During the application period, like every year, we received many essays written by the students who seek to be part of the conference. We want to congratulate all of those who worked on this and for having accepted the challenge of sharing all their ideas with us.
In this opportunity we decided to share the most outstanding productions from the SABF 2013 participants with you. These are some of the reviews:
For an ECOnscious society
Francisco Martín Gallego – Universidad Nacional del Sur – Argentina
“The proposal combines recycling and entrepreneurship in one project. It seeks to generate an organization in charge of collecting plastic in places that are key for that specific waste, like restaurants, bars and/or clubs. Classifying the waste in its place of origin, in a decentralized manner, implies a great advantage in the recycling chain.
The organization we are talking about falls under the definition of Social Enterprise, which in my opinion is the best way of Rethinking the Rules of the Game.”
Let’s play to Rethink “The Game”
Felicitas de Zavalía – Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino – Argentina
“We live in a society with motives but no motivation, we have concerns but we stay still. We are used to being “passive citizens”. Nonetheless, as they say: Actions say more than words. This is why I believe that the key to be able to rethink the rules of the game is firstly to rethink about the “player’s” education. Imagine being able to give the tools not only to 2 or 3 Steve Jobs that in each generation knew how to take advantage of the opportunities, but “awake” hundreds, why not thousands of “geniuses” that will discover their own talents.”
Changing the Rules of the Game
Muhammad Faisal Mukaddam – Institute of Business Managment – Pakistán
“Albert Einstein once said, “I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.” And surely enough, it is here. The future is every day. It is not a notion, it is not an ideology and it is not a time frame. It is a reality. Mankind’s greatest challenge now is having to whet the appetite of the monster it has created in the form of growth and development while ethically and morally sustaining the implications and effects it has on our modern day societies. If we are to be the ones to bring about a positive change not only for ourselves but also for our future generations, a change in the gaming rules is most timely in order.”
A recipe for sustainable capitalism
Tara Jafarmadar – Cambridge University – United States
“Presently, we as humans are operating in an infinite matter while living on a finite planet. Our global mentality of business competes directly with the Earth’s capability to produce life. This session will provide insight into the notion of a sustainable capitalism- a framework that seeks to maximize long-term profit through reforming markets to address the triple bottom line. The session will discuss some of the complex issues regarding present-day commerce and the recipe required for a paradigm shift in the way we conduct business.”
A new way to think about economic growth: stop attracting business, start attracting entrepreneurs
Marco Cesare Solinas – Università Bocconi – Italy
“The current global economic crisis has shown how the growth model of many south european countries is not sustainable in the long term. This is the main challenge for the developing countries: taking the right way for a long-term growth in a wise and forward-looking view, avoiding the european mistakes. Taking this into account, it is necessary to think about the attractiveness of foreign investments in a new way: it is time to stop thinking about attracting companies to produce and start attracting entrepreneurs to innovate.”
Outside the wall: Pink Floyd and Entrepreneurship
Alan Bidart – Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires – Argentina
“In the modern world opportunities are outlined by a wall similar to the one described by Pink Floyd in “The Wall”. Though this view is already vox populi, what is really captivating is how the concept of entrepreneurship differs on each side: outside the wall originality is a quality, but inside it is a necessary feature to survive. Furthermore, entrepreneurship is not “Another Brick in the Wall”, it is a hole that connects both sides. It is of utter importance to redefine the attention we pay to ideas from inside the wall in order to change our world.”
