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 | Jan 4, 2011 | Business Development
The New York Times, Steven Greenhouse reports: “Faced with growing budget deficits and restive taxpayers, elected officials from Maine to Alabama, Ohio to Arizona, are pushing new legislation to limit the power of labor unions, particularly those representing...
by Carol Sanford | Dec 15, 2010 | Business Development
Daniel Pink’s new book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, is very refreshing given that the upside down version of the theory behind his book has been embedded for years in Corporate America as well as government, not for profits, education...
by Carol Sanford | Dec 13, 2010 | Business Development
The Guardian Sustainable Business section offered an article by Sandra Macleod, CEO and founder of Echo Research this weekend (Dec. 10, 2010) on the shifts in CSR as perceived by executives in global companies. The synthesis is that, “Only companies that put corporate...
by Carol Sanford | Dec 6, 2010 | Business Development
Danielle Sachs wrote a great piece in December (’10) for Fast Company that got picked up by NY Times this weekend. She titled her piece, “The Future of Advertising”. She quotes Brad Jakeman, ex-advertising head for CitiGoup and Macys, saying “the death of mass...