Data On Purpose | Do Good Data: Causal Inference Meets Big Data
Hal Varian, chief economist at Google, discusses methods of big data analysis that can indicate not just correlation but also causality.
Innovative ways to enhance corporate social responsibility (more)
Hal Varian, chief economist at Google, discusses methods of big data analysis that can indicate not just correlation but also causality.
Many valuable datasets remain locked away or siloed across different organizations and sectors. This panel from our February data conference looks how we can collaborate better on data projects.
Keeping sustainability programs on track requires a new mind-set, executive leadership, and clear public commitments.
Activism against companies can stigmatize them with politicians.
Men find environmentally friendly products threatening to their masculinity.
To function well, social organizations need to promote understanding of and compassion toward not just the people they serve but also their own employees.
The promise of investing big in underserved entrepreneurs in America.
The time is ripe for companies to look beyond quarterly earnings and depreciation schedules, and into frameworks and strategies that will build long-term resilience.
Nonprofits have near-limitless metrics they can measure, but the key to success is identifying, monitoring, and responding to the few that really matter.
Corporate profitability is too narrow a measure of a company’s financial impact.