Four Steps to Putting Shared Value into Practice
Lessons for large, multinational organizations looking to embrace shared value and more effectively blend purpose with passion.
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A Connected World
Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of the Omidyar Network, discusses why he is optimistic about the “age of connectedness” and how increased connection has changed basic expectations about how society gets things done.
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Invest Philanthropically in For-Profits and Nonprofits
Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of the Omidyar Network, discusses investing in both for-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations to scale social impact.
A Big New Market?
Five years after the launch of Big Society Capital, its first CEO takes stock of what the organization has (and hasn’t) achieved.
The Importance of Giving Earnestly
By pursuing approaches to philanthropy that convey sincerity, companies can reap financial as well as reputational benefits.
Charity Versus Innovation
The response by US foundations to federal welfare reform in the 1990s illuminates their role in policy development.
Doing Business in Africa: Where Strategy Meets Social Investment
Five strategic principles for businesses thinking about entering a new market.
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.