Stanford Social Innovation Review

Stanford Social Innovation Review is an award-winning magazine covering best strategies for nonprofits, foundations, and socially responsible businesses. Published quarterly by the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Articles

Date Author Category Title
Summer 2009
Paul C. Light
Social Entrepreneurship Social Entrepreneurship Revisited [Free!]

Social entrepreneurship is one of the most alluring terms on the problem-solving landscape today. The question is not whether social entrepreneurship is a term in
good currency, but what it actually means. —By Paul Light

Summer 2009
Jenna Lawrence
Corporate Social Responsibility Making the B List [Free!]

The B Corp seal of approval distinguishes truly responsible businesses from mere poseurs. —By Jenna Lawrence

Summer 2009
Suzie Boss
Arts, Culture, and Religion White House Digs Innovation

Social Innovation now has a place in the White House

Summer 2009
Alana Conner
Arts, Culture, and Religion Research: The Violent Death of Benevolence

Research supports violent media’s negative impact on civility.

Summer 2009
Alana Conner
Arts, Culture, and Religion Research: The Volunteer Boom

“People who volunteer in retirement are the same people that volunteered before retirement, only they give more hours"-Einolf

Summer 2009
Eric Nee
Social Entrepreneurship • Corporate Social Responsibility Q & A: Judith Rodin [Free!]

The Rockefeller Foundation is staying at the forefront of new and big ideas, funding new innovation processes, like crowdsourcing and collaborative competitions

Summer 2009
Bethany Coates & Garth Saloner
Social Entrepreneurship The Profit in Nonprofit [Free!]

Kiva, the first online peer-to-peer microcredit marketplace, is one of the fastest-growing nonprofits in history. But its nonprofit status was not inevitable. Here’s why Kiva chose to be a 501(c)(3), what this tax status buys the organization, and how being a nonprofit poses challenges. —By Bethany Coates & Garth Saloner

Summer 2009
Alana Conner
Arts, Culture, and Religion Research: At a Loss for Ethics

Studies show that individuals are more susceptible to corrupt behavior when trying to avoid a loss.

Summer 2009
Alana Conner
Philanthropy, Responsible Investing Research: When Swag Backfires

When donor gifts are public, social approbation is reward enough.

Summer 2009
Alana Conner
Human Rights Research: Color Blindness Is Shortsighted

Acknowledging employee diversity has its benefits. 

Summer 2009
Alana Conner
Social Entrepreneurship Research: Think Passionate

Investors screen for entrepreneurial passion when making funding decisions. 

Summer 2009
Jane Wales
Economic Development • Corporate Social Responsibility • Book Reviews Just Say “No”

DEAD AID: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo

Summer 2009
Amory Lovins
Environment • Corporate Social Responsibility • Book Reviews Greening the Corporation

STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABILITY: A Business Manifesto by Adam Werbach

Summer 2009
Carl Schramm
Economic Development • Arts, Culture, and Religion • Book Reviews Unleash the Hordes

MARKET REBELS: How Activists Make or Break Radical Innovations by Havagreeva Rao

Summer 2009
John Wood
Philanthropy, Responsible Investing • Government • Book Reviews The Ultimate Second Act

THE UNFINISHED PRESIDENCY by Douglas Brinkley

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