Private Firms, Public Initiatives
An excerpt from The Right Privatization on why private entrepreneurs need capable governments.
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Social Enterprise Innovative ways that organizations are using and adapting business strategies to advance social and environmental well-being
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Learning in Fog
An excerpt from The Upside of Uncertainty on facing the unknown with courage.
The Social Impact Investment Mirage
It’s time for funders to get real about what social entrepreneurs need to succeed.
Thinking and Acting Like a Platform Will Help Social Entrepreneurs Create Impact at Scale
Platform thinking pushes social entrepreneurs to leave the role of the problem solver in favor of being an enabler of changemakers who can solve problems locally.
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.
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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.