I’ve been meaning to reblog this for a while: The question of creative capitalism is whether there is some role for institutions that falls between traditional profit-making and nonprofit firms. Is the world being well served with these two clearly distinguished types of entities, one of which serves only shareholders and the other of which… Continue reading Glaeser: Can Businesses Do Well and Do Good?
Update From OLPC: Streamlining our operations this month, cutting staff and contractors by roughly 50% (from every team) and laying out broad targets for the coming year.
We are streamlining our operations this month, cutting staff and contractors by roughly 50% (from every team) and laying out broad targets for the coming year. Check out their blog here.
San Francisco International Airport offering carbon offsets for those who wish to counter the greenhouse-gas emissions from their trip
According to The Chronicle, S.F.O. has partnered with 3Degrees, a San Francisco-based offsets firm that invests in clean-energy and carbon-reduction projects. The airport is supplying the kiosks and putting $163,000 into the program — and while the prices from are yet to be determined, a 3Degrees official told The Chronicle that offsetting a trip to… Continue reading San Francisco International Airport offering carbon offsets for those who wish to counter the greenhouse-gas emissions from their trip
StopPovertyNow.org , a Grameen Foundation initiative to spread awareness of global poverty and bring and end to this global epidemic
From reader Sarah: Please join this effort by sharing this StopPovertyNow.org movement with your readers. Consider: â–º One billion people live on less than $1 a day â–º One-in-five people live without adequate water or food â–º 26,000 children die each day from preventable causes You will join a worldwide movement to Stop Poverty Now.… Continue reading StopPovertyNow.org , a Grameen Foundation initiative to spread awareness of global poverty and bring and end to this global epidemic
Unintended Consequences: Malaria Nets Used For Fishing
Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are a simple, cost-effective way to fight malaria and are distributed to pregnant women and children in Kenya, often for free. But when Noboru Minakawa of the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Nagasaki, Japan, and colleagues surveyed villages along Lake Victoria, they found people were using the nets for fishing or drying… Continue reading Unintended Consequences: Malaria Nets Used For Fishing
Favorite Charities Of Economists
If readers want to donate for nets, one good organization I have supported in the past is here. TamTam provides nets free at clinics. Personally I think this approach makes sense because charging dramatically reduces use, free distribution can help encourage mothers to come to antenatal clinics, and, like vaccines, insecticide treated nets can help… Continue reading Favorite Charities Of Economists
“How Businesses Can Develop Trust on a Global Scale Through Corporate Service”
How Businesses Can Develop Trust on a Global Scale Through Corporate Service (Technology + Entrepreneurship) ^ Corporate Service = Δ Social Impact Today, the Internet has made global flows of information, capital and innovation possible as never before. How do we use technologies, economies, entrepreneurship and corporate service to make organizations smarter and build trust… Continue reading “How Businesses Can Develop Trust on a Global Scale Through Corporate Service”
Dogpile Search Gets Into Affinity Search
Dogpile.com searchers have raised $100,000 for the Search & Rescue Program, a philanthropic arm that donates money to animal-related charities. The program is on its way to reaching its goal of raising $1 million for the ASPCA by the end of 2009. Link
MIT Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship
MIT and the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship are pleased to introduce its fellowship program for aspiring entrepreneurs who wish to develop innovative businesses that will promote prosperity in the developing world. The program is open to incoming and current MIT graduate students, across all academic and professional disciplines. The fellowship provides financial assistance,… Continue reading MIT Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship
Marketing One Laptop Per Child- “The issue is the economics.â€
Marketing, Mr. Lavoie says, can help One Laptop Per Child move toward its original goal of a $100 laptop, which is possible only with the economies of high-volume manufacturing. “To get there, they need to sell a lot of computers,†he said. New York Times