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FALL 2008

WORLD CRISIS. BUSINESS SOLUTION.

With the nation facing one of its worst financial crises ever, a lot of people are pointing to the business community and asking, how could you get it so wrong? But some business leaders see this as the ultimate teachable moment, an opportunity to radically rethink the way Bschools educate students, so that MBAs of the future will solve problems rather than create them.

BY THE NUMBERS: FOOD FOR FUEL

High yields and low prices sent corn off the cob and into our gas tanks. But corn may not be the ethanol elixir we thought it was.

RISE OF THE PHILANTHROPRENEURS

Having conquered the markets, many successful entrepreneurs turn their attention toward philanthropic pursuits. Giving, it turns out, can be harder than they thought. But with venture capital, business savvy, and very high expectations, some social entrepreneurs are not just changing the world, but changing how the world does nonprofits.

CURRENT ISSUE:
SPRING/SUMMER 2009

WHEN CRISES COLLIDE

Crashing economy, crashing health care system . . . this is opportunity? Some experts say, ‘Yes, indeed.’ Myriad problems mean myriad openings for entrepreneurial troubleshooters.

BY THE NUMBERS: A WORLD OF THIRST

There are alternatives to depleting oil. There are no alternatives to depleting water. A water map of the world is paradoxical, scary, and a bulletin from the future.

INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL

Success at tech transfer has been elusive. Universities jumped at what seemed a sure thing and found only red ink. From the few places where it has worked, four words: Be realistic, be flexible.

TOPICALITIES

Should the United States manufacture? Should consumers pay down debt? Questions of the moment prompt a range of responses from faculty at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.