Comments on: Entrepreneurial Economics and Global Social Problems

By: Christiam M

Christiam M — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:32:07 +0000

Hello Anne: Sorry for my bad ingles. I find is interesting to have radical innovators in the directed projects to develop sectors in the Third World Countries, as it is the case of Peru from where I come.

But we do not lose the center. In order to obtain a radical innovation the entrepreneur is necessary. In order to obtain the entrepreneurship development requires of multiple factors as they maintain the entrepreneurship theories.

Nevertheless, the possibility exists of orienting policies to identify and to support to social entrepreneurs. It is a long subject… Greetings,

Christiam

By: EJRdeNYC

EJRdeNYC — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:24:10 +0000

From the perspective of economic dynamics it would seem to make perfect sense that radical change would occur outside established companies. They still raise and supply the investment capital via their operations, (even if the operations are speculative based), but by having their capital channeled to innovative purposes through secondary means their operations are insulated against risk, and only a truly disposable portion need be allocated for at risk ventures. It should be remembered also that the entreprenuers are often the source people of capital, and not the innovators themselves, quite often innovators make poor business people.

New areas of possible innovation? I think the concept of altruistic avenues of personal commitment is a worthy one. It will probably be a bit before our current economic model of profits drive share price to create wealth winds down. Given this fairly high levels of disposable income should remain circulating. Also producivity increases will conitinue to erode wage based income avenues. So needless to say there will be people with money needing to find something to do with their time, and the increasing press of global concerns is certain to be in the forefront of many peoples minds.

By: Anne Zelenka

Anne Zelenka — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:31:35 +0000

mobile, i’m with you that it’s not the desktop we should be looking at for the next wave of innovation though I’m behind in understanding the technology. The quote from the BW interview re: the next killer apps not having to do with communication… I couldn’t really agree with that. So much of what all people need in the areas of health and good social functioning has to do with communication.

I will be watching your blog to keep up with the mobile revolution.

By: mobile jones

mobile jones — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:58:41 +0000

“In the next 20 years we will see the adoption (increase) to 5 billion to 6 billion.”

There are already 2 billion mobile phone subscribers, and in many countries where laying out cables is not feasible they’ve skipped straight to wireless connectivity. The fastest growing geo markets for mobile subscribers is in Brazil, Russia, India and China, referred to as BRIC.

“And the kinds of killer apps that are important in that world are not those necessarily centered on communication and commerce.”

Actually, there’s a great story from the Gold Coast of Africa about how fisherman are improving their income through the use of cell phones to check various market prices before deciding at which port to sell their daily catch. In addition, women in the Philipines have created a unique market by selling their cell phone minutes to other women at a profit. The purpose of the purchases is to communicate with friends and family.

The future and killer apps for the connected world (first, second or third) won’t occur at a desk.