Business
The Rockefeller Foundation’s Hand in Hobby Lobby
The Supreme Court’s reasoning and decision in Hobby Lobby should make the foundation reflect on the relative wisdom of its initiative to blend the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.
Tag: Regulation
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Making Public Policy Collective Impact Friendly
Government policies too often impede, rather than enhance, collaborative efforts.
Energy
Get Rid of the Grid?
An emerging business model that aims to reduce energy poverty holds real promise. But it needs a jump-start.
Measuring Social Impact
People, Power, and Accountability
Any approach to measuring social impact that doesn’t include a transfer of power to stakeholders is just marketing.
Environment
Auditing the Auditors
Simple steps to reduce conflicts of interest can improve both pollution reporting and regulatory compliance.
Government
A Sharing Economy Cliffhanger: What Will Governments Do?
Earlier this month, a group backed by companies including Airbnb and Taskrabbit began urging users to petition for changes in regulation—will politicians uphold the rules or loosen them? Or is there is a third option?
Socially Responsible Business
Nonprofits Should Lead the Sharing Economy
The sharing economy is creating new business models, forcing traditional for-profit businesses to adapt or fall behind. The same will hold true for the social sector.
Health
Meeting the Challenges of Global Health
In bringing health care to the developing world, innovators can benefit from lessons others learned the hard way. Includes magazine extras.
Cities
A Smarter Way to Park
In San Francisco, planners are using variable pricing to reduce the congestion, pollution, and aggravation that come with big-city traffic.