by Carol Sanford | Aug 4, 2011 | Impact Investing
The University of California at Davis just published the results of a survey that demonstrate so much common sense it’s shocking. They found that, “Companies who pay attention to expenditures all the time, rather than just when an economic crisis hits, have a...
by Carol Sanford | Jan 8, 2011 | Impact Investing
Gregory Zuckerman, Wall Street Journal special reporter, and author of The Greatest Trade Ever, just tweeted: “Spoke re my book at Peking University, great questions-Everyone’s a capitalist today in the East, even as capitalism is disparaged in West” @GZuckerman...
by Carol Sanford | Jan 7, 2011 | Impact Investing
The New York Times reports that, “Micro lending is losing its halo in many countries”. It was the darling of the economic development world and its greatest advocate won a Nobel Prize. The idea is excellent and is still working in many places. But there are two...
by Carol Sanford | Sep 17, 2010 | Impact Investing
Interview with Chip Conley, Founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality and author of Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo From Maslow This week is about new ways to understanding motivation in business. Monday’s blog surveyed the new books on the subject....
by Carol Sanford | Aug 30, 2010 | Impact Investing
Earlier this week we reviewed HIP Investor by R Paul Herman. The HIP approach (Human Impact +Profit) is a tried and packaged method for assessing companies for their ability to simultaneously make better profits BY making a better world. I had a chance to ask a few...
by Carol Sanford | Aug 25, 2010 | Impact Investing
By R Paul Herman A Book Review R. Paul Herman has written a highly practical book. It is also educational. He has developed a system for scoring the combined profitability and responsibility of a company. This is useful for investors who want to make decisions with...