In Search of Collaborative Spirit
Is collaborative competition … collaborative?
Social Enterprise Innovative ways that organizations are using and adapting business strategies to advance social and environmental well-being
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Social Innovation, Evolving to Law
California's social venture legislation is part of a broader evolution of social innovation.
Too Good to Fail
In August 2010 the US government closed ShoreBank, one of the country’s leading social enterprises. Why did ShoreBank fail?
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Sustainable Excellence: The Future of Business in a Fast-Changing World
Aron Cramer explains how bridging the gap between profit and nonprofit businesses would bring about social change and innovation.
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The Future of the Healthcare Sector
Migliori emphasizes the need for change in the healthcare system in order for it to become more sustainable.
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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.