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Getting fit for the future

Dec 18, 2012

Getting fit for the future

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

You’re hired? Not so easy!

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

An entrepreneurship school with a difference

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

Cracking the last mile

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