Environment
A Big Deal for Conservation
A group of conservationists, former bankers, and management consultants have imported ideas from Wall Street to create a new way to protect large ecosystems.
Tag: Cross-sector Collaboration
Economic Development
A Fresh Take on Building Prosperous Cities
Local government strategic planning is needed to move cities forward at the necessary rate of reform.
Impact Investing
The Distortion Risk in Impact Investing
How do we ensure that philanthropic subsidies in impact investing are put to productive use?
Social Entrepreneurship
Titanic Solutions for a Sinking World
Four concrete lessons for social innovators.
Business
Mars’ Sustainable Cocoa Initiative in Cote d’Ivoire
The entire cocoa sector—exporters, NGOs, manufacturers, and governments—must help farmers boost their productivity and income.
Economic Development
Kraft Foods’ Cocoa Partnership in Ghana
To develop the next generation of cocoa farmers in Ghana, Kraft Foods created a cross-sector initiative with a long-term view.
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Business
Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving
Wicked Problems explores characteristics of and approaches to today's most complex social issues.
Education
Toward Entrepreneurial Universities for the 21st Century
What are public research institutions doing—or what should they do—to fulfill their compact with the citizens of their states?