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Global Issues

 

Innovations that address global challenges such as education, environment, and health

 

Social Entrepreneurship

Where Is the BOP Health Care Fortune?

Research shows that healthcare social enterprises are segmenting the BOP and leaving the bottom 50 percent of consumers behind.

By Andy Thornton | 3 | May. 23, 2013
 

Technology & Design

The Commodification of Architecture

Catastrophes of the built environment, like the Bangladeshi factory collapse, expose the true cost in public suffering when we fail to build resiliently.

By Michael Murphy & Alan Ricks | May. 21, 2013
 

Socially Responsible Business

Mandatory CSR in India: A Bad Proposal

Looked at from the perspective of the political right, and the left, and the center, the proposed law making CSR mandatory is a really bad idea.

By Aneel Karnani | 8 | May. 20, 2013
 

Nonprofits

It Can Be Smart to Dumb Things Down

Keeping your message simple helps mobilize people in support of your goals.

By Doug Hattaway & Jenn Henrichsen | 1 | May. 17, 2013
 

Health

Big Business and Healthcare: It’s Not About the Money

A global study of healthcare social enterprises shows that partnerships, not investment, are the key to healthcare innovation and new markets.

By Andy Thornton | May. 16, 2013
 

Economic Development

From Theory to Practice

Advance market commitments can help solve global development problems impaired by market failure.

By Angela Rastegar Campbell | May. 14, 2013
 

Health

Transforming Healthcare

Connecting information, applications, data, and people—a report from the Stanford 2013 Healthcare Innovation Summit.

By Stacey Paris McCutcheon | May. 10, 2013
 
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Education

The Power of Technology in Social Innovation Education

A cross-sector initiative aims to develop 21st-century skills in secondary school students—highlights from a recent survey.

By Caroline Jenner | May. 2, 2013
 
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Civil Society

Painting the Internet Red

A case study on how the Human Rights Campaign successfully used online cause marketing.

By Anastasia Khoo | 1 | May. 1, 2013
 
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Human Rights

A Study in Risk and Restraint

Lessons for entrepreneurs abound in the new biography on Molly Melching’s work.

By Courtney E. Martin | Apr. 30, 2013