Articles categorized as "Big Ideas"
Getting fit for the future
Dec 18, 2012
It is important for organisations to continue to be valuable and saleable. To do so, companies need to tap into their network of partners and train together to stay ahead of the market
You’re hired? Not so easy!
Aug 01, 2012
A college degree does not necessarily guarantee good skill sets useful in a work environment. To change that, companies and educational institutions need to work together to develop a curriculum to ensure a more productive workforce. Going one step further
The hidden key to productivity
Apr 01, 2012
Every company worries in some way about how to make people more productive. To do this, most companies normally focus on two things: training – building knowledge and skills, and technology. No doubt this does yield returns. However, there is something
An entrepreneurship school with a difference
Mar 01, 2012
Madhu Viswanathan, Professor at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, U.S. has been working on an ambitious project – that of educating a large number of low-income micro-entrepreneurs who cannot read or write
Cracking the last mile
Oct 01, 2011
Successful product distribution to the rural population is all about efficient flow of information, product and money
Microfinance 2.0
Aug 01, 2011
To deliver on the true promise of microfinance to build productive value among the poor, microfinanciers must find ways of finding and financing genuine microentrepreneurs with the highest chance of success using clever success profiling and risk assessment