Stanford Social Innovation Review : Informing and inspiring leaders of social change

Entrepreneurs are setting up shop in the nation's urban food deserts.

Two books argue that entrepreneurs and technology are transforming the global economy.

Two books argue that entrepreneurs and technology are transforming the global economy.

Researchers examine the rise of hybrid organizations that combine aspects of nonprofits and for-profits and the challenges hybrids face.

A look at how social entrepreneurs spread innovation throughout the world.

We don’t look at everything in our environment as an opportunity for ingenuity—but we should.

Transforming scarcity into opportunity through the gutsy art of improvising an ingenious solution.

In northern Uganda, home to one of Africa’s longest and most brutal civil conflicts, organic farming is producing economic growth and stability.

Two economists offer opposite explanations about why job growth in the United States and other developed economies remains extremely weak.

Employers who provide workers with tangible ways to make a positive social or environmental impact will find that it pays off.

Social entrepreneurship provides a path to transform Lebanon’s challenges into opportunities for change and development.

Four concrete lessons for social innovators.

What if we leveraged the ingenuity and resources in Silicon Valley for the improvement and renewal of the rest of the country?

A look at the innovative *Weekend Movement in Malaysia.

Q&A with Dhaval Chadha of Cria Global.

Much good can be done under the guise of “social entrepreneurship,” but that doesn’t excuse our collective failure to acknowledge its limitations.

We need to establish a new consensus that propagation is as important as innovation.

A new brand of social entrepreneurship is emerging.

Too often we engage in linear, simplistic solutions, when lasting change requires collaborative efforts.

How can a young nonprofit organization make a tangible improvement in people's health through clean water using only the power of gravity?

Chris Bradford, co-founder of the African Leadership Academy, discusses the role of educational institutions in shaping the future of Africa.

Social entrepreneur Jane Chen discusses the challenges and rewards of the developing an innovative product, and shares insights on the attitudes that allow entrepreneurs to find success.

Jennifer Lynn Aaker discusses a repeatable method that we can follow to get people to take action, but perhaps even more important, to influence people to get others to take action as well.

Bill Drayton, founder and CEO of Ashoka, identifies key skills of change makers and lays out a plan to teach these skills around the world.

Founder of DonorsChoose.org, an online charity helping students in need, Charles Best talks about how he started the organization and what some of its challenges have been along the way.

EduCare founder and CEO Piyush Mangukiya discusses his commitment to helping students in developing countries and how he started the enterprise.

COO of Bats'il Maya Alberto Irezabal talks about the social environment in Chiapas that led to the founding of the organization, and how the co-op works.

What social entrepreneurs need to consider before choosing an attorney.