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Muhammand Yunus: Capitalism is Half-Baked
Muhammand Yunus: Capitalism is Half-BakedI bought 1000 copies of YunusFar from being a dangerous read, I believe Yunus is the best chance humanity has of being sustaible. 24 years ago http://www.normanmacrae.com/netfuture.html my father and my future history on the globalisation generation forecast how we'd exponentially destory sustainability unless a Nobel...
Tags: capitalism, Yunus
Discussion threads 2008-02-07
Summing up Muhammad Yunus, "Creating a World Without Poverty"
I’ve been reviewing Creating A World Without Poverty,  Muhammad Yunus’ visionary book about a new kind of capitalism. I looked at the book in three parts: Muhammad Yunus: Capitalism Is Half-Baked How Muhammad Yunus Created an Impossible Business ...
Tags: Poverty, Yunus, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Michael Fitzgerald
Blog posts 2008-01-22
Muhammad Yunus On How to End Poverty
The third section of Creating a World Without Poverty details Muhammad Yunus’ vision for creating social businesses and how they will eliminate poverty. Yunus recaps some of the hoops that had to be jumped through before Grameen Danone could start making high-nutrition, low-cost yogurt in Bangladesh. Capital...
Tags: Government, Retirement Plans, Management, Benefits, Human Resources, Finance, Regulations, Financial Planning, Free Trade, Poverty, Strategy, Mutual Funds, Taxes, Yunus, Vision, Michael Fitzgerald
Blog posts 2008-01-21

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Muhammad Yunus: Capitalism is Half-Baked
In “Creating a World Without Poverty,” Muhammad Yunus has written a dangerous book. Not so much for his goal â€" that’s merely outlandish, since most people expect the poor will always be. Besides, Yunus knows how to make audacious ideas real â€" he created Grameen Bank to bring financial...
Tags: Michael Fitzgerald, Finance, Management, Leadership, Corporate Social Responsibility, Free Trade, Entrepreneurship, Government, Muhammad Yunus, Business, Capitalism
Blog posts 2008-01-09
How Muhammad Yunus Created an Impossible Business
Grameen Bank is an improbable business worth study. In the second section of Creating a World Without Poverty, Muhammad Yunus details the ongoing evolution of what he calls “The Grameen Experiment.” Yunus was an economist, not a banker, and he needed to invent his bank for the poor,...
Tags: Manufacturing, Regulations, Gender And Diversity, Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus, Economist, Section, Poverty, Human Resources, Government, Michael Fitzgerald
Blog posts 2008-01-12
BANGLADESH THE SCHWAB FOUNDATION SALUTES MUHAMMAD YUNUS, WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2006.
The Schwab Foundation sends its congratulations to its longstanding Board Member Muhammad Yunus and to the Grameen Bank for winning the Nobel Peace Prize 2006. Professor Yunus has been instrumental in developing and spreading the message that the poo The Schwab Foundation sends its congratulations to...
Tags: Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., Muhammad Yunus
Research articles 2006-10-15
World Bank says committed to microcredit despite Yunus criticism
WASHINGTON AFP — The World Bank is committed to microcredit, an official said after Nobel Peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus attacked the lender for all but ignoring tiny loans for impoverished people. Bank director Elizabeth Littlefield rejected Yunus's criticism, at a microcredit summit in Canada this week, that "not even...
Tags: FINANCE, summit, World Bank
Research articles 2006-11-17
2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate to address ITU TELECOM WORLD; Prof. Yunus to make major announcement at Opening Ceremony.
M2 PRESSWIRE-9 November 2006-International Telecommunication Union ITU: 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate to address ITU TELECOM WORLD; Prof. Yunus to make major announcement at Opening CeremonyC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09112006 Geneva - Prof. Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank and...
Tags: International Telecommunications Union, Strategy, telecommunications
Research articles 2006-11-09
2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate to address ITU TELECOMWORLD Prof. Yunus to make major announcement at Opening Ceremony.
M2 PRESSWIRE-9 November 2006-ITU: 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate to address ITU TELECOMWORLD Prof. Yunus to make major announcement at Opening CeremonyC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09112006 Geneva - Prof. Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank and recipient of this year's...
Tags: International Telecommunications Union, professor, Strategy
Research articles 2006-11-09
Grameen's Yunus announces new partnership with ITU; Network of partners to combine power of ICTs and Micro-credit Financing for the Poor.
M2 PRESSWIRE-4 December 2006-ITU: Grameen's Yunus announces new partnership with ITU; Network of partners to combine power of ICTs and Micro-credit Financing for the PoorC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03122006 Hong Kong - Nobel Prize Laureate and Managing Director of Grameen ...
Tags: International Telecommunications Union, network, partnership, professor, Strategy
Research articles 2006-12-04
Bangladesh's Yunus criticises World Bank for failure to cut poverty
DHAKA AFP — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus told the head of the World Bank on Sunday that its failure to modernise anti-poverty lending programmes and include more local input has made its work ineffective. The "World Bank was created nearly 60 years ago. In this 60 years...
Tags: Bangladesh, FINANCE, poverty, World Bank
Research articles 2007-11-04
Muhammad Yunus to receive $100,000 Vanderbilt's Nichols-Chancellor's Medal
To: BUSINESS EDITORSContact: Jim Patterson of Vanderbilt University, +1-615-322-NEWS, jim.patterson@vanderbilt.edu NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Vanderbilt University will award its second Nichols-Chancellor's Medal and $100,000 prize on May 10 to Muhammad Yunus, a Vanderbilt alumnus and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. "It is with great joy that...
Tags: Medal, Vanderbilt University
Research articles 2007-03-12
Muhammad Yunus book tour
I've been reviewing Creating a World Without Poverty my final entry should come today.  Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is on a book tour in the U.S. through January 24th. by Michael Fitzgerald
Tags: Founder, Entry, Michael Fitzgerald, Winner
Blog posts 2008-01-18
First World Information Society Day focuses on WSIS implementation; First World Information Society Day focuses on WSIS implementation ITU World Information Society Award presented to President Wade of Senegal and Professor Yunus of Bangladesh.
M2 PRESSWIRE-9 May 2006-International Telecommunication Union ITU: First World Information Society Day focuses on WSIS implementation; First World Information Society Day focuses on WSIS implementation ITU World Information Society Award presented to President Wade of Senegal and Professor Yunus of BangladeshC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ...
Tags: Bangladesh, cybersecurity, International Telecommunications Union, SECURITY
Research articles 2006-05-09
Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus to Speak at Pepperdine
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Wileen Wong of Pepperdine University, +1-310-506-6589, +1- 213-718-3251 cell MALIBU, Calif., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In his only public appearance in the Los Angeles area, Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, will lecture on "Social Enterprise: Doing Well by Doing Good"...
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Pepperdine University
Research articles 2007-10-12
Nobel laureate Yunus unveils Bangladesh clean water deal
PARIS, AFP — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Monday unveiled a deal between his pioneering Grameen bank and French group Veolia Environment to provide clean water to poor rural communities in Bangladesh. The Bangladeshi economist also sought support from President Nicolas Sarkozy for creating more microcredit schemes to fight...
Tags: Africa, Agence France-Presse, Bangladesh, bank, France, poverty, PRODUCTIVITY
Research articles 2008-03-31
Bangladesh Nobel winner to sever ties with Grameen Bank
DHAKA AFP — Bangladesh's "banker to the poor" Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus will sever ties with Grameen Bank after he enters politics later this month, a report has said. Yunus was "ready to relinquish his long relationship with micro-lender Grameen Bank in the greater interest of launching...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bangladesh, BSS, Government
Research articles 2007-02-19
Nobel Peace Prize Winner to Launch Next Steps for Global Microcredit Campaign at Dec. 12 News Conference, 9:30 a.m., Oslo.
OSLO, Norway, December 6 /PRNewswire/ -- - Professor Yunus Will Emphasize Critical Role of Young People, Introduce the Green Children Pop Music Group To Reach World Youth Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, will outline his vision and define...
Tags: 12 News
Research articles 2006-12-06
Negroponte on OLPC's Next Steps
I'm at Venture Summit East, listening to Nicholas Negroponte talk about One Laptop Per Child. He said that making it a non-profit company gave him two advantages over making the company a for-profit firm: 1) "I was able to attract better talent than I could...
Tags: Michael Fitzgerald, One Laptop Per Child Project
Blog posts 2008-04-09
Western Europe handset sales by function.(Global Wireless)
Smart phones will become increasingly popular in Western Europe according to a new study from the Yankee Group. "Mobile phones are rapidly becoming more complex," said Farid Yunus, a senior analyst at the Yankee Group, adding that future Smart phones will become increasingly...
Tags: handset, phone, sales, The Yankee Group
Research articles 2004-06-21
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