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SAP and ISB collaborate to jumpstart social enterprises
SAP and the Indian School of Business (ISB) are collaborating to nurture the social entrepreneurship ecosystem with relevance to national priorities. The ISB-SAP Social Enterprise Jumpstart will identify five social enterprise startups and provide training, mentorship and access to networks to accelerate their growth.
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- Education
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- South Asia
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Impact Investing Takes Hold on Business School Campuses
The likes of Harvard and Wharton are teaching investing for both financial and social benefit. Danielle Reed was already an impact investor when she stepped onto the campus of the University of California-Berkeley Haas School of Business in 2013 — though her family didn’t know it. They thought she worked at a nonprofit. But Reed actually worked for San Francisco-based boutique impact investing firm Imprint Capital, which was gobbled up by Goldman Sachs in 2015.
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- North America
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- impact investing
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Johns Hopkins Students Design Ebola Protection Suit Improvements
For health workers in the field treating people stricken with Ebola and other diseases, a protective suit is the first defense against infection. The suit and head covering itself, however, can hamper their ability to help by impeding breathing, or heating up so quickly in high temperatures and humidity that they can scarcely work for more than an hour.
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- Education, Health Care
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This CUHK MBA’s Social Enterprise Funds Women’s Education And Scholarships In Ethiopia
She’s co-founded Maison Ethiopie, a social enterprise which sources high quality leather from manufacturers in Ethiopia, sells leather goods internationally, and reinvests into the country. The aim: to fund the development of women’s education in Ethiopia.
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- Education
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How business schools are fostering social impact
At Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, every student mandatorily takes up a social project as part of the core curriculum. The objective is to make the students understand the society at large and sensitise them to the challenges faced by various sections of the society.
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‘India B-schools lack courses on social entrepreneurship’
Chennai: Highlighting the need to include courses on social entrepreneurship in B-schools, prof V Kasturi Rangan of Harvard Business School said, "All management schools should offer such courses to sensitise people towards social causes. Most business school courses are very corporate-oriented."
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University Students Energise Global Campaign for Medical R&D Agreement
The force of hundreds of students worldwide has gathered behind an international effort urging governments to promote research and development in a way that does not result in high-priced medicines. The initiative led by Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) seeks to address the longstanding gap in affordable medicines and puts the focus on the World Health Organization, whose members are currently working on this issue.
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- Education, Health Care
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- research
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Tata Trusts Ties Up With Khan Academy to Offer Free Online Education
Tata Trusts, the principal shareholder of the $109b Tata group is endeavouring to break out of its 'traditional brick and mortar' approach to education by partnering with Khan Academy, an American online teaching provider that already reaches out to 2.6 crore student worldwide.
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- Education
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- South Asia
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