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Posted by m beduya on March 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Leontief Prize has been awarded by the Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE) at Tufts University since 2000 for: outstanding contributions to economic theory that address contemporary realities and support just and sustainable societies. The Leontief Prize winners say many things that are relevant to the Philippines. I first noticed that I had written [...]
Filed under Books and Journals, Discovering economic locomotives and attaining competitiveness through modern industrial policy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship · Tagged with Alice Amsden, Amartya Sen, China, Dani Rodrik, Global Development and Environment Institute, herman daly, industrial policy, input-output analysis, John Kenneth Galbraith, Leontief Prize, Nicholas Stern, Richard Nelson, sustainability, SYNTHESiST, Tufts University
Posted by m beduya on June 30, 2010 · 3 Comments
As I write this post, I am listening to President Aquino deliver his inaugural speech; indeed an inspiring one as an inaugural speech ought to be. Just institution-building? Yet, from the speech, President Nonoy seems just focused in building, if not re-building, the institutions of a working capitalist democracy – possibly as countervailing powers in [...]
Filed under Books and Journals, Changes in Institutions, Policy and Regulation from Need, Transparency and Empowerment, Financing of Innovation · Tagged with Amartya Sen, development economics, George Bernard Shaw, innovative entrepreneurship, John Kenneth Galbraith, National Innovation Systems, Noynoy Aquino, Philippines, social entrepreneurship
Posted by m beduya on June 3, 2010 · 8 Comments
More than technological innovation, Filipinos must design social innovation in public governance that is more effective in creating wealth for all. The context for post is given from PN Abinales and DJ Amoroso’s book below; the recommendation is inspired by JK Galbraith further down. In summary. Peter Drucker, in another post on social enterprise, noted [...]
Posted by m beduya on June 28, 2009 · 7 Comments
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 [...]
