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SSIR blogger Regina Ridley joined the Stanford Social Innovation Review in 2006 as publishing director.

Social Entrepreneurship

Social Enterprise and Job Creation in Uganda and Nigeria

Opportunity Collaboration is a four-day convening in Mexico focused on global poverty alleviation.

By Regina Ridley | 3 | Oct. 21, 2011
 

Health

From the Field: Empowering the Deaf with Dignity

Social enterprise Mirakle Couriers offers standard courier services and employs only deaf adults.

By Devanik Saha | 2 | Sep. 9, 2011
 

Socially Responsible Business

Collapse of an Iconic Social Enterprise

The ShoreBank saga provides important lessons for people who believe that for-profit institutions can be used for social change.

By Eric Nee | Aug. 18, 2011
 

Global Issues

Improving Sales Offers for Improved Stoves

A unique sales strategy puts more environmentally friendly cookstoves into the hands of more cooks.

By David I. Levine | Jun. 15, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Carol Sanford is the author of The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success and is a a member of the Board of Directors of the Jessica’s Love Foundation.

Social Entrepreneurship

Now What? Young Leaders Are Changing the World by Working for Themselves

Growing numbers of young people are making an about face—turning their backs on working for “the man” and creating their own ventures.

By Carol Sanford | 23 | Jun. 14, 2011
 

Social Entrepreneurship

A New Business Model for Women in the West Bank

Fidaa El Tunky has created the first grassroots venture capital project for rural women in the whole of the Arab region.


By Iman Bibars | Jun. 13, 2011
 

Socially Responsible Business

The Future of Fair Trade…Is There One?

If Fair Trade coffee quality doesn’t improve, the Direct Trade movement will quickly become a growing threat.

 
SSIR blogger Cristi Hegranes is an award-winning journalist and international journalism trainer as well as the founder and Executive Director of Global Press Institute (GPI).

Global Issues

Global Media Needs Social Enterprise

Global leaders should begin to consider a stronger relationship with local social enterprises.

By Cristi Hegranes | May. 6, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Tamin Pechet is the CEO of Banyan Water and Chairman of Imagine H2O

Water

Sparking Water Innovation

The water we drink is not as safe as we’d like, and treating water has major environmental and economic impacts. We can no longer take water resources for granted.

By Tamin Pechet | 1 | Apr. 25, 2011
 
Jenifer Morgan is the digital editor of Stanford Social Innovation Review.

Business

Star Pitchers

Twelve new social enterprise ventures ran onto the social innovation field at the 2011 Social Enterprise Conference.