Creating Shared Value: The win-win proposition for business and society
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April 22, 2016 Implementing COP21 Agreement: SEWA Way
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April 15, 2016 Going Beyond the Rhetoric of Social Development
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April 8, 2016 CSV will lead to Social and Economic Development of Society
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April 1, 2016 Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: Creating Shared Value Through Better Dairying
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Implementing COP21 Agreement: SEWA Way
The author presents three examples of engaging women in entrepreneurial ventures that drive their transformation and, in turn, the communities they live in.
Going Beyond the Rhetoric of Social Development
The author builds an argument on the importance of money in building a social enterprise and how it goes a long way in enhancing the wellbeing of society.
CSV will lead to Social and Economic Development of Society
She shares her insights into how the shared value model is the only model for the world we are trying to create.
Interviews
In Conversation with Lee Newman
In an interaction with Lee Newman, Dean, IE School of Human Sciences and Technology, he suggests
a new approach to leadership designed to achieve behavioral advantage—“an advantage achieved by building an organization of individuals and teams that think and perform better at all levels”. He argues that sustainable competitive advantage is no longer attainable in the conventional sense but that it is possible to obtain behavioral advantage.
In Conversation with Stew Friedman
Stew Friedman, practice professor of management at Wharton, shares his views on leadership at the edge of town.
In Conversation with Gianpiero Petriglieri
Gianpiero Petriglieri, Associate Professor INSEAD, shares his views on leadership, adult development and experiential learning.
Development
Co-creating Inclusive Development at Impoverished Rural Territories
The author writes about the inspiring work done in ‘Inclusive Territorial Development´ in the Montes de Maria region in Colombia which is conceived as a business initiative that seeks to bring sustainability to the region through the implementation of inclusive business models.
Inclusive channels: High Touch-Low Cost
The author makes an impactful case for inclusive channels across sectors when targeting the over 4 billion Base of Pyramid market. The article cites successful examples of its deployment across geographies, from Bangladesh to India to Indonesia to Kenya.
My Professional Journey and Where we Head Next
The author uses his professional experience from the 70’s to the present century as a lens to reflect on the impact of globalization on India.
Innovation
Recreating Sustainable Business, from the Bottom up
The author describes how the shift to the circular economy is picking up speed and will transform how the aluminium rolled products and recycling industry does business in the future. Novelis has chosen to view this change as an opportunity, rather than a threat, and are moving fast to respond.
The Missing Link – Partnering for Innovation
Developing countries in Africa and Asia, are experiencing yearly GDP growth rates of 7-9 per cent, but lack access to knowledge, products and resources to …
Creating an innovation ecosystem for inclusive and sustainable business
The authors contributed to a chapter in the book – Base of the Pyramid 3.0: Sustainable Development through Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The book covers the state of the domain and acts as a sounding board for expert voices from the field. This excerpt from the authors’ chapter, articulates the systemic need for an innovation ecosystem.