Social Enterprise Chazen Web Journal Articles
August 15, 2008

Capital Change: Market-Based Philosophies for Social Good

Suprita Goyal MBA '08

Social entrepreneurs at the 2008 African Economic Forum Panel discuss business strategies for alleviating poverty, creating infrastructure, and building teamwork and leadership capacity among people in Africa.

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July 07, 2008

"Microfinance as a New Asset Class": A Presentation by the Microlumbia Fund

Suprita Goyal MBA '08

Panelists invited by Microlumbia, Columbia Business School's first student-run microfinance fund, discuss the role of the microfinance industry in private investment and the empowerment of the poor.

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June 11, 2008

Development in Latin America: Promoting Financial Inclusion and Development

Clelia Peters MBA '09

Panelists discuss the role of microfinance in responding to the banking needs of the poor in Latin America during the Latin American Business Association's (LABA) tenth annual conference on March 28, 2008.

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April 09, 2008

Environmental Sustainability and the Driving Forces of Change in Banking

Brian Lavery MBA '08
Environmental Sustainability and the Driving Forces of Change in Banking

R. Seetharaman, CEO of Doha Bank, discusses the forces driving change in global banking and how financial services can promote environmental sustainability.

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April 03, 2008

Enterprising India: Profits and the Poor

Dimitra DeFotis MS '08

Runner-up, Study Tour Paper Competition: Columbia Business School students saw a sampling of entrepreneurial solutions to healthcare, financing and livelihoods in the cities of Mumbai, Delhi, and Hyderabad and in the rural environs of Hathras.

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March 03, 2008

"Acciona and the Global Renewable-Energy Sector": A Presentation by Peter Duprey

Brian Lavery MBA '08

On November 8, 2007, Columbia Business School's Energy Club welcomed Peter Duprey, CEO of Acciona Energy North America, to discuss the company's guiding philosophy and business strategy in the renewable-energy industry.

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October 02, 2007

Corporate Social Responsibility: Labor Relations in Emerging Markets

Scott Goodwin MBA '07

Experts from academia, business and NGOs discuss the merits and consequences of corporate social responsibility in developing countries at the April Columbia World Leader's Forum.

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March 02, 2007

Rwanda: Efforts Toward a Private-Sector Economy

Lauren Weber MBA '07

A delegation of 12 Columbia Business School students visited Rwanda in January 2007 on a trip organized by the School's Social Enterprise Program and supported by the Chazen Institute for International Business.

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