The Small Business Gazette
Can You Afford Your Disease? How the Presidential Election will Determine the Future of the Free Market
For 68% of American voters, the cost of healthcare, including pharmaceutical drugs, was an important facet in determining whether they would vote for President Trump or Former Vice President Joe Biden.[1] In fact, many Americans have stated they are willing to pay higher taxes and forgo new drug developments if it meant a decrease in prescription drug costs.
Current Status of Museums and Digital Platforms: Passion and Persistence
Those of us in the museum field, as evident in the dialogue between Hilary-Morgan Watt and Lenore Miller, are passionate about presenting art and we can call upon the entrepreneurial spirit for persistence in creating new models of experience. Digital platforms and social media are a form of outreach highly prized now, and in the future.
Real Essence of Sustainable Growth
Empathy and connection are the foundations of our human experience as they are and will continue to be even more so as the foundations of our entrepreneurial experiences.
Evoking Ecosystems: As Nature Intended
There is essentially no framework, which we can construct, that can truly describe a “framework” for ecosystems because an ecosystem’s success is typically based on its ability to capture the least common denominators of a community, or the groups typically left out of the discussion.
The Stakeholder Share: Entrepreneurship’s Return to Its Roots
This week, having started the New Professor Program, we have been reflecting much on the elements necessary as we build entrepreneurship that is focused on innovation for humanity and the pursuit of business opportunities for profit, society well-being, sustainability, and the integration of all people.
Answering key questions around informality in micro and small enterprises during the COVID-19 crisis
Understanding how informal enterprises are affected by the Covid-19 crisis is of central importance for identifying effective responses and designing support strategies that can encounter the socioeconomic impacts of the global pandemic.This document provides answers to a set of questions that address, for example, how governments and other actors can effectively reach out to informal economic units, the kind of support that is needed and what might be effective ways to reduce the risk of informalization of formal jobs and economic units.
Reflections
HumaneEntandSDGS
Humane entrepreneurship and the UN SDGs are closely connected, aiming to create a more sustainable and equitable world. By incorporating the SDGs into their business models and practices, humane entrepreneurs can positively impact society and the environment while achieving financial success.
Do Policies Work
Is SME and entrepreneurship policy having its intended effects? Do the benefits of specific programmes justify their costs? Could these benefits be achieved more cost-effectively through alternative approaches?
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JICSBtoPublishICSBCongress
The Journal of the International Council for Small Business (JICSB) will publish a special issue titled “Entrepreneurship for Humanity & Peace” The ICSB World Congress will be held in Gwangju, South Korea, July 9-14, 2023. Therefore, we decided to provide our ICSB community with this enhanced opportunity to submit to the World Congress and receive feedback from the JICSB editors before being considered for publication in JICSB.
Human-Centered versus People-Centered
People-centered approaches tend to prioritize the needs and concerns of specific groups or communities, while human-centered approaches prioritize all individuals’ fundamental needs and values. While both approaches have benefits and drawbacks, it is essential to understand the distinctions to determine which method is appropriate for a given situation.