Tainted Love

By Maia Szalavitz

Tough love programs hurt addicts and adolescents.

Appraising Business Ideas

By Jeffrey Pfeffer & Robert I. Sutton

Sidebar to "Act on Facts, Not Faith:" rules to keep in mind when evaluating or developing business ideas.

Listening to Tsunami Survivors

By Leslie Berger

Treating aid recipients like valued customers gives insights into disaster relief.

Act on Facts, Not Faith

By Jeffrey Pfeffer & Robert I. Sutton 1

How management can follow medicine's lead and rely on evidence, not on half-truths.

Closing the Culture Gap

By G. Pascal Zachary

Aiding Africans first requires understanding their cultures.

Podcast

Leslie Lamb - Managing Risk in an Uncertain World

In this audio lecture, Leslie Lamb shares her company's approach to risk management with some of the main actors in humanitarian disaster relief operations gathered at the Stanford Effective Disruption Management Seminar.

Research on a Shoestring Budget

By R. Christine Hershey & Andrew Posey

Sidebar to "Research Rules:" some tips for picking your public's brain –– cheaply.

Research Rules

By R. Christine Hershey & Andrew Posey

Why nonprofits should do their homework before communicating with the public.

Donor, Heal Thyself

By Paul C. Light

Donor fatigue is ultimately rooted in givers' own reluctance to invest in the future.

Review: Bootstrap Dreams

Review By Nancy C. Jurik

The emergence of microenterprise development programs, internationally and in the United States.