Partnering for Impact in India
Big business can join forces with social enterprises to support India’s inclusive growth.
Big business can join forces with social enterprises to support India’s inclusive growth.
Our greatest obstacles set the stage for new business opportunities in 2012 and beyond.
Conflict between social enterprises and government comes down to a simple matter of market overlap.
Small businesses in the world’s 13th most unequal country are leading the way in serving low-income communities.
We must shift our expectations for companies to make business choices based upon fair returns for all stakeholders.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Understanding these six important differences will both facilitate better conversations and help channel funds appropriately.