Doing Business in Africa: Where Strategy Meets Social Investment
Five strategic principles for businesses thinking about entering a new market.
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Looking Good by Doing Good
Four ways corporate philanthropists can do better by their beneficiaries—and themselves.
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An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization
An Everyone Culture argues that organizations do best when they build an environment that encourages constant personal development among their employees.
Women and Innovation: Making the Connection
There is growing evidence that greater gender equality leads to increased business innovation, and companies that pay attention stand to reap great rewards.
The Circular Economy Takes on Food Waste
Eliminating food waste is economically plausible and can unleash new opportunities for businesses.
Fixing the Freest Marketplace Money Can Buy
Fourteen ways to create a marketplace that expresses the wishes and best interests of the many, not the few.
Social Good Is Always Good Branding—or Is It?
Building a brand solely on social impact is not a guarantee for success, and it comes with risks that can take businesses by surprise.
Big Blue Volunteers
From Mumbai, India, to Mérida, Mexico, IBM employees are applying
their professional skills to a wide range of social challenges.
There Is No Such Thing as a Green Product
Touting products like LEDs and recycled plastic packaging as “green” is misleading, because it fails to account for their effects on markets and consumer behavior and for the resulting environmental consequences. The authors offer what they say is a better approach: measuring the overall "net green" impact of the product.