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Leaders like Richard Branson and Paul Polman are building a ‘Plan B’ to ensure business becomes a driving force for social, environmental and economic benefit.

Local economic development should be structured around local needs and priorities, and the voice of community enterprise deserves to be heard.

19 Mar 2024: for social, environmental and economic benefit.

Written by Dr Ella Henry, Associate Professor and Director of Māori Advancement, Auckland University of Technology School of Business, Economics and Law –. Aotearoa New Zealand; and Associate Research Fellow, Cambridge Centre ... for there to be a

Exploring how technological, social, and economic dimensions intertwine, driven by the simple urge to create meaningful and practical solutions to unsolved problems in order to bring people together, never ceases to

Collectively, these efforts have the potential to address some of our world’s greatest challenges, such as protecting the environment, advancing labour and human rights, eliminating poverty and economic insecurity, redistributing ... Wendy Smith is

On 13 November the World Economic Forum (WEF) convened the latest meeting of its Global Future Councils in the lavish settings of a Dubai beach-side resort, and I joined as

For established firms seeking to pivot in response to a radically restructured competitive environment, these studies suggest two key lessons.

and practices into contemporary practice, particularly around leadership, economic development. ... Dr Ella Henry. “This social innovation piece is challenging systemic, social, economic and environmental issues and creating the space for something

power. The country has been in this state of emergency since 2015, with the economic collapse leaving the Bolivar almost worthless. ... Thank you to Imko, my Economics lecturer, who was the catalyst for this project.

19 Mar 2024: art/artists/ai-weiwei-8208"Ai Weiwei/a has been described as an activist and entrepreneur whose work is transformative beyond the economic.

For centuries, residents of Fogo Island, Newfoundland relied on codfish as their primary economic resource. ... population. Fogo Island’s fate resembles that of countless rural communities globally. Diminishing resources, coupled with the allure of

The pandemic also put social inequalities in the spotlight: it is apparent that COVID-19 hit each socio-economic status differently. ... online] Available at: [Accessed 20 June 2021]. [7] World Economic Forums (2019) Greta Thunberg: Our House is on Fire!

Our hospital’s key stakeholder groups include the patients, physicians, staff, volunteers, board, county government, creditors, vendors, state and federal government, economic developers, local employers, surrounding larger hospitals and the

For example, by studying organised crime as part of the curriculum, Italian economics and business students become aware of the infiltration of the mafia in mainstream business. ... With a background in economics and business administration, his work

Necessary discomfort of postcolonial narratives. A 17 year-old Canadian high school student enters his Social Studies classroom and sees the day’s lesson topic, Indigenous responses to the imposition of ... This is such a waste of time.”. Slowly, the

Without cell coverage, community members determined that the area’s opportunities for economic activity are severely limited. ... The economic and cultural importance of social enterprises in this part of the world cannot be under-estimated.

There is also a growing awareness of the economic value of natural processes and the ways that they underpin business productivity. ... This ecological investment may never have occurred had the company not viewed the ES essential to the business through

All the goodwill, financial backing, and technical expertise to deliver needed medical, economic, military, engineering, or navigational training may be present; but unless there is a shared language in which to

Though on the basis of common logic and basic economics, the likely solution lies in reducing the need for extensive and costly logistical planning, highly burdening donor overhead costs, among other

Don’t be afraid to experiment. The Global Shapers Community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum, selects a small percentage of the 5000 person global community – 50 Shapers – to attend ... the World Economic Forum’s flagship event, the

possible. Stories worth telling? I’d say so — and poignant lessons to be learned too.

The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change. The loss of wild nature. ... We are collectively losing an exceptionally valuable resource as a result of economic development.

Interestingly enough, she was also recently appointed as Visiting Professor on humanitarian conflict at the London School of Economics and Political Science[8]. ... 8] “Angelina Jolie to teach masters course at London School of Economics“, BBC, 23

focusing on particular contexts, taking the time to learn about people’s lived experiences, perspectives, and relationships (and situating them within broader historical, cultural and political-economic structures and processes). ... highlighting the

And while this may not be worrisome per se, the fact that most births occur in countries in which socio-economic structures do not support such numbers is. ... This is one of the main differences to historical slavery. Modern slaves are not capital items

We are cultivating collaborative communities who will develop the transformative solutions that will solve our social, environmental and economic crisis.

Concluding thoughts and a lesson from history. Historical narratives can offer great insight into current problems and help spark ideas and provide solutions for future progress.

As a student at the University of Cambridge you also dream of becoming a social entrepreneur, someone who innovates to create economic as well as social and/or environmental benefits.

400–407. doi: 10.3758/s13428-015-0578-z. Horton, J. J. and Chilton, L. B. (2010) ‘The labor economics of paid crowdsourcing’, in Proceedings of the 11th ACM Conference on