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THE SEARCH FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP Paul C. Light

Nonprofits

The Search for Social Entrepeneurship

By Paul C. Light | Reviewed By Diana Wells
Winter 2009
 
ICONOCLAST: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently Gregory Berns

Social Innovations

Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently

By Gregory Bern | Reviewed By Robert J. Sternberg
Winter 2009
 
SEX TRAFFICKING: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery Siddharth Kara

Government

Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery

By Siddharth Kara | Reviewed By Holly Burkhalter
Winter 2009
 
PHILANTHROCAPITALISM: How the Rich Can Save the World Matthew Bishop & Michael Green

Social Innovations

Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World

By Mattew Bishop & Michael Green | Reviewed By Joel Fleishman
1 | Winter 2009
 
THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS Thomas S. Kuhn

Philanthropy

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

By Thomas S. Kuhn | Reviewed By Jessica Jackley Flannery
1 | Winter 2009
 
THE BLUE WAY: How to Profit by Investing in a Better World Daniel de Faro Adamson & Joe Andrew

Government

The Blue Way: How to Profit by Investing in a Better World

By Daniel de Faro Adamson & Joe Andrew | Reviewed By Jennifer Roberts
Spring 2008
 
MAKING SUSTAINABILITY WORK: Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate Social, Environmental, and Economic Impacts Marc J. Epstein

Business

Making Sustainability Work: Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate Social, Environmental, and Economic Impacts

By Marc J. Epstein | Reviewed By Jennifer Roberts
Spring 2008
 
INNOVATION NATION: How America Is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do to Get It Back John Kao

Government

Innovation Nation: How America Is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do to Get It Back

By John Kao | Reviewed By Jennifer Roberts
Spring 2008
 
CANCER ACTIVISM: Gender, Media, and Public Policy Karen M. Kedrowski & Marilyn Stine Sarow

Government

Cancer Activism: Gender, Media, and Public Policy

By Karen Kedrowski & Marilyn Stine Sarow | Reviewed By Catherine DiBenedetto
Winter 2008
 
EFFECTIVE FOUNDATION MANAGEMENT: 14 Challenges of Philanthropic Leadership – And How to Outfox Them Joel J. Orosz

Nonprofits

Effective Foundation Management: 14 Challenges of Philanthropic Leadership--And How to Outfox Them

By Joel J. Orosz | Reviewed By Catherine DiBenedetto
Winter 2008
 

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