Center for Peace and Commerce

The 2014 Social Innovation Challenge Awardees

It was a full house, buzzing with palpable energy on Friday May 2, 2014, when 16 finalist teams took the stage at USD's Peace and Justice Theatre to pitch their social venture ideas. Eight teams walked away with a total of $73,500 of award money to help launch their enterprises. Read More

A New Enterprise Imagination for Peace and Prosperity

The Center for Peace and Commerce (CPC) is a collaborative effort between the School of Business Administration and the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies to prepare new generations of "change agents" who develop and exercise innovative approaches for achieving the 4 Ps– people, profit, planet and peace.

CPC contributes to creating new enterprise paradigms and solutions, that foster peace-building and poverty alleviation, through courses, scholarship, enterprise development, active engagement with multiple stakeholders and the promotion of good governance.