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 Tagged With 'book+review'

Date Author Category Title
Winter 2007
David Vogel
Corporate Social Responsibility • Government • Socially Responsible Investing Review: Capitalism 3.0

A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons.

Spring 2007
Rick Cohen
Philanthropy, Responsible Investing Review: The Foundation vs. Great Philanthropic Mistakes

Some books ought to be read as pairs. Joel L. Fleishman’s and Martin Morse Wooster’s recent offerings are such a duo, offering sometimes diametrically opposed perspectives on philanthropic successes and failures.

Winter 2008
Laura Commike
Corporate Social Responsibility • Book Reviews Review: Fugitive Denim [Free!]

From field to factory, Snyder reveals the real lives behind the making of a pair of jeans.

Winter 2008
Joshua Weissburg
Healthcare • Government • Book Reviews Review: Beyond the White House [Free!]

Jimmy Carter details his ongoing efforts to make a difference as John Q. Citizen.

Winter 2008
Sacha Zimmerman
Environment • Government • Book Reviews Review: Break Through [Free!]

Small-scale efforts won’t solve the global warming crisis.

Spring 2008
Paul Collier
Economic Development • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing • Government • Community-Centered Planning • Book Reviews Review: Giving [Free!]

The former president shares how ordinary citizens are helping to solve our big problems.

Spring 2008
Rick Aubry
Social Entrepreneurship Review: The Power of Unreasonable People [Free!]

Who are social entrepreneurs and why does what they do matter?

Spring 2008
Peter deCourcy Hero
Philanthropy, Responsible Investing Review: Grassroots Philanthropy [Free!]

Foundation grantmaking can become more responsive, intuitive, and effective.

Summer 2008
Paul S. Hudnut
Economic Development • Social Entrepreneurship • Community-Centered Planning • Book Reviews Review: Out of Poverty [Free!]

Polak offers entrepreneurial solutions to poverty in Asia and Africa.

Summer 2008
Stephen C. Smith
Economic Development • Social Entrepreneurship • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing • Microfinance • Book Reviews Review: Creating a World Without Poverty [Free!]

Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammad Yunus aims for a more just society for all.

Fall 2008
John Kao
Economic Development • Book Reviews The Rise of Other Nations [Free!]

THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD by Fareed Zakaria

Fall 2008
David Bornstein
Social Entrepreneurship Inspiring Innovation

THE SOUL OF A NEW MACHINE by Tracy Kidder

Fall 2008
Stephen P. Hinshaw
Human Rights • Healthcare • Book Reviews Opening the Asylum Doors [Free!]

THE INSANITY OFFENSE: How America’s Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizens by E. Fuller Torrey

Fall 2008
Carl Schramm
Government • Book Reviews Crisis of Democracy [Free!]

SUPERCAPITALISM: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life by Robert Reich

Winter 2009
Joel Fleishman
Philanthropy, Responsible Investing • Book Reviews The New Noblesse Oblige [Free!]

PHILANTHROCAPITALISM: How the Rich Can Save the World by Matthew Bishop & Michael Green

Winter 2009
Robert J. Sternberg
Arts, Culture, and Religion • Book Reviews Great Minds Think Different [Free!]

ICONOCLAST: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently by Gregory Berns

Winter 2009
Holly Burkhalter
Human Rights • Book Reviews An Unconscionable Business [Free!]

SEX TRAFFICKING: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery by Siddharth Kara

Winter 2009
Jessica Jackley Flannery
Arts, Culture, and Religion • Social Entrepreneurship • Book Reviews Inspiring Innovation [Free!]

THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS by Thomas S. Kuhn

Winter 2009
Diana Wells
Social Entrepreneurship • Book Reviews Deconstructing Social Entrepreneurs [Free!]

In his new book, The Search for Social Entrepreneurship, Paul C. Light, professor of public service at New York University, uses his considerable talents to provide a rich discussion of the most important issues in the field of social entrepreneurship.

Spring 2009
Susan Berresford
Nonprofit Management • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing • Book Reviews The Art of Grantmaking [Free!]

MONEY WELL SPENT: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy by Paul Brest and Hal Harvey

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