An Insightful Collaboration

By Tianli Feng & Jia Li

The social enterprise Smart Focus grounds their solutions to China’s rural vision-care crisis in research.

Partnering to Save a Biodiversity Hotspot

By Kyle Coward

An American funding collaborative is on a mission to help environmental advocates in Southeast Asia protect the Mekong River. Can it do so while navigating the tide of regional politics?

Democratizing Capital

By Angie Kim

New laws enabling ordinary people to become equity investors have the potential to uplift marginalized communities, if the new market creates the infrastructure to include them.

Donor Intent Is Critical to Strategic Philanthropy

By Andrew Serazin

Far from constraining foundations, donor intent protects them from short-term thinking and liberates their creativity.

Chinese Food-Delivery Workers, Unite!

By Chana R. Schoenberger

AI-driven food-delivery platforms create greater distrust and labor unrest among gig workers.

Peddling Diversity

Review By Richard Thompson Ford

Nancy Leong’s Identity Capitalists reveals the profit motives of diversity and inclusion strategies.

Summer 2021

The Next Silicon Valley

Review By Rachele Hendricks-Sturrup

Dan Breznitz’s Innovation in Real Places challenges readers to reconsider the disruptive approach to innovation.

Summer 2021

Building Better Boards

By Eric Nee 1

Looking at a board through the lens of colonization can increase its effectiveness and improve board culture.

SSIR Online, Summer 2021 Issue

By SSIR Editors

Links to all of SSIR's online-only articles published the past three months, with editors' notes about standout pieces on fighting disinformation, Indigenous entrepreneurs, multigenerational innovations, and effective virtual boards.

Stop Anti-Asian Hate

By Marcie Bianco

The Asian American and Pacific Islander communities and their allies are rallying against anti-Asian hatred by calling it out.