Impact Inventing
Innovation – both technology and business-model-related – is key to fostering sustainable, inclusive economic development. The developing world needs more, Continue reading
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Archive for: Security & Social Impact
This blog explores examples of social impact, that deviate from poverty alleviation and other traditional development goals.
Competitive Advantage to Cooperative Advantage
I am writing on the flight back from St. Petersburg where I attended the annual holiday party of Biocad Ltd., Continue reading
Inclusive Innovation
Inclusive Innovation and In-situ Incubation: Egalitarian Empowerment Are thriving no- or low-tech entrepreneurial & innovation ecosystems possible? Is there Continue reading
Benchmarking Ecosystems
University-based Entrepreneurial & Innovation Ecosystems I recently ran across a report on a Phase I study commissioned by the MIT Continue reading
Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Innovation Ecosystems at the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Innovation ecosystems conjure up the image of fast-paced, high-growth entrepreneurial ventures thriving around angel Continue reading
Scale-up through Ecosystem building
Back to the USSR: Scale-up through Ecosystem building… more on Firebirds In their book, The Rainforest: The Secret to Building Continue reading
Democratization of Innovation
Democratization of Innovation and Obsolescence of the ‘Black Box’ Last week, I attended the Global Solutions Summit in Washington, DC. Continue reading
Quadruple bottom line?
Back to the USSR: Quadruple bottom line? Stories of social impact on Containing Russia’s Nuclear Firebirds The term, triple bottom Continue reading
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