As Conservative leader David Cameron looks for a big idea to help him win the next British election, has he stumbled upon philanthrocapitalism? In a speech at the Voices 09 conference, he said that Britain must “shape” capitalism to suit its society and not vice versa, arguing that social enterprises are in a key position […]
On Friday, Matthew moderated a panel discussion on income generating strategies for non-profits, at the annual conference put on by students at New York’s Columbia Business School. With a keynote address by Jeff Immelt, the boss of GE, and the title, “The Moment of Now: Market Innovations in Social Enterprise”, the conference was full of […]
As one of the many celebrations of its 100th birthday, the Harvard Business School hosted a summit in New York on social entrepreneurship. HBS has played an important role in the rise of social entrepreneurship, and indeed in the emergence of philanthrocapitalism – and many of its professors were there to share their insights from […]