What is the role of technology in enabling a future lifestyle?
How does the world of technology link to the changing consumer behaviours?
Leveraging Technology and Partnerships to Drive Change in Rural Health Services During a Pandemic
How has the pandemic affected rural health? On the one hand, we must ensure that lives are saved, yet, people’s livelihoods also need to be maintained so that they can have food on the table.
Rethinking Capitalism with Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee
A recording of this webinar will be available soon. The third event in the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development’s flagship ‘Rethinking Capitalism series – with Professors Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, who won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. Professor Elias Papaioannou will moderate the…
The role of business in effecting positive change
“The one and only social responsibility of business,” Milton Friedman wrote, “[is] to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits.”
The importance of infrastructure for economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Infrastructure, the unsung hero of the modern world is only appreciated when it is absent. Transportation, energy, telecommunication and water sanitation may not be as glamorous as big tech or luxury retail, but they are crucial and form the backbone of any economy.
TechForGood: THE IMPACT MULTIPLIER
The LBS Social Impact Club (SIC) works toward its goal of igniting purposeful leadership through its four pillars: Impact Investing, Development and Policy, Corporate Sustainability, and TechForGood.
Wheeler Institute project team contributes to the development of knowledge piece on Sustainable Investment Clusters
Demonstrating how Investment Clusters and Special Economic Zones can be used to drive sustainable and inclusive growth Wheeler Institute project team members – George Looker MBA2020, Charlie Krober MBA2020, Victoria Zhao MiM 2020 along with your author Sarah Pavlu MBA 2020 – supported the knowledge piece collaboration between, P4G, SYSTEMIQ and Savo Project Developers: How to Get Stuff Done through…
Voice of the Village: Rural health services during COVID-19
Join rural women entrepreneurs, the Wheeler Institute, Dharma Life, Pathfinder International, and a network of global partners to identify and discuss challenges faced by rural communities.
Impact of infrastructure improvements in India
Assessing reality of ‘trickle-down’ benefits of greater connectivity for rural households The challenge Increasing infrastructure investment is a key growth strategy in many developing countries; policy debates emphasise the ‘trickle-down’ benefits of such investment. However, there is a gap in our understanding of what type of infrastructure affects individuals’ ability to actualise such opportunities. It…
Entrepreneurship, ESG and venture capital
Towards a long-term research initiative at the intersection of ESG and entrepreneurship The integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in investment decisions has increased rapidly, but investing in high-growth startups through venture capital (VC) has significantly lagged behind. Evidence suggests this trend is accelerating, and that VCs tend to invest in highly disruptive…