Posted by admin on March 10, 2010 · 6 Comments
New Zeitgest, tools and metrics are making CSV for enterprise the new norm Businesses are starting to embed sustainability into their strategy rather than just do it as a separate project under corporate social responsibility (CSR). They are starting to do this because it is beginning to make business sense. The Sagip Pasig Movement (SPM) [...]
Filed under Changes in Environment and Need for Sustainability, Changes in Science, Technology and Engineering from Research, Development, Invention and Optimization, Energy Water and Environment, Financing of Innovation, News and Stories, Rapid Prototyping - Incubators, Proof-of-Concept, Accelerators, Social Enterprise and Innovations, Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship · Tagged with adaptive research, creating shared values, intensive learning, Sagip Pasig Movement, social enterprise, Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship, sustainability, triple bottom line
Posted by admin on February 1, 2010 · 2 Comments
A screening poll for SYNTHESiST readers to know ourselves more I have created a screening survey below (on 2/2 posted on Sidebar, too.) to know how the group’s choices affect innovation, in the long term. Please choose one answer as honestly as you can. Your choice represents an important part of the collective voice of [...]
Posted by admin on January 17, 2010 · 1 Comment
I have two tales from the grapevine. What used to be at the fringe seems to be moving to the mainstream. Regular corporations may slowly be morphing to social enterprise because it is beginning to make business sense. The First Tale. A new concept is being tried out by some multinationals to replace CSR or [...]
Posted by admin on January 17, 2010 · 1 Comment
Ashoka and Bill Drayton seek and nurture social entrepreneurs In 1981, Bill Drayton organized Ashoka: Innovators for the Public to identify first class entrepreneurs with pattern-changing ideas before either were proven and nurture both so that their success hastens development and democratization around the globe. David Bornstein’s 2004 book, “How to Change the World” chronicles [...]
Posted by admin on November 8, 2009 · 3 Comments
The Central Bank of the Philippines struggles for independence An independent central bank is the direct descendant of the gold standard. In fact, it is a very innovative replacement that is fit for our time. The key word here is “independent.” Independence allows central banks to exercise standard monetary policy focused on the value of [...]
Filed under Changes in Regulation and Policy with Transparency and Empowerment, Financing of Innovation, Innovator Peso - Advocating a Stable Value, National Innovation Systems · Tagged with Bangko Sentral, BSP, Central Bank, emerging markets, financing innovation, gold standard, locking-in value, Philippines
Posted by admin on October 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
One of the main barriers to long-term foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Philippines is currency risk. With low FDI, the Philippines is deprived of a major source of intensive learning and innovation. Currency risk arises from the change in price of one currency against another. Every Filipino and his uncle seem to agree that [...]
Posted by admin on October 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Filipino companies and entrepreneurs hardly do any basic science-based research. All the while, I have thought this to be only because of the high cost and uncertainty of doing such research. I have come to realize that they know it is less risky (and more rewarding) to take opportunities from inefficiencies in the local economy [...]
Posted by admin on October 13, 2009 · 2 Comments
Ayala Corporation has obtained Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas approval to convert Filipinas Bank into an innovative IT-oriented microfinance bank. The Philippine Star reported this in today’s (10.13.09) issue, BPI forms microfinance, IT-oriented bank. Global Innovation Leadership for Ayala. I predicted this to happen in my August 31 post, World Class Innovation: Microfinance as an Ayala [...]
Filed under Brand and Product Development, Changes in Regulation and Policy with Transparency and Empowerment, Changes in Science, Technology and Engineering from Research, Development, Invention and Optimization, Convergence of Technologies - Technolgy x Business Model, Financing of Innovation, Information and Communication, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Innovator Peso - Advocating a Stable Value, Mashups - Technology-enabled, National Innovation Systems, Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship · Tagged with blue ocean, Convergence, emerging markets, financing innovation, lock-in, Philippines, product development, product innovation, total factor productivity, two-sided market
Posted by admin on October 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Since we cautioned about the depreciating US$ just three weeks ago in our September 18 post, the Philippine peso has strengthened by 3.0% to PhP46.656 (closing rate, 10.8.09). As in October, 2007, this is a danger signal as some sectors like exporters, BPOs and OFWs will start to clamor for support from the rapid rise [...]
Posted by admin on September 18, 2009 · 1 Comment
Three days ago, I heard a guest at Bloomberg call out that the US has become “a source of funds for the carry trade.” Since then, the drop in the value of the US$ and the improbable rise of the peso to PhP 47.70 to US$1 (closing today, 9/18/09) tend to support that claim. If [...]
Posted by admin on August 10, 2009 · 1 Comment
On the question, “If the financial returns are so good, why is everybody not doing the opportunities that I have identified in recent posts?” I generally hear one answer on the ground: lack of financing. There are funds looking for equity investments. There just seems to be some intermediation needed for the two parties – [...]
Posted by admin on August 8, 2009 · 1 Comment
SALT or Sloping Agricultural Land Technology is an innovation in agro-forestry developed in the 70’s to help stop erosion and rejuvenate our deforested slopes. The benefits to the country of its successful diffusion in terms of agricultural productivity and alleviating climate change effects are monumental. STI learning on agro-forestry for erosion prevention is ready to [...]
Filed under Basic and Adaptive Research for STI-Learning, Changes in Environment and Need for Sustainability, Changes in Science, Technology and Engineering from Research, Development, Invention and Optimization, Competence-Building from DUI-Learning, Energy Water and Environment, Financing of Innovation, Food Life Sciences and Agribusiness, National Innovation Systems, Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship · Tagged with Afforestation, agro-forestry, black pepper, BSFil, change management, coffee, deforestation, emerging markets, flemingia, gliricidia, ipil-ipil, madre de cacao, Nestle, Patarapong Intarakumnerd, Philippines, sloping agricultural land technology, STI-Learning
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