Between the Quick Exit and the Long Sojourn
Social entrepreneurs have to get out there and do the work, with enough staying power to make a real impact. Part one of a two-part series.
Social Enterprise - Most Popular
Innovative ways that organizations are using and adapting business strategies to advance social and environmental well-being (more)
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Small Business, Big Change: A Microentrepreneur’s Guide to Social Responsibility
Small Business, Big Change offers guidance for socially responsible small businesses seeking to maximize their impact.
Impact Economy Lesson from Rural China
Building an impact economy at scale can help ensure that success and opportunity become the norm for children not the exception.
Collaborative Disruption in the Nonprofit World
Nonprofits are making funding an integral part of their mission, and working with for-profits and other nontraditional partners to deliver on that mission.
Product Paternalism
Women’s empowerment means voter choice, partner choice, healthcare choice, reproductive choice, career choice, and consumer choice.
Where Is the BOP Health Care Fortune?
Research shows that healthcare social enterprises are segmenting the BOP and leaving the bottom 50 percent of consumers behind.
The Power of a Simple and Inclusive Definition
To live up to its vision to change the world for the better, the social entrepreneur movement must clearly and simply define itself.
Big Business and Healthcare: It’s Not About the Money
A global study of healthcare social enterprises shows that partnerships, not investment, are the key to healthcare innovation and new markets.
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Social Innovation Creates Prosperous Societies
The old paradigm of government aid is inadequate. What's needed are innovative solutions that foster sustainable economic growth.
The Growth of European Venture Philanthropy
Growing numbers of foundations, government agencies, and corporations in Europe are adopting venture philanthropy practices.