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.

Social Innovation Articles: Economic Development

Date Author Category Title
Summer 2007
Mal Warwick
Economic Development • Corporate Social Responsibility • Government • Book Reviews Review: The Real Wealth of Nations [Free!]

Eisler argues that “real” wealth lies in individuals and nature.

Summer 2003
David Suarez
Economic Development Review: Despite Good Intentions

International development aid should be dissolved, argues Dichter.

Spring 2003
David F. Suarez
Economic Development • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing • Book Reviews Review: Going Global [Free!]

Humanitarian organizational leaders share their management struggles.

Spring 2007
James A. Phills, Jr.
Economic Development • Education • Social Entrepreneurship 15 Minutes with Kevin Johnson [Free!]

SSIR Academic Editor Jim Phills sat down with former NBA superstar Kevin Johnson to discuss how he’s revitalizing his old inner-city neighborhood.

Winter 2007
Anne Stuhldreher
Economic Development • Corporate Social Responsibility • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing The People’s IPO [Free!]

Lower-income patrons of Market Creek Plaza can now invest in the shopping center.

Winter 2007
James T. Riordan
Economic Development • Social Entrepreneurship One Buyer at a Time [Free!]

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.

Fall 2006
Deborah Burand
Economic Development • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing Review: The White Man’s Burden

Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good

Summer 2006
SSIR Editors
Economic Development • Arts, Culture, and Religion • Nonprofit Management 15 minutes with Jonathan Reckford [Free!]

Habitat for Humanity’s new CEO picks up the hammer.

Winter 2005
Anne Stuhldreher
Economic Development • Corporate Social Responsibility 15 Minutes with Margaret Henningsen

How an African-American banker is rebuilding her community.

Fall 2005
Nancy C. Jurik
Economic Development • Social Entrepreneurship Review: Bootstrap Dreams

The emergence
of microenterprise development
programs internationally and in
the United States

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