Measurement & Evaluation
A New Accounting System Is Possible
Companies, investors, and consumers need an expanded set of metrics that more broadly and accurately measure risk, return, and value. A Viewpoint from the Fall 2019 issue.
Tag: Socially Responsible Business
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Business
How Movements Create Transformational Change
An excerpt from Cascades delves into the aftermath of the Orange Revolution to examine the implications of “surviving victory.”
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Nonprofits & NGOs
Open Source Aid
An excerpt from The Business of Changing the World: How Billionaires, Tech Disrupters, and Social Entrepreneurs are Transforming the Global Aid Industry argues the case for openness.
Business
Co-creating With the Base of the Pyramid
Companies seeking to do business in low-income markets often make the mistake of transferring assets from higher-income markets to fill perceived gaps. They should instead look to partner with those who live in these markets and to identify the assets already available there.
Business
Living on the Edge
It’s time for socially responsible business leaders to pay higher wages and offer better benefits.
Business
Misremembering to Feel Better
Consumers say they want to purchase ethically, but selective memory gets in the way of their decisions.
Business
Three Ways Businesses Can Improve Their Women’s Economic Empowerment Programs
Corporate programs that focus on women’s economic empowerment need to incorporate women-centered, context-specific design and business-aligned measurement from the start.
Business
Somebody’s Gotta Get Rich
If we’re serious about solving problems, marginal businesses won’t do.
Collaboration
Worldly Strategy for the Global Climate
Progress in dealing with the problem of climate change will require that the institutions of government, business, and community work not in isolation from each other, let alone at cross-purposes, but by reinforcing each other’s efforts through consolidation.
Business
Leading with Purpose: The New Business Norm?
How purpose can attract more consumers, build deeper bonds, and amplify brand messages.