As we consider how investing can help shape the world around us, in a way that is pleasing to God and responsible to those around us, we’re challenged to reflect on both the “vertical” and “horizontal” natures of our faith.
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Business is creating a solution to a problem. The problem is that it’s the people with capital who typically decide which problems get solved.
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Alfa Demmellash took us on a journey to Ethiopia, Harvard, and Rwanda to explain the work she’s doing for underserved urban entrepreneurs.
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You have to know the context. All too often, well-intentioned businesspeople try to expand into or begin operating in underdeveloped economies both nationally and internationally. But when they do not understand the context into which they venture, and they try to implement solutions that work in another space, they flounder and can even cause more damage.
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Knowing that we were foreigners, the people eagerly crowded around us and began saying, "Coca Cola. We like Coca Cola." We asked them if they had ever heard of Jesus? After some murmuring they answered, "No, no one had ever heard that name."
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Until the end of last year my family and I lived in Nairobi, Kenya. It’s a cosmopolitan, dynamic and entrepreneurial city, but 40% of its population live in Africa’s largest slum. Over the past decade, Kenya has experienced an average GDP growth rate of 5.7% but it’s estimated that only 40,000 people (0.1% of the population) have benefited.
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Malcolm Johnston joined us all the way from Belfast, Ireland to share how Faith Driven Investing helped Europe recover from a 65% unemployment rate and his hope for the international movement.
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Empirical research studies have shown that people looking to work for a particular company have actually admitted that they factor in whether or not they view the company as a good corporate citizen. Studies have also shown that employees feel good in knowing that their company is engaged in giving back to the community.
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As the Covid-19 crisis began to accelerate, my colleague proudly told me that he profited from buying Zoom stock. Another one of my friends boasted that he had made money selling short the stock market. Hearing these stories made me recall the words of the father from East of Eden, “Boys go out, and some die…do you think I could take a profit from that?”
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Impact investing is on the rise and needed more than ever to accelerate solutions to global challenges created by COVID-19. But how do investors engage with businesses that are high-impact but face high social costs as well?
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Lawrence Sheffield started Magic City Woodworks to help young men in inner city Birmingham bridge the gap between idleness and meaningful work. They offer a one-year paid apprenticeship training men to be teachable, to gain character, and to gain skills that will serve them in future employment.
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While I typically scan the Wall Street Journal for business and economic news on a frequent basis, I had never looked for or expected to find an article that would directly impact my life as a Christian. In his article, Rob interviews a Chinese economist whose Americanized name is Dr. Peter Zhao.
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While research highlights the importance of an entrepreneurial identity in acquiring resources, our exploratory study advances research on identity, entrepreneurship, and resource exchange by highlighting the other side of the coin: the role of an investor identity.
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I think when we take a closer look at how a business operates, we can see that profit and people are not opposing concepts. I think this opposition melts away.
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Our memories often confuse us and leave us in a place of being more fearful than we should be. Each movie is unique, just as each bear market is unique, but in the end, most of them follow similar formulas.
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Do you want to own companies that you are proud of?” Well, of course I do. But truth be told, I haven’t been paying that much attention. Kuruvilla defined good corporations as those that treated their workers well, which in turn engendered happy clients, demonstrated community-mindedness, environmental responsibility, etc.
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Over the last 30 years, we have witnessed the most significant movement out of poverty in human history. If this trend continues, we will see extreme poverty almost completely eradicated in the 21st century, according to a 2008 report from the World Bank.
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Each of our daily lives have changed drastically since the middle of February. There is an immediate health risk to many of our neighbors, businesses have been ordered to stop operating, and the financial market has seen some of its most volatile days in its history.
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Today’s guest is Greg Lernihan. Greg and his family work together to faithfully steward the resources God has entrusted to them. They grant to Christian ministries and invest from a faith-driven perspective, seeking spiritual, social and financial returns.
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Is there a difference between ownership in a company and patronage of a company? Watch Eventide CEO, Robin John explain the responsibility of both roles.
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