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By Nikhil R. Sahni, Maxwell Wessel, & Clayton M. Christensen The innovators who shake up industries the most do so by reimagining how things should look from the ground up. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs imagined a world where everyone owned a computer, not just the corporations that could afford an IBM mainframe. Twitter cofounder Evan Williams imagined a world where everyone could publish content on the Internet,...
By Dheeraj Batra & David Milestone Sad examples abound of inexpensive, lifesaving health solutions failing to reach the most vulnerable in the developing world. Whether it is amoxicillin treatment that is out of reach for the 1.3 million children under five who die each year from childhood pneumonia, or a simple and effective $0.50 oral rehydration salts or Zinc treatment inaccessible to the 1.5 million...
Governance, ethics, entrepreneurship and natural resources M. Sreedharan International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Vol. 1, No. 4 (2012) pp. 380 – 391 Corporate governance guidelines the world over have been debated innumerable times on the issue of disclosure, transparency, code of conduct and ethics. With the passage of time guidelines have been reshaped and redesigned so that the...
Poverty alleviation consequences of rural educational enterprise: a case study of Madonna University, Elele Chinyere Nwajiuba; Chinedum Nwajiuba; Kingsley Nwaodu International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Vol. 1, No. 4 (2012) pp. 373 – 379 Sustainable poverty alleviation is a key development challenge for many of the less developed countries (LDC), including Nigeria. In this context,...
Tackling the menace of poverty by capacity building: case-based evidence on multi-sectoral partnerships in India Geetika Goel; Meenakshi Rishi International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Vol. 1, No. 4 (2012) pp. 361 – 372 Various entities are taking initiatives to promote entrepreneurship and capacity building among the poor all over the world. This paper pays special attention to...
By William Brindley Earlier this year, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) held its fourth event dedicated to exploring how technology can be used in global development. With more than 170 participants, CRS held intensive sessions on how technology increasingly plays a role in solving challenges across all verticals—from financial services and field work to data, communication, mapping, business, education, health,...
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