I think that those of us who are interested in...
Chinese Activity in Africa, Part 1: Feeding the DragonNews
EARLIER this year Mario Chady faced a crucial decision. Having built up Spoleto, his chain of casual Italian restaurants, to 150 outlets in Brazil, and opened in Mexico and Spain, the time had come for Mr Chady, based in Rio de Janeiro, to choose between expanding into America or putting the idea on hold for at least 18 months. To help make up his mind, he asked for help from an organisation called Endeavor, which had chosen him as a potential ?high-impact entrepreneur? in 2003. Endea...
Spreading the Gospel
