Social Enterprise
The Societal Role of Social Entrepreneurship
How can social entrepreneurship promote social justice? An unlikely source provides an unambiguous and practical framework.
Social Enterprise Innovative ways that organizations are using and adapting business strategies to advance social and environmental well-being
Social Enterprise
Continuous Transformation to Serve the Mission
Forty years ago, FUNDES launched to serve small enterprises in Latin America. The organization had to reinvent itself many times to survive but continues to support the region’s economic and social development. | Open access to this article made possible by the University of Geneva
Advocacy
How Social Enterprises Advocate
Research demonstrates that social enterprises are political actors that seek to influence public policy and sociocultural norms.
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Building the Refugee Economy
As humanitarian aid agencies buckle under the collapse of financial support, the private sector must step in to invest in refugees and integrate them into the economy. We review three models of success and offer investment strategies. | This article is free to all readers thanks to sponsorship by the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia.
A Path Through AI Overwhelm
Many social impact leaders feel pressure to engage with AI but are overwhelmed and lack a clear starting point. Four fundamental questions can help frame early conversations, grounding AI strategy in purpose, organizational capacity, and values.
Revitalizing Korea’s Small Cities
How the urban revitalization project Localize Gunsan breathed new life into a declining area by applying a pacer model that supports young entrepreneurs for an extended time.
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Grief Is a Gift
An excerpt from Tom Chi’s Climate Capital on building forward for the future we need.
The Low-Cost AI Illusion
What the next economic phase of artificial intelligence means for public interest work and how organizations can protect equity, access, and themselves.
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Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition
Social entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent, money, and attention, but along with its increasing popularity has come less certainty about what exactly a social entrepreneur is and does.
Design Thinking for Social Innovation
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
The Problem With Fair Trade Coffee
Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.
Rediscovering Social Innovation
Social entrepreneurship and social enterprise have become popular and positive rallying points for those trying to improve the world, but social innovation is a better vehicle for understanding and creating social change in all of its manifestations.
ESG Is Not Impact Investing and Impact Investing Is Not ESG
Understanding these six important differences will both facilitate better conversations and help channel funds appropriately.