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Philanthropy

15 Minutes with Victoria Hale

MacArthur “genius” prize winner creates drugs for the developing world.

By Eric Nee | 1 | Winter 2007
 

Social Innovations

One Buyer at a Time

International development organizations spend lots of money and effort building the capacity of small businesses. Yet they often fail to ask whether people want the businesses’ goods and services. As these stories from Peru show, successful programs start with real buyers who are willing to buy real products.

By James T. Riordan | 3 | Winter 2007
 

Social Innovations

Capitalizing on Convergence

Nonprofits and businesses are converging - in the value they create, the stakeholders they manage, the organizations they form, and the financial instruments they use. The era of convergence is upon us. Do you know how to take advantage of it?

By James E. Austin, Roberto Gutiérrez, Enrique Ogliastri, & Ezequiel Reficco | 1 | Winter 2007
 

Business

Review: The New Capitalists

THE NEW CAPITALISTS: How Citizen Investors Are Reshaping the Corporate Agenda by Stephen Davis, Jon Lukomnik, and David Pitt-Watson

By Jarrett Spiro | Winter 2007
 

Social Innovations

A Tarnish on Green Goods

Why eco-friendly products may be bad for the environment.

By Alana Conner Snibbe | 1 | Winter 2007
 

Business

Diversity Training Doesn’t Work

How can companies hire and promote more women and minorities?

By Alana Conner Snibbe | Winter 2007
 
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Nonprofits

Weaving Businesses Together

Organic Exchange uses its global network to promote environmentally friendly fibers.

By Catherine Potter | 2 | Fall 2006
 
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Nonprofits

Cultivating Cross-Sector Partnerships

An HIV organization in Botswana provides lessons in cooperation.

By Alana Conner Snibbe | Fall 2006
 

Business

From Marble to Formica

How the Union Bank of California attracts lower-income people to traditional banking.

By Laura Beaudin | Fall 2006
 

Business

Buying In or Selling Out?

Socially responsible brands that merge with multinationals may be abandoning their principles

By Dara O'Rourke | Fall 2006