Launch apparently took place today: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/seed/
"Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies "The Institute, known informally as SEED, seeks to stimulate, develop, and disseminate research and innovations that enable entrepreneurs, managers, and leaders to alleviate poverty in developing economies. SEED's work is based on the belief that a critical route for economic growth is through the creation of entrepreneurial ventures and by scaling existing enterprises." http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/seed/press-release.html "November 4, 2011 "STANFORD, CA?The Stanford Graduate School of Business has established the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies with a $150 million gift from Dorothy and Robert King, MBA ?60. The gift is among the largest ever to Stanford University. The Institute?s aim is to stimulate, develop, and disseminate research and innovations that enable entrepreneurs, managers, and leaders to alleviate poverty in developing economies...." -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert C. Richards, Jr., J.D.*, M.S.L.I.S., M.A. Ph.D. Student Department of Communication Arts and Sciences The Pennsylvania State University State College, PA 16802 E-mail: robertrichards03 at gmail.com CV: http://www.mendeley.com/profiles/robert-richards Blog: http://legalinformatics.wordpress.com * Member New York bar, retired status. Any opinions expressed above are mine, not those of my institution. The statements above are not legal advice or legal representation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/private/change/attachments/20111104/1c633a0c/attachment.html>
