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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.... -
It’s Time to Invest in Climate Adaptation
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleWe need measures to help people, animals, and plants survive the climate crisis. -
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... -
Transformational Entrepreneurship: Where Technology Meets Societal Impact
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThe slow decline of industrial manufacturing in developed nations and recent failures of financial capitalism across the globe have sent us searching... -
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... -
An Innovative Approach to Funding CSR Projects
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleCorporate social responsibility remains a deeply controversial issue. Vermaelen proposes a creative way to finance CSR initiatives: through equity spin-offs... -
Chobani Founder Hamdi Ulukaya on the Journey from Abandoned Factory to Yogurt Powerhouse
Global Business Digital ArticleThe Chobani CEO and founder talks about the biggest challenges along the way. "I never thought about quitting," he says. -
Should Your Business Be Nonprofit or For-Profit?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe right model for social impact is both. -
Accountants Will Save the World
Global Business Digital ArticleFactor social benefits and the use of resources into a company's value. -
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,... -
How Cities Are Using Analytics to Improve Public Health
Global Business Digital ArticleFrom restaurants to lead paint, data is making government more efficient. -
Key Traits of Social Entrepreneurs
John Elkington, founder and chief entrepreneur of SustainAbility, says social entrepreneurs are generating impressive results--and capturing the imaginations... -
Why Social Ventures Need Systems Thinking
Organizational Development Digital ArticleYou can't just think like a startup. -
Act Bigger than You Are
Global Business Digital ArticleOne secret of successful business and social entrepreneurs is that they act bigger than they are. Not bigger in the bad sense, with the arrogance and... -
Why Leaders Struggle Today
Joseph L. Badaracco, professor at Harvard Business School, describes responsible leadership as a good struggle. -
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... -
Multiplication Philanthropy
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLeverage is the mantra of the times in philanthropy, and rightly so. People want to know that the charities they support are using donations as effectively... -
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... -
How Low and Middle-Income Countries Are Innovating to Combat Covid
Global Business Digital ArticleSeven lessons for innovators everywhere. -
The $300 House: Businesses Take Up the Challenge
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleEditor's note: This post was written with Christian Sarkar, a marketing consultant who also works on environmental issues. Last week, the Tata Group,...
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Diogenes-FG: Heralding Responsible Innovation in Fiduciary Services for Retirement and Nonprofit Trustees
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Diogenes pioneered the use of technology to support trustees and boards in their role as fiduciaries of employee retirement funds. Typically, a multinational... -
Tamul Plates Marketing: Channel Challenges for an Organic Product
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In early January 2018, the chief executive officer and co-founder of Tamul Plates Marketing Private Limited had just confirmed the next round of much-needed... -
HIV, AIDS and Antigua and Barbuda
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The case "HIV and AIDS in Antigua and Barbuda" allows for discussion of a wide variety of issues related to the application of sophisticated business... -
Wilderness Safaris: Ecotourism Entrepreneurship
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Wilderness Safaris sees itself as a conservation company that is built on a business model of providing high-end, premium-priced wildlife safaris in various... -
Carol Johnson and U.S. School Superintendent Tenure
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details After a successful career as a superintendent of some of the nation's largest urban school districts, Carol Johnson elected to complete a Fellowship at... -
ATREE: Social Entrepreneurship in Vembanad
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The backwaters of Vembanad, in Kerala, India, were a renowned tourist attraction, known for their beautiful waters, schools of fish, and the people who... -
Jayaashree Industries: Revolutionising Sanitary Pad Use in India
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Arunachalam Muruganantham is a social entrepreneur dedicated to solving India's menstrual health problems. He developed an unprecedented product: a low-cost,... -
Vox Capital: Pioneering Impact Investing in Brazil, Portuguese Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Vox Capital was the first certified impact investing fund in Brazil. Founded in 2009, it provides early-stage capital for companies offering innovative... -
Oltre Venture: The Impact Revolution (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the start-up and early operation of a novel impact investing firm in Italy: Oltre Venture. Oltre Venture, which defines itself as... -
Canyon-Agassi Investing in Charter Schools
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details After an unusual round of doubles in May 2011, real estate investor Bobby Turner, Managing Partner, Canyon-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund (CACSFF)... -
Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (A), Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study6.95View Details Describes the mission, vision, and strategy of a team of entrepreneurs headed by a charismatic heart surgeon who founded a heart hospital in Bangalore,... -
InsideSales.com (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case focuses on growth requirements for a company moving from its base in SMB customers (Small and Mid-Sized businesses) to Enterprise customers... -
Smart Health (A): Negotiation with a Social Purpose- Role of Founder and CEO of Smart Health (Jamie Zheng)
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).... -
Jaipur Literature Festival - Beyond the Festival Template
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), dubbed "the greatest literary show on earth" was an annual event held in late January at the Diggi Palace in Jaipur.... -
Moltacte: A social enterprise that puts employees like me at the center
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In June 2020, with the COVID-19 crisis affecting physical retail and accelerating the trend of digitalization, the leadership team of Moltacte, a work... -
Proxima Servicios: Turning Subcontracting Into Supercontracting
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Proxima Servicios is a company with a social orientation, recognized in 2017 among the 10% most sustainable B companies. It had the objective of improving... -
Mission Federal Credit Union
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details John Parsons, a senior vice president with Mission Federal Credit Union in San Diego, needed to decide whether to advocate for an initiative from a member... -
Wolo: The Highs and Lows of a Socially-Conscious Venture, Supplement
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case SCG529. -
iyzico: Fundraising in Emerging Markets (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The case opens in 2016 as Barbaros Ozbugutu, co-founder and CEO of the Istanbul-based payment technology start-up iyzico, contemplates the offers the... -
E+Co: A View from the Boardroom
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details E+Co, an award-winning impact investment focused on the introduction of clean-energy technologies in developing countries, made 287 investments totaling...
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Diogenes-FG: Heralding Responsible Innovation in Fiduciary Services for Retirement and Nonprofit Trustees
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Diogenes pioneered the use of technology to support trustees and boards in their role as fiduciaries of employee retirement funds. Typically, a multinational... -
Tamul Plates Marketing: Channel Challenges for an Organic Product
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In early January 2018, the chief executive officer and co-founder of Tamul Plates Marketing Private Limited had just confirmed the next round of much-needed... -
HIV, AIDS and Antigua and Barbuda
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The case "HIV and AIDS in Antigua and Barbuda" allows for discussion of a wide variety of issues related to the application of sophisticated business... -
Wilderness Safaris: Ecotourism Entrepreneurship
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Wilderness Safaris sees itself as a conservation company that is built on a business model of providing high-end, premium-priced wildlife safaris in various... -
Carol Johnson and U.S. School Superintendent Tenure
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details After a successful career as a superintendent of some of the nation's largest urban school districts, Carol Johnson elected to complete a Fellowship at... -
ATREE: Social Entrepreneurship in Vembanad
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The backwaters of Vembanad, in Kerala, India, were a renowned tourist attraction, known for their beautiful waters, schools of fish, and the people who... -
Jayaashree Industries: Revolutionising Sanitary Pad Use in India
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Arunachalam Muruganantham is a social entrepreneur dedicated to solving India's menstrual health problems. He developed an unprecedented product: a low-cost,... -
Vox Capital: Pioneering Impact Investing in Brazil, Portuguese Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Vox Capital was the first certified impact investing fund in Brazil. Founded in 2009, it provides early-stage capital for companies offering innovative... -
Oltre Venture: The Impact Revolution (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the start-up and early operation of a novel impact investing firm in Italy: Oltre Venture. Oltre Venture, which defines itself as... -
Canyon-Agassi Investing in Charter Schools
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details After an unusual round of doubles in May 2011, real estate investor Bobby Turner, Managing Partner, Canyon-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund (CACSFF)...