Zanjera as Community Resource Management 141.0
Robert Siy found lessons from a resilient Philippine model I think I have a gem in Robert Siy’s book, published in 1982 and out-of-print. This post is more a story of the sleuthing for nuggets of wisdom than of the gems themselves. I picked my second-hand copy up yesterday from Johnny Air Cargo at the [...]
Elinor Ostrom, 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics 121.0
For a way to manage Commons without regulation or privatization Professor Elinor Ostrom, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics, studied how communities managed Commons like grazing lands, pastures and similar natural resources to their advantage. As a political scientist, her theory shows that, with the right information, productive discussion and trust-based institutions, communities [...]
Social Enterprise is the Next Big Thing – 3 of 3
I agree with Professor Jeffrey Sachs that the continuing challenge of sustainable development will drive the future growth of social enterprises – with their triple bottom lines (defined at Post #74). In his book, Common Wealth (find Amazon link below), Professor Sachs defines these challenges as “protecting the environment, stabilizing the world’s population, narrowing the [...]
Social Enterprise as the Next Big Thing – 2 of 3
The social enterprise – with its triple bottom line – could very well be the next, big social innovation in line with Drucker’s examples listed in Post #73. And the Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA) is in the forefront of efforts to make this a reality in the region.
From Social Innovation to Social Enterprise – 1 of 3
Peter Drucker’s “Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” was the first book I ever studied on the subject; it was our text for Environmental Analysis in first year MBA in 1986. The book was just published the year before in 1985. In this book, he tried to codify the art and practice of Entrepreneurship – just like he [...]
