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Money, Value and a Distorted World: A Case for Social Business
Qazi Nazrul HuqueThe poor jobless mother whose child is hungry knows one thing: She needs money to buy food for her child.The rich man’s teenage son who has taken fancy of the latest model smartphone in his friend’s hand also knows one thing: To buy such a phone he needs money.The desperate mother, if all her normal efforts to earn the money fail, may go to such extreme as selling her honor. The rich man’s son, if all his stunts to persuade his parents to buy him the phone do n...
S.I Leadership Award Ceremony 2018-cum-Yunus Social Business Seminar organized by YSBC@CUHK
Prof. Yunus gave a lecture at Chinese University of Hong Kong, on July 23, 2018 which had established a Yunus Social Business Centre last year. YSBC at CUHK in conjunction with Jockey Club Youth Programme organized the “S.I Leadership Award Ceremony 2018 cum Yunus Social Business Seminar”. He addressed the students and faculty of Chinese university of Hong Kong on the threat of wealth concentration and danger of artificial intelligence....
25 Teams make it to the final of Social Business Creation Competition 2018
Social Business Creation Competition is an international training program organized by Yunus Centre HEC Montreal under the management of HEC Montreal’s Social Impact Hub, Pôle IDEOS, to promote social business. The program is supported by HEC Montreal’s Creativity and Innovation Hub, Mosaic. In 2018, Social Business Creation Competition admitted 53 teams consisting of 171 people from 31 reputable universities around. Of these, 25 teams are selected to compete in the final round...
SBRC organizes Yunus & You Social Business Design Contest (YY Contest) 2018
Yunus and Shiiki Social Business Research Center (SBRC) is hosting the annual YY Contest (Yunus and YOU Social Business Design Contest) 2018. The contest provides mentorship to participants and workshops with various guests from different fields. For 2018, 134 teams have applied to participate and 74 individuals applied for “Mentors” segment. The workshop for the teams run through June to September focusing on: Introduction to Yunus Social Business, importance of own real experiences...
Dr. Lin, Executive Director of YSBC NKUST starts Exposure visit programme at Yunus Centre and Grameen Organisations
Dr. Ying-Shing Lin, Associate Professor, Dept. of Accounting and Information Systems and Executive YSBC director of the YSBC at National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (NKUST) has joined the Exposure visit programme at the Yunus Centre this week. Dr. Lin is visiting as part of the newly started YSBC NKUST, launched at Social Business Day 2018 . Dr. Lin is visiting Yunus Centre, Grameen Bank and other Social Business organizations to learn from on-ground ventures about microcredit...
Director of YSBC Renmin University China, Dr. Meng Zhao, visits Yunus Centre and Grameen Organisations
Meng Zhao (Ph.D.), Associate Professor in Organization and Strategy, Business School, Renmin University of China and Director, Yunus Center for Social Business & Microfinance, Renmin University of China (YCRUC) has recently visited the Yunus Centre and several Grameen organizations in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr. Meng is working on developing a Social Business course at his university with avenue for students to learn from practice of social businesses. During the visit, Dr. Meng had a discu...
Registration Opens for Social Business Academia Conference 2018
7th Social Business Academia Conference is ready to go on floor from 6 – 7 November 2018 in Wolfsburg Germany. Paper submission for the conference began on February 15, 2018 with the full paper submission closing on June 20, 2018. 52 papers have been submitted from 17 countries under ten tracks on social business: Sustainable Development Goals, Health, Education and Training, Technology Including Artificial Intelligence, Environment and Disaster Management, Marketing, F...
59th YSBC: INTI International University
The 59th Yunus Social Business Centre has been set up at INTI International University in Malaysia. Professor Yunus signed the MoU during his recent visit to Malaysia for the book tour of “A World of Three Zeros” in the country. YSBC INTI International University is the 6th one in Malaysia which is boasting a growing social business ecosystem. Ms Tan Lin Nah, Chief Operating Officer, INTI International Education Sdn. Bhd., Dr. Joseph Lee, Vice Chancellor, INTI International Universit...
58th YSBC: Sunway University
Yunus Centre and Sunway Education Group have signed MoU to set up the 58th Yunus Social Business Centre (YSBC) at Sunway University to explore areas of collaboration in education, research, information gathering and action plans. On August 17th, Professor Yunus signed the MoU during his visit to Malaysia for the book tour of “A World of Three Zeros” across three states in the country. Image credit: Sunway University#YSBC...
Two Australian Universities set up Yunus Social Business Centres
Adelaide, March 22-23, 2018: Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has made his maiden visit to Adelaide on March 21, 2018. On March 22, 2018, Adelaide University launched a Yunus Social Business Centre. An MoU was signed between Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chairman of Yunus Centre and Paul Hutchinson, Executive Director of the University of Adelaide’s Faculty of the Professions. The ceremony was held at function room of the famous Adelaide Oval, where Martin Haese, Lord Mayor of Adelaide ...
Yunus Social Business Centre at Hong Kong University
[NEWS_IMAGE] Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus visited Hong Kong on October 14. He gave the “I CARE-University Lecture on Civility" in the packed Sir Run Run Shaw Hall of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). The university has 20,000 students.Professor Shen Zu Yao, Vice Chancellor of the university greeted Professor Yunus as he arrived at the campus. In his 45 minutes lecture Professor Yunus detailed his views on how to build a sustainable world emphasizing that the present mo...
Yunnan Normal University in Kunming China sets up Yunus Social Business Centre
[NEWS_IMAGE] On October 10 Professor Yunus visited Kunming. He was received by Mr. Ye Liaoyan, Chairman of Yunnan Normal University, Professor Yuan Yichuan, Vice Chancellor of the University, and high officials at their campus. They gave him a ceremonial tour of the university which was established in 1938. It has moved into its 2.5 square miles new campus only 7 years back. The university has student population of 40 thousand, 65 percent of whom are girls. Thirty thousand students live on campu...
Yunus Social Business Centre at University of New South Wales
[NEWS_IMAGE]Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus visited Australia between October 8, 2014 to October 11, 2014. Professor Yunus was invited as the Chief Guest at the 10th Annual Conference of the Bangladeshi Architects in Australia. This year’s conference theme was to ascertain ways of having a more socially responsible role for architects. The conference was held on October 9, 2014 at the Syndey Opera House. Speakers in the event included, honorable senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, ...