By Professor Dennis Shaughnessy While watching the news coverage of the tragedy of Malaysia Flight 370 over the past three weeks, I was reminded of a compelling analogy used by author Roger Thurow in his book “Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in An Age of Plenty”. Based on information Read more…
By Gail Batutis Our tiny auto-rickshaw swerves through traffic, the wind bathing our faces in a sensory assault of dust and fried food, constant construction by barefoot men on bamboo scaffolding and the cries of children at intersections, hands gesturing plaintively at their mouths, swarming when they notice my light Read more…
By Olivia Allen For the past three years, the Social Enterprise Institute (SEI), housed within the D’Amore-McKim School of Business has led students enrolled in ENTR 4506 “Advanced Studies in Social Entrepreneurship” to developing countries to study the role of social enterprises and other market-based solutions in alleviating poverty. This Read more…
By Olivia Allen On Sunday, March 2, 30 students enrolled in “Advanced Studies in Social Entrepreneurship” will travel to Kingston, Jamaica to study sustainable enterprise solutions to extreme poverty in rural communities. The international field practicum component of the course will allow students to closely examine and evaluate the players Read more…
By Palak Sheth “Design is Creative Problem Solving” – Paul Polak The zero-based design framework that prolific social entrepreneur Paul Polak, founder of International Development Enterprises (IDE) and author of “Business Solutions to Poverty,” developed provides social enterprises pushing innovative products that help to ameliorate poverty with a framework emphasizing Read more…
By Professor Dennis Shaughnessy The Social Enterprise Institute (SEI) hosted Jay Coen Gilbert, co-founder of B Lab, for its Lecture Series this February. B Lab is an innovative organization that has spearheaded the creation and certification of Benefit Corporations (henceforth referred to as B Corps), i.e. businesses committed to both Read more…