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SIRG would like to give a big thank you to everyone who came out to the first SIRG Symposium 2013! The White Papers from our symposium have just been released – if you didn’t get your via email, feel free to download them here SIRG Whitepapers – 2013 Symposium. As always, we look forward to your feedback! If you’re interested in… Continue reading SIRG White Papers Released
The Hope Institute is a think and do tank promoting social innovation in South Korea. Through its partner network, it develops policies and programs based on its experience implementing grassroots solutions to social problems. I visited The Hope Institute’s office in Seoul and interviewed Ms. So Yeon Yang, a researcher at the Social Innovation Center and Ms. Ahyoung Park, a researcher at the Center for … Continue reading The Hope Institute in South Korea
Another social enterprise conference in Taiwan. Please, don’t invite museums and paper companies and call them “social enterprises”. That’s totally confusing. Continue reading Social enterprise conference in Taiwan
“The most successful people – the smartest, most talented, maybe the richest, or the most motivated – fall on the right end of a standard bell curve. While the bulk of society falls within predictable standard deviations from the middle, those on the right tail are the best of the best, the small percentage that exceed statistical expectations.” http://www.socialenterprisebuzz.com/2013/01/03/the-right-end-of-the-tail/ My teammate Melinda’s article pointed towards … Continue reading My teammate’s great article on social innovation talent- Right end of the tail
In 2008, for the first time in history, more than half of the world’s population was living in towns and cities. A greater number of job opportunities, better education, and more developed infrastructures have all been cited as reasons why people chose to move away from isolated villages and to replant their roots. However, a small group of people have been left behind – they … Continue reading Taiwan Farmer – My article on Social Enterprise Buzz
(This picture is from their website.) Almost a month ago I went to a social enterprise talk in Taiwan. This social enterprise includes two cooperatives – Producers’ cooperative and Consumers’ cooperative (消費和生產合作社). It’s called Mr. Wang’s Vegetable Stands. Mr.Wang’s Vegetable Stands promotes exchange of goods instead of monetary exchange. It gathers 300 farming families and help them sell goods in exchange for money. Mr. Wang … Continue reading A Social Enterprise in Taiwan- Mr.Wang’s Vegetable Stands 大王菜铺子
Personally think Taiwan and Canada are both at stage two, looking into stage 3; Singapore and Hong Kong are at stage 3, looking into stage 4. My home country, China, however, is still lingering between stage 1 and 2. Continue reading Where is your country?
http://www.slideshare.net/RezaMirza/sirg-update-nov3 In this newsletter, you will see articles on our social enterprise interview, our opinions, process charts for research and data analysis. Enjoy! Feel free to contact us for questions and suggestions. Continue reading Social Innovation Research Group – November Newsletter is Out!
This is a model I created for categorizing social enterprises. It looks at social enterprises based on how they involve the marginalized group into the market. Our group’s next newsletter will be out soon. We have lots of interesting analytical articles in this one. Let me know if you are interested in reading it~ Continue reading Market-based solutions for marginalized groups
Eriko’s profile on MIT Legatum Center http://legatum.mit.edu/ErikoYamaguchi —————————————————- “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin, Statesman Eriko Yamaguchi, a young Japanese social entrepreneur who proved high quality products can be made in developing countries, finished her master degree in BRAC University Bangladesh as the first foreign student and founded Motherhouse in 2006. Currently in the Matrigor factory in Bangladesh, workers are turning flax … Continue reading Story on persistence – Eriko Yamaguchi
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