Social Entrepreneurship
Quality Distribution for Commercial Success
How an organization distributes a life-improving technology matters more to its commercial success than the product itself.
Tag: International Development
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Technology & Design
SMART CITIES: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia
SMART CITIES explores how the combination of city growth and new technology can bring opportunities for the future.
Social Entrepreneurship
Prizes and Challenges Matter for Development
Prizes allow institutions to develop revolutionary new solutions, are less risky than traditional grants, and can create communities of practice.
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Health
Pharmacy on a Bicycle
Pharmacy on a Bicycle explores innovative solutions to global health problems.
Social Entrepreneurship
If the Goal is Scale, Promote Theft
Too many smart people are trying to come up with too many new solutions; fostering plagiarism of successful models is the fastest track to systems change.
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Global Issues
The Solution Revolution
The Solution Revolution discusses the need for a new cross-sector approach to global problems.
Socially Responsible Business
Facebook’s Shared Value Status: It’s Complicated
Facebook and Google may be the new poster children for shared value, but is Internet access a critical social issue?
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Food
Supply Chain Environmental Sustainability, Responsible Corporate Citizenship
Employing social enterprise to improve packaging, Coca-Cola uses renewable resources and recycling projects to enhance environmental sustainability and international development.
Technology & Design
Mobile Phones Build Peace
New research illustrates how we can overcome challenges facing post-conflict countries like Afghanistan through the use of mobile phones.
Nonprofits
The Quest for Scale
An effort to improve sanitation in developing countries yields lessons in how to achieve enduring, broad-based social impact.