Managing within the Dynamic Business Environment
There are about 946 total billionaires in the world. According to Forbes magazine in 2008, their combined worth in 2007 was $3.5 trillion. This article will show you who they are, their age, country, wealth, and the business they are connected with. You may not think it is important to have this information. However, several of these individuals are mentioned throughout your textbook. This list will give you some idea of how successful they have been and what business ventures they are associated with.
Social Entrepreneurship: Village Phones and Yogurt
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammed Yunus helped impoverished villagers become self-sufficient by loaning small amounts to village women to buy cell phones.
Social Entrepreneurship: Mercy Corps
Programs such as Yunus GrammenBank are known as microfinance institutions (MFIs.) Mercy Corps provides these institutions with organization and resources.
Social Entrepreneurship: Improving World Health Without Profits
Victoria Hale has created a nonprofit organization, OneWorldHealth, to finance necessary prescription drugs which have no profit potential.
Technology is also revolutionizing the educational sector.
How to reduce identity theft and what to do when it happens.
More businesses are looking for bilingual employees.
When They Won't Let You Retire
When Hendrika deKorte tried to retire at 82, her employer wouldnt let her and worked out a flexible work schedule to keep her skills at the hospital.
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