FROM LUXOR TO CAIRO AND BEYOND: THE GREAT AWAKENING

Mar 11, 2019 | Gazette

The Egypt Entrepreneurship Summit 2018 (EES2018) that took place in November 2019 was five months ago but it has taken a while to digest what actually took place in the city of Luxor, Egypt. To many, Luxor is known for the Valley of the Kings and Luxor
Temple. For the ancient world, these are wonders that still today mystifies engineer and architects on how these great structures were built. There have been many copycats of these tombs and structures but we know that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

FROM LUXOR TO CAIRO AND BEYOND: THE GREAT AWAKENING

March 11, 2019

The Egypt Entrepreneurship Summit 2018 (EES2018) that took place in November 2018 was five months ago but it has taken a while to digest all of what actually took place in the city of Luxor, Egypt. My knowledge of Luxor was very limited for its Valley of the Kings and the Luxor Temple. These attractions were widely known in the ancient world. In fact, these wonders still today mystifies engineer and architects on how these great structures were constructed and without the benefit of modern-day machines. There have been many copycats of these tombs and structures and acknowledge that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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Social Entrepreneurship on the SDGs

Mar 4, 2019 | Gazette

According to estimates, the total combined consumption by all the human activity around the world is greater than the resources generated by the planet. In other words, every year, the Earth Overshoot Day is being reached earlier, and this overtakes the planet´s ability to generate those resources for that year. By October 1, 2000, all the resources of Mother Earth had been consumed. In 2015, it was by August 13. And last year, the Earth Overshoot Day was August 1.

Social Entrepreneurship on the SDGs

March 4, 2019

According to estimates, the total combined consumption by all the human activity around the world is greater than the resources generated by the planet. In other words, every year, the Earth Overshoot Day is being reached earlier, and this overtakes the planet´s ability to generate those resources for that year. By October 1, 2000, all the resources of Mother Earth had been consumed. In 2015, it was by August 13. And last year, the Earth Overshoot Day was August 1.

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YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT… OR WHAT YOU NEED

Feb 25, 2019 | Gazette

Over the last ten years, Mexican competitiveness and income inequality have remained at a long impasse. Currently, the nation ranks number 51 among 138 indexed nations.

YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT… OR WHAT YOU NEED

February 25, 2019

Over the last ten years, Mexican competitiveness and income inequality have remained at a long impasse. Currently, the nation ranks number 51 among 138 indexed nations.

Competitiveness refers to a nation’s ability to compete for resources, increase investment and productivity, and generate growth and prosperity to improve quality of life. However, a better standard of living can only be achieved when domestic businesses can compete equally against businesses from other countries, sustaining themselves while increasing income and production efficiency. In other words, a business must manage skills, resources, and capabilities to prosper. Thus a nation’s competitiveness depends on the collective competitiveness of its firms.

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PLANET OMNI: THE NEW YIN YANG OF BUSINESS

Feb 18, 2019 | Gazette

The world is changing. And there are many terms and phrases we hear to describe the dynamic world around us; I like to use VUCA – a term coined to describe the post-Cold War world – Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and, Ambiguous.

PLANET OMNI: THE NEW YIN YANG OF BUSINESS

February 18, 2019

The world is changing. And there are many terms and phrases we hear to describe the dynamic world around us; I like to use VUCA – a term coined to describe the post-Cold War world – Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and, Ambiguous.

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SCHUMPETERIAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS CAPITALIST DIALECTICS

Feb 11, 2019 | Gazette

In trying to paintbrush background and scientific “environs” when Schumpeter`s visionary “Theory of Economic Development” (1912) came out, classical and neoclassical thought as well as Marx’ “Capital” (in all its volumes) had been exposed already for some time to scholarly scrutiny by the learned community.

SCHUMPETERIAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS CAPITALIST
DIALECTICS

February 11, 2019

In trying to paintbrush background and scientific “environs” when Schumpeter`s visionary “Theory of Economic Development” (1912) came out, classical and neoclassical thought as well as Marx’ “Capital” (in all its volumes) had been exposed already for some time to scholarly scrutiny by the learned community.

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UNITED NATIONS – DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS/DIVISION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (DESA)

Feb 4, 2019 | Gazette

The Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DESA/DSDG) at the United Nations is engaged in a project to support 9 pilot countries (Brazil, Peru, Cambodia, Fiji, Laos, Sri Lanka, Kenya, the Philippines, and Tanzania) to enhance the role of micro-, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

UNITED NATIONS – DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS/DIVISION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (DESA)

February 4, 2019

The Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DESA/DSDG) at the United Nations is engaged in a project to support 9 pilot countries (Brazil, Peru, Cambodia, Fiji, Laos, Sri Lanka, Kenya, the Philippines, and Tanzania) to enhance the role of micro-, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The project is funded by the government of the People’s Republic of China, and was launched with a global symposium on the role of MSMEs in achieving the SDGs held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on June 7-8, 2018.

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