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The Myth of Sustainable Fashion
Global Business Digital ArticleDespite high-profile attempts at innovation, the industry has failed to reduce its environmental impact so far. -
Creating Shared Value
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleHow to reinvent capitalism—and unleash a wave of innovation and growth. -
The High Cost of Neglecting Low-Wage Workers
Finance & Accounting SpotlightMany companies blame outside factors for the trouble they've been having in finding and retaining frontline workers: the pandemic, the government's stimulus... -
The Case for Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure
Global Business Digital ArticleHow businesses and governments can work together to build digital foundations that benefit everyone. -
Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhen it comes to philanthropy, executives increasingly see themselves as caught between critics demanding ever higher levels of "corporate social responsibility"... -
The 8 Responsibilities of Chief Sustainability Officers
Global Business Digital ArticleVisualizing this complex - and increasingly common - executive role. -
How the Carl Icahns of the World Benefit Firms but Not Workers
Financial markets Digital ArticleResearch reveals how activist investors help and hurt. -
Innovating by Making the World a Better Place
Innovation Digital ArticleMaggie Brenneke, director of the Skoll Social Enterprise Program at SustainAbility. When businesses consider their social and environmental bottom lines, they identify new opportunities to innovate. Some of those opportunities can be surprising! -
The Real Reason the German Labor Market Is Booming
National competitiveness Digital ArticleIt’s a resurgence other countries should understand before copying. -
Collaborating for the Common Good
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleCollaboration among competitors is an unnatural act, but sometimes it's the best way to reduce costs, leverage strength, accelerate scale, or amplify... -
A Bretton Woods for the 21st Century
Sustainable business practices Magazine ArticleIf you are the leader of a large organization (or only of yourself) who cares about improving the world, here’s a question you should consider: How will you participate in the global solution networks that are increasingly managing to address the world’s problems? A global solution network is a group of independent parties that have […] -
The Countries Most (and Least) Likely to be Affected by Automation
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Don’t Assume the Shoe Fits
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleMost businesspeople will serve on the board of a nonprofit organization at some point. But the governance of nonprofits can differ dramatically from the governance of businesses. Even the best intentions can prove disastrous when new board members fail to understand that their traditional business experience can carry them only so far. -
When You’ve Made Enough to Make a Difference
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Look to Government—Yes, Government—for New Social Innovations
Government Digital ArticleA sample of pilot programs from around the world. -
Can Industry Survive the Welfare State?
Labor Magazine ArticleTo maintain worldwide competitiveness, the West must adopt strategies achieve a balance between productivity and welfare goals -
Finding Middle Ground
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The Department of Mobility
Costing Magazine ArticleEmployees are constantly in motion—making sales calls or taking service trips; visiting an international office for a few days or relocating there for a few years; soaring across oceans in the corporate jet or heading across town in the company car. Typically, these activities are administered by an assortment of departments and vendors. But we […] -
Why Today’s Startups Pursue Both Ideas and Ideals
Corporate social responsibility Big IdeaPurpose can provide strategic and operational advantages. -
Dancing into a Turnaround
How to successfully manage finances, especially in a creative organization? Keep momentum, adhere to benchmarks, and don't neglect reporting.
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Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The B case documents the development of a strategy to achieve system-level impact in a rapidly changing healthcare landscape for a nonprofit focused on... -
Artesanías de Colombia
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Upon becoming General Manager of Artesanías de Colombia (AC) in January 2007, Paola Muñoz faced the challenge of redefining the organization's strategy.... -
Residential Child-Services Facility (A): A CEO'S Effort to Preserve Morale
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details In 2013, the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the Christian Children's Home of Florida (CCHF), a well-established, faith-based residential care facility... -
New Leaders for New Schools
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes the founding, early growth, and expansion plans of New Leaders for New Schools, a nonprofit public education venture that recruits, trains,... -
Nehemiah Strategy: Bringing It to Boston (Multimedia Case)
Strategy & Execution Tool25.00View Details In 2003, Lee Stuart was working with the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization to implement an affordable housing initiative in Boston. She and her colleagues... -
Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (Abridged)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details A nonprofit in the healthcare arena explores strategies to achieve system-level impact. Founded in 1996 with a volunteer-staffed help desk at Boston Medical... -
Orchid Species Preservation Foundation: Choosing a Direction
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The Orchid Species Preservation Foundation (OSPF) was a not-for-profit organization in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was dedicated to the preservation... -
SNA Educa (ex Codesser)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details SNA Educa (previously known as Codesser) is a non-profit organization which was created by the National Association of Farmers (Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura,... -
Trafalgar Bridge
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In the spring of 2004, an engineering inspection revealed that a 100-year-old historic bridge had serious maintenance problems. Several options were considered... -
Uncommon Schools (A): A Network of Networks
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case StudyIn 2013, Brett Peiser, CEO of the charter school management organization (CMO) Uncommon Schools, is reassessing the non-profit's strategy. For nearly... -
The Environment, Development and Participation: the Dilemmas of Asociacion Civil Labor
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Asociacion Civil Labor is a private non-profit organization founded in 1981 in llo, a city located in an important mining and fishing region in southern... -
Brummer and the bracNet Investment
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details bracNet, a for-profit/nonprofit partnership, aims to establish Internet connectivity throughout Bangladesh. Venture capitalist Patrik Brummer invested... -
Akshaya Patra: Impact at Scale
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study15.05View Details Akshaya Patra, an Indian NGO, had set an ambitious goal of serving 5 million free meals daily to India's schoolchildren. Founded in 2000, Akshaya Patra... -
Too Many Parents? Part A: Governance of Boston's Rose Kennedy Greenway
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case study examines-through the lens of governance structure-the evolution of the Central Artery (or "Big Dig") in Boston, a public works project... -
Fresh Routes: Navigating Uncertain Times
Management Case Study8.95View Details Fresh Routes, a not-for-profit social enterprise with the mission of advancing local food security, was focused on creating new and innovative ways of... -
AIME High: A Social Entrepreneur's Moon Shot
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes the entrepreneurial leadership of Jack Manning Bancroft (JMB), a young Australian Indigenous university student who created the Australian Indigenous... -
Kwame Owusu-Kesse at the Harlem Children's Zone
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Do you-as leader, an individual within an organization, or running your own business-know when to say yes and when to say no? How do you make decisions... -
Social Finance, Inc.
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Scaling Social Enterprises: The Case of ENVIE and ACTIF in France (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details ENVIE and ACTIF are two French social enterprises that aim at creating employment opportunities for long-term unemployed people through refurbishing and... -
Uncommon Schools (B): Seeking Excellence at Scale through Standardized Practice
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case StudyIn 2013, Brett Peiser, CEO of the charter school management organization (CMO) Uncommon Schools, is reassessing the non-profit's strategy. For nearly...
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The Myth of Sustainable Fashion
Global Business Digital ArticleDespite high-profile attempts at innovation, the industry has failed to reduce its environmental impact so far. -
Creating Shared Value
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleHow to reinvent capitalism—and unleash a wave of innovation and growth. -
The High Cost of Neglecting Low-Wage Workers
Finance & Accounting SpotlightMany companies blame outside factors for the trouble they've been having in finding and retaining frontline workers: the pandemic, the government's stimulus... -
The Case for Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure
Global Business Digital ArticleHow businesses and governments can work together to build digital foundations that benefit everyone. -
Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhen it comes to philanthropy, executives increasingly see themselves as caught between critics demanding ever higher levels of "corporate social responsibility"... -
The 8 Responsibilities of Chief Sustainability Officers
Global Business Digital ArticleVisualizing this complex - and increasingly common - executive role. -
How the Carl Icahns of the World Benefit Firms but Not Workers
Financial markets Digital ArticleResearch reveals how activist investors help and hurt. -
Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The B case documents the development of a strategy to achieve system-level impact in a rapidly changing healthcare landscape for a nonprofit focused on... -
Innovating by Making the World a Better Place
Innovation Digital ArticleMaggie Brenneke, director of the Skoll Social Enterprise Program at SustainAbility. When businesses consider their social and environmental bottom lines, they identify new opportunities to innovate. Some of those opportunities can be surprising! -
The Real Reason the German Labor Market Is Booming
National competitiveness Digital ArticleIt’s a resurgence other countries should understand before copying.