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Day 1 at the BoP Summit: Why BoP business practices need to move to 2.0
At the end of day one of the “BoP Summit 2013: Creating an Action Agenda for the Next Decade,” WDI Senior Research Fellow and conference organizer Ted London had a question for the participants: What will our legacy be?
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2014 NextBillion Case Writing Competition Tops 50
More than 50 entries from 34 universities and 15 countries were received for the 2014 NextBillion Case Writing Competition. The global competition is sponsored by the Citi Foundation and the NextBillion website, and is administered by GlobaLens, the William Davidson Institute's case publishing division. NextBillion is an initiative of WDI.
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FEATURED EVENT The BoP Summit 2013: Creating an action agenda for the next decade
The “BoP Summit 2013: Creating an Action Agenda for the Next Decade” (www.bop2013.org), is set for October 21-23 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The three-day BoP Summit 2013 is specifically designed to help build better BoP enterprises of today and a more robust BoP community of tomorrow.
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Weekly Roundup – 9/21/13 – Letting No Moss Grow: The NB Case Writing Contest is gearing up
As enthusiastic as we are about launching NextBillion Financial Innovation this week, we’re not hitting the pause button. In fact, another of NextBillion’s key initiatives is about to launch in earnest: the 2014 NextBillion Case Writing Competition. This is now the fourth year of the competition and we hope to make it just as strong as last years, hopefully stronger.
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The Future of the BoP Domain: Where is our missing community?
I believe that it is time to start talking more about how we, as a sector, can collectively share – and debate – the lessons learned so far in order to better create the future path ahead of us. But in order to do that, we need to be more of a community.
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Economies of Scale or Diseconomies of Enormity: Should there be more mergers and acquisitions of international development NGOs?
In the for-profit sector, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are ways to ensure that the most effective organizations survive and achieve greater scale. This improves cost-effectiveness in the overall market and spreads best practices more widely. But with the large numbers of NGOs in international development, why don’t we see more M&A activity in the non-profit sector? In light of the recent Merlin and Save the Children merger, WDI’s Prashant Yadav explores some reasons.
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(With Video) The BoP Summit: Set for Oct. 21, the 3-day event takes stock and charts a course
The “BoP Summit 2013: Creating an Action Agenda for the Next Decade” at the University of Michigan (www.bop2013.org), is set for October 21-23 here in Ann Arbor. While there’s lots to celebrate about inclusive business, there’s also plenty to question, ponder and reconsider - particularly barriers to success and the inability to replicate successful business models across industries and geographies.
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Re-evaluating Impact Evaluation: Why solely focusing on financials is flawed and other key points from a recent workshop
Organizations struggle to develop robust impact evaluations. If poorly designed and executed, an evaluation can result in misleading conclusions and waste precious resources. A recent workshop hosted by the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs focused on outcomes data collection and analysis. Anyone concerned with social impact measurement, will want to check out these key points.
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