Articles & Interviews
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology
It is amazing how much change can be caused by one person’s idea. The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) is a result of Jorn Lyseggen’s believe that with guidance and support people can achieve remarkable results.
A “Necessity Entrepreneur”
A “necessity entrepreneur” is an individual who starts a business not because they recognize an opportunity to make money, but because there is no other option to make a living. Sadly, billions of people in the developing
Why Do the Poor Remain Poor?
Poverty always creates a deep sense of unease within us. It is disturbing because it offends our sense of equity, fairness and justice. In spite of living in a world that has acquired a significant level of
Oxford Conference on Business and Poverty
The Center on Business and Poverty sponsors an Annual Business & Poverty Conference. This is a transcript of a past conference we had in 2016 which should give you a good idea what type of topics are
Employee Stock Ownership Plans and Their Effect on Productivity: The Case of Huawei
Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) are utilized by many successful companies across the world. This case study describes Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications equipment company, which heavily utilizes ESOP ownership, and applies Huawei’s results to describe ESOPs as
Why Shouldn’t Employees Own More of the Companies They Work For?
Dr. Steven Freeman of the University of Pennsylvania describes that granting ownership rights in corporations to employees has a profound effect on the employees´ commitment to the firms and we had also found that these organisations were
Time to Put a Dent in Growing Inequality Through Full Employment
When the Occupy Wall Street movement dissipated, their call against the 1 percent slowly disappeared from the news headlines only to be replaced by research that made similar points about inequality. Much of what has been said
Worried About Your Financial Wellness? Time To Study Up On Behavioral Economics
Have you ever wondered why you make certain decisions against your better judgment? Why is it, even when you know what is right, that choosing it is such a challenge? While moral philosophers have debated these questions
Cell Phones Driving Progress and Change in Africa
Throughout the developed world, the rise of cell phones as a way to communicate and stay connected has been a potent force in economic and social change. New devices and more connectivity have changed not only the business landscape, but
What can be done to convince pharmaceutical firms to lower prescription drug prices?
When the news broke that Martin Shkreli, now the former CEO at Turing Pharmaceuticals, decided to increase the price of the life-saving drug, Daraprim, from $1,130 to $63,000, it made headlines all over the world. A price
Teach a Man to Fish
World hunger.
These two little words encompass one huge problem: people do not have enough to eat. And this problem kills. According to the World Food Program, hunger kills more people than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.
World hunger