Hapinoy – Mark Ruiz Retails Sari Sari Happiness to Filipinos 228.0
Posted by m beduya on June 28, 2010 · 9 Comments
“The entrepreneur shifts economic resources out of an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and greater yield,” begins Peter Drucker’s classic 1985 book, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, quoting the French economist J.B. Say. Thus, Mark Ruiz and the Hapinoy/MicroVentures (MVI) team, all social entrepreneurs, are mining a rich vein for social enterprise [...]
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Learning from China and Indigenous Innovation 224.0
Posted by m beduya on June 18, 2010 · 8 Comments
In China, they have a saying, “one cannot step into the same river twice.” Lu Qiwen first wrote about the China brand of national innovation systems, Indigenous Innovation, in China’s Leap into the Information Age: Innovation and Organization in the Computer Industry (Oxford, 2000). It seems, that the mode of national innovation system as described [...]
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Countervailing Powers per Galbraith Engender Strong Leaders 219.0
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 [...]
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Social Enterprise as the Next Big Thing – 2 of 3
Posted by m beduya on June 23, 2009 · 8 Comments
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.
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From Social Innovation to Social Enterprise – 1 of 3
Posted by m beduya on June 21, 2009 · 9 Comments
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 [...]
