Social Enterprise Chazen Web Journal Articles
July 16, 2010

Paul Romer and Charter Cities: A Solution to Global Poverty

Adrian Almazan MBA'10

Paul Romer, senior fellow for the Stanford Center for International Development and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, outlines his current initiative, Charter Cities, which entails a new mechanism - said to lie somewhere on the fine line between revolutionary and crazy - to improve lives in the developing world.

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June 01, 2010

What Would You Do? Students' Ethical Decisions at NGOs

Lauren Frasca MBA'10

You work for an African school and have received a grant to improve literacy, but your principal wants you to use the funds to fix a dire sanitation problem. Do you do it?

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June 01, 2010

Globalization's Illicit Frontier

Brian Hindo MBA'10

Economist and author Moises Naim talks about one of global trade's unintended consequences - a sharp rise in illegal trading activity.

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April 01, 2010

Community Forum on Climate Change

Adrian Almazan MBA '10

Panelists at Columbia Business School's Community Forum on Climate Change explore the burgeoning field of environmental policy and discuss means to address climate change.

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March 15, 2010

How Investing in the Base Can Bring Investors out on Top

Lauren Frasca MBA'10

Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui of IGNIA Partners discusses the dual goals of his venture capital fund to support high-growth social enterprises that serve the base of the pyramid while providing consistent, high returns for his investors.

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February 15, 2010

Marketing to the Bottom of the Pyramid: A 'Four Ps' Approach

Brian Hindo MBA '10

Professor Gita Johar talks about the state of social enterprises and how modern marketing techniques can help deliver goods and services more effectively to the world's poorest people.

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December 15, 2009

African Aid and Economic Development: The Role of the Local Business Sector

Lauren Frasca MBA '10
African Aid and Economic Development: The Role of the Local Business Sector

Dean Glenn Hubbard and a panel of experts discuss African aid and economic development, as well as Hubbard's new book, The Aid Trap, which calls for a Marshall-plan like program to spur growth on the continent.

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December 15, 2009

Bringing Movies to the Masses: The CinePop Model

Lauren Frasca MBA '10
Bringing Movies to the Masses: The CinePop Model

At the 2009 Social Enterprise Conference, social entrepreneur Ariel Zylbersztejn shares how he turned his love of movies into a for-profit social enterprise that brings movies--along with a host of social services--to suburban Mexico.

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November 15, 2009

Development in the Philippines

James Walsh MBA '10

International development leaders from the Ayala Foundation and PinoyME discuss their initiatives in the Philippines with the CBS International Development Club.

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