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Case Study: Should an Emerging-Market Incubator Help U.S. Businesses?
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleA nonprofit that supports emerging-market entrepreneurs considers expanding to the U.S. -
Using Technology and Data for Social Impact
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How Social Entrepreneurs Make Change Happen
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Philanthropy’s New Agenda: Creating Value
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleSatisfied with doing good, too few foundations work strategically to do better. -
Know the Difference Between Your Data and Your Metrics
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How Can India Unleash Its Entrepreneurs?
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleIn the course of the last three days I have spent at the 2009 India Economic Summit organized by the World Economic Forum (WEF), I have heard speeches from many politicians and policy-makers — from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma to Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning […] -
Want to Help People? Just Give Them Money
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The $300 House: Go, Go, Go!
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe $300 House: The Challenge The Financial Challenge The Design Challenge The Energy Challenge The Co-Creation Challenge The Marketing Challenge The... -
Health Reform Lessons from Mexico
Organizational Development Digital ArticleEditor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative... -
The Case for Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure
Business and society Digital ArticleHow businesses and governments can work together to build digital foundations that benefit everyone. -
A New Way to Scale Social Enterprise
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA new type of security, called "mission equity," caps investor returns so the company's financial success can help fuel its mission. -
Three Cases of Better Corporate Philanthropy
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThis season of giving often brings a focus on corporate philanthropy - on giving. But it's hard to do well. If you wanted to design a corporate philanthropy... -
One Way to Help Employees Build Emergency Savings
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How a New Generation of Business Leaders Views Philanthropy
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Expanding the Reach of Primary Care in Developing Countries
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What You Can Learn from Mission-Driven Companies
Social enterprise Digital ArticleWhat can Procter & Gamble learn from Method, the San Francisco purveyor of natural home products? How about Fidelity Investments — could it profit from observing Zurich’s Sustainable Asset Management? What lessons are offered to mainstream companies by mission-driven companies, those small- and medium-sized enterprises that balance profitability with social and environmental goals? By studying […] -
Want to Change the World? Be Resilient.
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Solving Complex Social Problems Through Collaboration
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AI Engineers Need to Think Beyond Engineering
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleGoogle AI practitioners argue that partnerships with social scientists and community members can deepen understanding of complex problems and lead to... -
How Companies Can Champion Sustainable Development
Social enterprise Digital ArticleFocus on the problem you want to solve.
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One Way to Help Employees Build Emergency Savings
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleMost workers in the U.S. can’t afford unexpected expenses. A partnership between an asset firm and a non-profit created a system for building a cushion. -
The Paradox of Growing as a Values-Driven Company
Business and society Digital ArticleLessons from the B Corp movement about how to offer ethical alternatives at scale — without diluting your mission. -
Should Your Nonprofit Charge Its Beneficiaries?
Nonprofit organizations Magazine ArticleNominal fees can help organizations have a greater impact. -
OpenAI’s Failed Experiment in Governance
Corporate governance Digital ArticleIn mixing the for-profit and nonprofit models, OpenAI hoped for the best of both worlds. Instead, it got the worst. -
How Tony’s Chocolonely Created a Purpose-Driven (and Profitable) Supply Chain
Human rights Digital ArticleA case study of the popular Dutch chocolate company. -
Research: Why Employees Accept Lower Pay at Mission-Oriented Companies
Compensation and benefits Digital ArticleA closer look at the social pressures that dissuade job candidates from negotiating for more money. -
The Case for Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure
Business and society Digital ArticleHow businesses and governments can work together to build digital foundations that benefit everyone. -
Should Your Start-up Be For-Profit or Nonprofit?
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Moving the Needle on Sustainability
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleMany sustainability initiatives focus on improving the sustainability of products and operations in legacy or adjacent markets or on achieving sustainability... -
Why Sharing Economic Growth with the Community Is Good Business
Social and global issues Digital ArticleMutually beneficial partnerships can both drive profit and alleviate poverty. -
What Happens When a Company (Like Patagonia) Transfers Ownership to a Nonprofit?
Corporate governance Digital ArticleThis form of ownership may be new in the U.S., but it’s relatively common in Europe. -
How Business Coalitions Can Have a Strong Local Impact
Business and society Digital ArticleBest practices based on an analysis of more than 40 regional initiatives. -
Accounting for Climate Change
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The Net Positive Manifesto
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleBoth practically and morally, corporate leaders can no longer sit on the sidelines of major societal shifts or treat human and planetary issues as "someone... -
How NGOs Can Help More People with DIY Solutions
Business and society Digital ArticleIn certain cases, offering unfinished products to aid recipients can lead to better results — and help make the most of limited resources. -
How Low and Middle-Income Countries Are Innovating to Combat Covid
Global Business Digital ArticleSeven lessons for innovators everywhere. -
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... -
Why Today’s Startups Pursue Both Ideas and Ideals
Corporate social responsibility Big IdeaPurpose can provide strategic and operational advantages. -
Power Sharing Can Change Corporations for the Better
Global Business Big IdeaStrategies for ensuring stakeholder voices are heard and ESG goals are met. -
A New Way to Scale Social Enterprise
Social enterprise Digital ArticleA new type of security, called “mission equity,” caps investor returns so the company’s financial success can help fuel its mission.
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Wilderness Safaris: Impact Investing and Ecotourism Conservation in Africa
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2018 the majority ownership of publicly owned Wilderness Safaris, the leading high-end ecotourism company in Africa with safari operations in eight... -
Conducting Social Impact Assessment for Third Sector Organizations
Management Case Study11.95View Details Social impact assessment has become increasingly valued by social investors or funders to capture the value their investments can generate. As such, traditional... -
The Pandemic's Impact on YLED: Navigating Uncertainty and Sustainability
Management Case Study11.95View Details In June 2020, Steven Zwane, founder and chairperson of the Youth Leadership and Entrepreneurship Development (YLED) program, based in Johannesberg, South... -
Omar Selim: Building a Values-Based Asset Management Firm (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The sustainable investing market was a recent phenomenon in the first decade of the 21st century. However, an increasing number of investors began to... -
OpenIDEO
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case describes OpenIDEO, an online offshoot of IDEO, one of the world's leading product design firms. OpenIDEO leverages IDEO's innovative design... -
Big Chocolate: Child Slavery in the Cocoa Industry
Management Case Study11.95View Details Dick Marty was a Swiss Parliamentarian and former state prosecutor. In 2015, Marty led the Swiss Coalition for Corporate Justice (SCCJ), an alliance of... -
Bias Interrupted: Creating Inclusion for Real and for Good
28.00View Details A cutting-edge, relentless, objective approach to inclusion. Companies spend billions of dollars annually on diversity efforts with remarkably few results.... -
"Care in Every Drop": Ayala Corporation and Manila Water (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details Since 1834, eight generations of the Ayala family have used their conglomerate to fund nation-building projects in the Philippines, including investments... -
Natural Gas and Its Role in the New Energy Dynamics
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details "Natural Gas and Its Role in the New Energy Dynamics" presents a comprehensive look at new natural gas extraction technology (hydraulic fracturing or... -
San Rafael: How Uncommon Stakeholder Alliances Reduced Chronic Homelessness
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In early 2016, San Rafael, California, created a new position - Director of Homeless Planning and Outreach. The goal was to solve this complex social... -
Breaking the "Circle of Poison": Senator Patrick Leahy and Pesticide Export Controls
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details What would prompt an elected official to take on what appears to be a moral cause with little immediate political benefit? That is the implicit political... -
Desi Hangover: Circular Transition of a Conscious Fashion Brand
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Desi Hangover, an Indian company empowering artisans to manufacture handcrafted leather footwear, was a finalist at Lakmé Fashion Week in 2020 in the... -
Safe in India: Casting Light on the Dark Side of Workers' Safety in the Automotive Industry
Management Case Study11.95View Details Set in 2023, the case documents the initiatives of the Safe in India Foundation (SII), a non-profit organisation, that aims to improve workers' safety... -
Greenpeace
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Nearly all environmental organizations have a similar aim: to stop the degradation of the natural environment. However, the strategies which environmental... -
Janet Ames (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames... -
Dealing with a Changing Environment: Fundacion Peruana para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details At a time, in the early 1980s, when Peru is wracked by leftist terrorism and hampered by weak central government, the Foundation for the Protection of... -
Accounting Outages at Plug Power? (C)
Management Case Study5.00View Details Set in June 2023, the C case explores Plug Power's recovery from its financial restatements, how it benefited from government subsidies, and new strategic... -
Raven Indigenous Capital Partners: Designing An Impact Investing Measurement Framework
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In February 2020, a social geographer at the University of Victoria was approached by one of the co-founders and managing partners of Raven Indigenous... -
Konecta: Strategic Transformations in a Digital Era
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case analyzes the evolution of the business model of the Spanish multinational Konecta, which, since its origin, was dedicated to providing Contact...
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Wilderness Safaris: Impact Investing and Ecotourism Conservation in Africa
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2018 the majority ownership of publicly owned Wilderness Safaris, the leading high-end ecotourism company in Africa with safari operations in eight... -
Case Study: Should an Emerging-Market Incubator Help U.S. Businesses?
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleA nonprofit that supports emerging-market entrepreneurs considers expanding to the U.S. -
Using Technology and Data for Social Impact
Social enterprise Digital ArticleMonth three of our special series on scaling entrepreneurial solutions that benefit society. -
How Social Entrepreneurs Make Change Happen
Social enterprise Digital ArticleThe story of how one organization envisioned a future transformed. -
Philanthropy’s New Agenda: Creating Value
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleSatisfied with doing good, too few foundations work strategically to do better. -
Know the Difference Between Your Data and Your Metrics
Social enterprise Digital ArticleTo understand your social impact, you need to measure the right things. -
How Can India Unleash Its Entrepreneurs?
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleIn the course of the last three days I have spent at the 2009 India Economic Summit organized by the World Economic Forum (WEF), I have heard speeches from many politicians and policy-makers — from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma to Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning […] -
Want to Help People? Just Give Them Money
Social enterprise Digital ArticleData shows that direct cash transfers can lift people out of poverty. -
Conducting Social Impact Assessment for Third Sector Organizations
Management Case Study11.95View Details Social impact assessment has become increasingly valued by social investors or funders to capture the value their investments can generate. As such, traditional... -
The $300 House: Go, Go, Go!
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe $300 House: The Challenge The Financial Challenge The Design Challenge The Energy Challenge The Co-Creation Challenge The Marketing Challenge The...