Insight: Ideas for Change -Social Business - Muhammad Yunus at World Economic Forum

Adidas shoes for less than one euro? Muhammad Yunus re-imagined our social future and helped make it happen. Yunus argues that too many busi- nesses are focused exclusively on financial profits. For a new world to emerge, Yunus believes we need a new structure: creat- ing social businesses to solve social problems. A social business is financially sustainable but does not pay dividends; in- stead, any profits stay within the business to fund future activities. Its focus is solving social p