NextBillion brings together the community of business leaders, social entrepreneurs, NGOs, policy makers, and academics who want to explore the connection between development and enterprise.
Our Staff Writers and Editors offer insights on the latest news, events, interviews and other happenings from the development through enterprise and base of the pyramid universes
October 27, 2008 — 02:18 pm
The William Davidson Institute at The University of Michigan recently launched an exciting new tool for educators and others in the emerging markets and international business spaces. A remarkably transparent resource, GlobaLens offers cases, courses and community through a user-friendly...
September 22, 2008 — 08:54 am
In The Search for Social Entrepreneurship, Paul Light writes, "If the idea is matters, so does management…to the extent that management is essential for scale-up and impact, socially entrepreneurial organizations need to embrace it." Light's idea that high performing...
August 7, 2008 — 11:18 am
Many of us in the base of the pyramid community, myself included, often wonder, "is this business really making a social impact?" Sure, there are real indicators of success, but what action drove that particular outcome? As I ponder the social impact of business, I'm reminded of an...
July 16, 2008 — 08:25 am
After a few weeks of non-blogging, I'm happy to write my first post on NextBillion. I've spent some time over the last few weeks updating the Resources section of the site, complete with additions to the case study, reports, books and articles sections. A couple of highlights are...
