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IBM: Where Corporate Responsibility is Not a Trend, but a Lifestyle

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If you looked at just the business pages in American newspapers, you’d think corporations working with nonprofits and delivering global responsibility was a new trend. However, global companies like IBM have been modeling social impact for decades now and Latinitas can attest to their commitment.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

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This incorporates a socially beneficial mission with a manufacturing arm that produces a useful product for its targeted demographic, while also directly providing employment to members of that demographic. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. Maryland was the first U.S. state to adopt this structure in 2010.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Consumer Products. Paper & Forest Products. If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Food & Tobacco.