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It Takes a Village to Raise an Entrepreneur

Harvard Business Review

We've extensively analyzed the applications to the Echoing Green fellowship between 2006 and 2011, and built a rich dataset that allows us to rigorously study trends in the field of social enterprise. These hybrids pursue a social mission while engaging in commercial activities that generate revenues that help them sustain their operations.

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Peru's Innovation Drive

Harvard Business Review

The first round of presidential polls on April 10, 2011, set the stage for a June runoff between the leftist Ollanta Humala, a former military commander, and right-winger Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of a former Peruvian president who is in jail. The ability to do that, I believe is going to keep Peru's economy on the path to development.

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If Your Mobile Strategy Can Win Here, It Can Win Anywhere

Harvard Business Review

But, possibly because it has such great potential for improving welfare, the developing world far outpaces the US in creating a system where mobile phones — marketed specifically to women — are truly essential tools. And these messages use strong market segmentation.

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Big Business Increasingly Supports Gay Rights

Harvard Business Review

The two decades that have followed have seen an increase in marketing and advertising to the LGBT market that Marketing firm Witeck-Combs estimated at $800 billion in 2011. LGBT marketing is on the rise. Public corporate support for LGBT equality brings with it both business risk and opportunity.