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Women Entrepreneurs for Peace in Afghanistan
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleAs Afghan-U.S. relations continue to deteriorate, it's hard to imagine that the two nations can find political common ground. But the language of business... -
The Downside of Focusing on Women and Girls
Global Business Digital ArticleYesterday was International Women's Day and there were many articles and blog posts championing the idea that anti-poverty philanthropy should focus on... -
Getting Serious About Stakeholder Capitalism
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBusiness can't thrive in an environment of unhealthy employees, customers, and communities, an at-risk planet, and a fractured society. To transition... -
For Start-Ups Seeking Talent, a Lofty Purpose Can Backfire
Innovation & Leadership Magazine ArticleAnnouncing that your firm has set out to make the world a better place can help you recruit employees-if your company is large and established. For new... -
Why Social Ventures Need Systems Thinking
Organizational Development Digital ArticleYou can't just think like a startup. -
A New Approach to Funding Social Enterprises
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleAn increasing number of social entrepreneurs and investors are realizing that social enterprises of all sorts, including many organizations regarded as... -
Two Keys to Sustainable Social Enterprise
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleSocial entrepreneurship has emerged over the past several decades as a way to identify and bring about potentially transformative societal improvements.... -
Should Your Business Be Nonprofit or For-Profit?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe right model for social impact is both. -
How Cities Are Using Analytics to Improve Public Health
Global Business Digital ArticleFrom restaurants to lead paint, data is making government more efficient. -
The Microwork Solution
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhat's the best way to lift people out of poverty? The social entrepreneurs in the new "impact sourcing" industry believe the answer is providing work,... -
Accountants Will Save the World
Global Business Digital ArticleFactor social benefits and the use of resources into a company's value. -
Why Leaders Struggle Today
Joseph L. Badaracco, professor at Harvard Business School, describes responsible leadership as a good struggle. -
Nurturing Innovation
Innovation Magazine ArticleA great idea isn’t enough. Leaders must create an environment that allows teams to collaborate successfully over time. -
The Reluctant Social Entrepreneur
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleKathy Giusti never had any desire to be an entrepreneur, especially not one in the nonprofit sector. She was on the fast track at a huge corporation-and... -
The 3-Stage Process That Makes Universities Prime Innovators
Business and society Digital ArticleHow these institutions carefully curate connections and relationships to take ideas from the drawing board into the marketplace. -
Innovating for Shared Value
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleAt its best, business is about innovating to meet society's needs and to build a profitable enterprise. But many corporate leaders are struggling to achieve... -
Design an Organization that Makes a Difference
Strategy & Execution VideoYoung people today want to work for organizations that make a positive difference in the world. To attract talent, companies may need to restructure themselves... -
Put the "and" Back in "Sales and Marketing"
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleHow these two important functions can work better together. -
Chobani Founder Hamdi Ulukaya on the Journey from Abandoned Factory to Yogurt Powerhouse
Business and society Digital ArticleThe Chobani CEO and founder talks about the biggest challenges along the way. “I never thought about quitting,” he says. -
Should Your Nonprofit Charge Its Beneficiaries?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleNo matter how creative and ambitious they may be, nonprofits that rely solely on donations and grants to finance their growth often fall short. One way...
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The University of Virginia Pay-for-Success Lab: Jump-Starting University-Based Pay-for-Success Research Labs
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case study gives an overview of the creation of the Pay-for-Success (PFS) Lab at the University of Virginia (UVA). It promotes discussion of how... -
The Bronx Community Foundation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Derrick and Desmon Lewis were both successful professionals in the consulting and banking industries. They were born and raised in The Bronx, New York... -
SMRT: Internal Crisis Leadership
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Asyraf and Nasrul, two young trainees of SMRT Corporation Limited (SMRT), a multi-modal public transport operator in Singapore, were killed on the tracks... -
APY Art Centre Collective: Taking Indigenous Art to the City
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In early 2019, just a year after opening a gallery in Sydney, Australia, the elders of the APY Art Centre Collective proposed opening a second gallery... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Nonprofits and the Social Sectors (featuring "What Business Can Learn from Nonprofits" by Peter F. Drucker)
24.95View Details Nonprofits and the social sectors are taking on an increasing share of the world's most vital work. Make sure your organization is ready for the challenge.... -
Saahas Zero Waste Solutions: Getting to a Product Market Fit While Cleaning Up India
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case follows social entrepreneur Wilma Rodriguez's journey of three decades as she creates and grows Saahas Zero Waste. Wilma wants to address the... -
SPARK Schools: Kindling Innovation in South Africa's Primary Schools
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In response to the education crisis in South Africa, two young MBA graduates start SPARK Schools, a network of low-fee, private primary schools; however,... -
Food Angel: A Sustainable Solution to Food Waste in Hong Kong
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Food Angel is a Hong Kong based social venture that recycles food into cooked meals for Hong Kong's poor. Founded by Gigi Tung, Food Angel has growth... -
Raymond Jetson's MetroMorphosis and the Effort to Transform Baton Rouge
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Raymond Jetson, an inner-city pastor, former Louisiana state legislator, and 2010 Harvard University Advanced Leadership Fellow, has embarked on a new... -
Cconma.com in South Korea: An Innovative E-Commerce Platform
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In August 2012, the chief executive officer of Cconma.con, an online shopping mall based in Chung-Ju, South Korea, is considering his company's future.... -
The Robin Hood Army
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Education in Chile: A Venue for Individual, Business and Community Involvement
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Describes the alliance between a private businessman in Chile and a municipality to manage the local public education system. Describes the institution... -
InnerCity Weightlifting
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details He was drawn to a subgroup in the AmeriCorps program which most of his fellow counselors avoided and warned him away from, young MS-13 gang members who... -
RHCF: Reaching Primary Healthcare to the Base of the Pyramid
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the evolution of Rural Health Care Foundation (RHCF), which provides primary healthcare services to the economically underprivileged... -
Smart Health (B): Negotiation with a Social Purpose- Role of Managing Director of XYZ Capital (Chris Liu)
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the background to an upcoming negotiation between a Chinese social entrepreneur (Jamie Zheng) and a venture capitalist (Chris Liu).... -
Organic Growth at Sonnentor
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The entrepreneur and founder of Sonnentor, an organic food production company, has grown his business by focusing on unusual strategic and operative choices.... -
Mining and Corporate Social Responsibility: Scotbar Proprietary Limited
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The chief executive officer of Scotbar Proprietary Limited (Scotbar) in Queensland, Australia, decided to develop a process to convert sandstone to sand,... -
Gilberto Dimenstein and Community Empowerment in Brazil (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In 2011, Gilberto Dimenstein, a well-known Brazilian journalist, created a new model that connected disparate resources to revitalize Sao Paulo. He wanted... -
Zipline: Life-Saving Drone Service Redefining the Supply Chain
Management Case Study11.95View Details Zipline delivers medical products via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). With its expansion to Ghana in 2019, Zipline became world's largest medical drone-delivery... -
AIME High: A Social Entrepreneur's Moon Shot
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Describes the entrepreneurial leadership of Jack Manning Bancroft (JMB), a young Australian Indigenous university student who created the Australian Indigenous...
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Women Entrepreneurs for Peace in Afghanistan
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleAs Afghan-U.S. relations continue to deteriorate, it's hard to imagine that the two nations can find political common ground. But the language of business... -
The University of Virginia Pay-for-Success Lab: Jump-Starting University-Based Pay-for-Success Research Labs
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case study gives an overview of the creation of the Pay-for-Success (PFS) Lab at the University of Virginia (UVA). It promotes discussion of how... -
The Bronx Community Foundation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Derrick and Desmon Lewis were both successful professionals in the consulting and banking industries. They were born and raised in The Bronx, New York... -
SMRT: Internal Crisis Leadership
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Asyraf and Nasrul, two young trainees of SMRT Corporation Limited (SMRT), a multi-modal public transport operator in Singapore, were killed on the tracks... -
APY Art Centre Collective: Taking Indigenous Art to the City
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In early 2019, just a year after opening a gallery in Sydney, Australia, the elders of the APY Art Centre Collective proposed opening a second gallery... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Nonprofits and the Social Sectors (featuring "What Business Can Learn from Nonprofits" by Peter F. Drucker)
24.95View Details Nonprofits and the social sectors are taking on an increasing share of the world's most vital work. Make sure your organization is ready for the challenge.... -
Saahas Zero Waste Solutions: Getting to a Product Market Fit While Cleaning Up India
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case follows social entrepreneur Wilma Rodriguez's journey of three decades as she creates and grows Saahas Zero Waste. Wilma wants to address the... -
SPARK Schools: Kindling Innovation in South Africa's Primary Schools
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In response to the education crisis in South Africa, two young MBA graduates start SPARK Schools, a network of low-fee, private primary schools; however,... -
Food Angel: A Sustainable Solution to Food Waste in Hong Kong
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Food Angel is a Hong Kong based social venture that recycles food into cooked meals for Hong Kong's poor. Founded by Gigi Tung, Food Angel has growth... -
The VC Fund Closing Equity Gaps — and Making Money
Venture capital AudioA conversation with Kapor Capital’s founders on what drives them and their investment choices.
