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Engaging The Corporate Citizen: Social Challenges, Business Solutions, Singapore Management University
Engaging The Corporate Citizen: Social Challenges, Business Solutions, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
When he came up with the idea of selling toilets in Cambodia, where more than 60 per cent of the population does not have access to basic sanitation, National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre chief executive Laurence Lien was laughed at. His detractors told him: "Nobody is going to purchase toilets from you because this is a community that is dependent on (financial) aid. "But tens of thousands of the toilets were sold within the first few months. Speaking at the Africa Singapore Business Forum, Connex, held at Singapore Management University in August 2012, Lien credits the success of the …
From Boardroom To Parliament, Singapore Management University
From Boardroom To Parliament, Singapore Management University
Perspectives@SMU
Everyone has different motivations for working, . But the primary incentive for slogging it out in the corporate jungle would be money— at least that is what employers believe. This helps explain why companies are often willing to shell out wads of cash to outbid one another in the labour market for top executives.