Topic: Ecuador

A non profit organization improves its operation in a hostile environment

    When the government does not have the will, money or knowledge to fulfill its public duties, private sector must step in. This is what happened 118 years ago in Guayaquil, Ecuador, when a group of businessmen decided ...READ»

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A Reference Room of Your Own

When I was a boy in central Ohio and the Internet was barely an idea, I discovered a secret. If a question was stumping me -- say, "Who led the American league in RBI's in 1957?" or "What's the leading export of Ecuador?" -- I could ...READ»

Cap, Baby, Cap

Political conventions are largely mass entertainment for the party faithful, punctuated by self-serving interpretations of both current events and history. Like summer big-budget movies, this year’s Democratic and Republican ...READ»

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Beyond Firewood: Alternative Fuel = Safer Women

Turns out firewood isn't just bad for the environment. There's a straightforward, yet relatively unexplored link between collecting firewood and violence against women. In refugee camps in regions from Sudan and Sri Lanka to Ethiopia ...READ»

Fruit Stand Lending

Who's that man walking through the street markets of Ecuador, trying to make $50 loans? It's Michael Chu, a former executive of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Co., the world's most powerful leveraged buyout operator.READ»

10 Biofuels Companies You Need to Know About

When I became involved in the American Biofuels Council three years ago, the push for biofuels was at its highest point in the technology hype cycle. Now, in Arizona, under the aegis of the Desert Biofuels Initiative, a non-profit ...READ»

How to Globalize Yourself

If you want your career to move forward, be prepared to move outside the United States. Here are seven real-world strategies for working smart around the world.READ»

All’s Well That Ends A Well?

The California State Lands Commission recently voted to reject new offshore oil drilling even though the proposal had wide support, both from the “drill, baby, drill” crowd and enviros. There’s a sentence full of enigmas - - the ...READ»

Dirty Marketing Campaigns

How marketers create disgust and embarrassment -- and why we shouldn't put up with it.READ»

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Colombia's School for Business Revolutionaries

CESA's real-world curriculum teaches students 'principled private initiative.' The grade so far? Alums have created 10,000 new jobs.READ»

Annual Diversity Immigrant Visa Program Entries Rise

Over 900,000 entries for the Annual Diversity Immigrant Visa Program have already been submitted for 2011. This was just during the initial week – a 63% increase over last year. READ»

Algorhythm and Blues

How Pandora's matching service cuts the chaos of digital music.READ»

Seven Strategies for Successful Alliances

Whether striking a new business partnership or building a coalition government, you can benefit from these tricks of the trade. Two veteran negotiators share their strategies for forging and maintaining successful long-term relationships.READ»

What Took You So Long to Call?

After years of stumbles, it looks as if Internet telephony will finally make it into the mainstream. What kept things on hold? And what lessons can be learned about championing a technology to transform a major business market?READ»

Claramark, a Spanish Internet Marketing and SEO Company, is Launched By Brian Pasch

Brian Pasch, CEO of Pasch Consulting Group, announces the launch of Claramark, a Spanish language Internet Marketing firm. Pasch made the announcement at the start of the Digital Dealer Conference in Las Vegas; one of the vertical markets PCG serves. READ»

The Leader of the Future

Harvard's Ronald Heifetz offers a short course on the future of leadership.READ»

Can Carbon Credits Slow Global Warming?

Legal limits on greenhouse-gas emissions are coming fast, with a $1 trillion carbon market emerging. At the core: A cadre of young, idealistic Yale forestry grads. But will carbon offsets do anything to slow global warming?READ»

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Filling the Void

Introducing the Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award winners--25 entrepreneurs solving the world's toughest problems with creativity, ingenuity, and passion. Because they can't stand a vacuum.READ»

Xtreme Teams

In the new world of business, all work is teamwork -- but very few teams work all that well. How do groups of ordinary people achieve extraordinary results? Learn from these extreme teams. Your team may never work the same again.READ»