SSIR Online, Winter 2024 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about problem-solving, telling better stories, advancing reparations, and the growing impact of AI in the social sector.
A collection of standout pieces published online about problem-solving, telling better stories, advancing reparations, and the growing impact of AI in the social sector.
A new framework for understanding the opportunity for health care innovators to dig deeper.
Development philanthropists should focus on building the productive capacity of entire countries to achieve large-scale economic transformation, rather than enabling a few individuals to increase their consumption.
Ten SSIR articles that examine the growing field of impact investing from a range of perspectives, including investors, philanthropists, nonprofits, researchers, social entrepreneurs, and local communities.
An excerpt from The Synthetic University on how mission-driven, market-supported entrepreneurial organizations can transform higher education
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.