Reviews for Common Interest, Common Good: Creating Value through Business and Social Sector Partnerships

The average rating for Common Interest, Common Good: Creating Value through Business and Social Sector Partnerships based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-04-27 00:00:00 Marilyn Carpenter As a business consultant who encourages philanthropy and ethical principles within the structure of the businesses I work with, this book of ideas has proven invaluable to me - and has helped the bottom line of the companies I have worked with .

Review # 2 was written on 2008-07-31 00:00:00 Pat Ridings Lester Brown has three main points: 1) Available cropland is decreasing year-over-year 2) Science can no longer increase crop yields in a material way 3) Climate change and ecological damage is destroying what remains of China's land that is still suitable for agriculture. Almost 25 years later, his first two arguments have been completely disproven, and much of his third argument no longer holds true. Brown makes faulty comparisons when comparing the relation between rapid industrialization and grain self-sufficiency by comparing China with Japan and Taiwan. Brown also claims that science can only go so far in boosting crop yields, yet biotechnology and GM crops have already greatly increased China's crop yield today. Lastly, Brown uses national averages and statistics to make excessive generalizations that disregard China's enormous physical and human diversity. There is no effort to address the great regional inequalities and differences between China's western, central, and eastern districts where diets are very different. Overall, the book has not aged very well and I only read it to complete a human geography course at the University of Waterloo.