Do we have to choose between impact and profits?
Much of the challenging dynamics faced by social enterprises center around the question of how profitability and impact relate.
DDD’s Other Graduates
To build capacity in Southeast Asia, we often call upon talent from abroad to mentor our managers. And in doing so, we’ve almost inadvertently created another corps of leaders: the league of volunteers, fellows and staff from the US, other parts of Asia, Australia and Europe that have passed through DDD’s doors. After shaping and being shaped by DDD, so many have “graduated” on but remained engaged in the world of social change.
Laos ranked #11 in global charitable giving
The World Giving Index recently ranked Laos next to the world’s most developed countries–including the US and UK–in terms of charitable behavior, defined as volunteering time or donating money to organizations, or helping a stranger.
Weighing in on the CSR Debate
A recent Wall Street Journal op-ed recently provoked some controversy in our corner of the blogosphere: Aneel Karnani, a professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross Business School, laid out “The Case Against Social Responsibility.”
Report from Vietnam
This is a guest post by Tony Vu. He is currently in Vietnam, where he is working with a team of consultants to perform research for DDD on the digitization and IT outsourcing landscape there.
