A broader range of possible business solutions available to solving the world's problems.
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Professor Yunus stresses that there is a broad range of possible business solutions available to solving the world's problems. While many tend to focus on the dichotomy of either the profit-maximisation or totally non-profit models, there is a whole spectrum of business options in between that is largely neglected. Business, he says, is an excellent tool for solving problems, but at present the creativity and technology we have at our disposal is almost all devoted to making money.
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