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Pioneering Distance Education in Africa
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Three Cases of Better Corporate Philanthropy
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Sex and the City - the Business Version
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Are You Brave Enough to Work for Social Change?
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How Can India Unleash Its Entrepreneurs?
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How General Mills Uses Food Technology to Make an Impact in Africa
Social enterprise Digital ArticleThe industry giant is creating shared value with African businesses, paving the way for others in the process.
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One Way to Help Employees Build Emergency Savings
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The Paradox of Growing as a Values-Driven Company
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Should Your Nonprofit Charge Its Beneficiaries?
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OpenAI’s Failed Experiment in Governance
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How Tony’s Chocolonely Created a Purpose-Driven (and Profitable) Supply Chain
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Research: Why Employees Accept Lower Pay at Mission-Oriented Companies
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The Case for Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure
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Moving the Needle on Sustainability
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Why Sharing Economic Growth with the Community Is Good Business
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How Business Coalitions Can Have a Strong Local Impact
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The Net Positive Manifesto
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How NGOs Can Help More People with DIY Solutions
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How Low and Middle-Income Countries Are Innovating to Combat Covid
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Is a Nonprofit Job Right for You?
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Getting Serious About Stakeholder Capitalism
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Why Today’s Startups Pursue Both Ideas and Ideals
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Power Sharing Can Change Corporations for the Better
Global Business Big IdeaStrategies for ensuring stakeholder voices are heard and ESG goals are met.
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Freshworld: Marrying The Art of Street Vending With The Science of Modern Retail
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Arist: Learning Bit by Bit
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Arist was a Boston, Massachusetts-based startup with a text message learning platform. It was founded by three undergraduate students and raised more... -
ApproTEC Kenya: Technologies to Fight Poverty and Create Wealth
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SMART: AI and ML for Wildlife Conservation
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SimplyGood: From a mission to rescue waste to a passion for reducing single-use plastics
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Anti-Racist Leadership: Tools for Transforming Your Company Culture
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Reel Gardening: Pursuing a Social Mission through Market Mechanisms
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Nexleaf Analytics: Saving the World Using the Internet of Things
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Frontiers in Social Innovation: The Essential Handbook for Creating, Deploying, and Sustaining Creative Solutions to Systemic Problems
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LifeBank Nigeria
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Shrujan: Weaving Long Lasting Threads of Life
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for&from: An Inditex Group Social Franchise
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Out of Hand Theater: Monetizing Creativity
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ESG at WeChat Pay to Support SMEs
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Pioneering Distance Education in Africa
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Freshworld: Marrying The Art of Street Vending With The Science of Modern Retail
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case tracks the evolution of FreshWorld, a unique mobile fruit and vegetable vending (FnV) startup in India. It gives a snapshot of the dilemmas faced... -
How Social Entrepreneurs Make Change Happen
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The Era of “Move Fast and Break Things” Is Over
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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. -
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... -
What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleFundraising is the only capacity that multiplies the money put into it. -
Three Cases of Better Corporate Philanthropy
Organizational culture 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 program to have minimum impact, what would you do? Give out lots of grants in amounts too small to make a real difference. Back pet charities, not […] -
Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India: In Service for Sight
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Starting as a modest 20-bed hospital, Aravind had grown into a 1,400-bed hospital complex by 1992. It had by then screened 3.65 million patients and performed... -
Arist: Learning Bit by Bit
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Arist was a Boston, Massachusetts-based startup with a text message learning platform. It was founded by three undergraduate students and raised more...