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A finger pointing to a compensation report document
January 5, 2015
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Sarah Soule: How Corporate Activism Alters Companies

Companies that are targeted by activists become more socially-responsible over time.
Organizational Behavior Social Innovation

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Kat Taylor and ranch manager Jeremiah Stent on the TomKat Ranch, in Pescadero, California. | Jim Wilson/The New York Times/Redux
June 17, 2015
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Kat Taylor: Changing the Face of Philanthropy

A bank CEO explains what finance, food and climate change have to do with charitable giving.
Finance Nonprofit Social Innovation

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Tourists photograph a costumed flutist in Luoping, Yunnan Province (National Geographic Creative photo by George Steinmetz)
February 5, 2014
Written

Researchers: How to Create Sustainable Tourism in Rural China

By making key changes to the normal supply chain supporting tourism, a group of researchers look to alleviate rural poverty.
Social Innovation Asia-Pacific

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An environmental activist with green paint on his hand gives a plant to a car driver | Reuters/Sigit Pamungkas
May 21, 2015
Written

Why Social Movements Should Favor Collaboration over Confrontation

What the Nature Conservancy can teach other groups fighting for social change.
Organizational Behavior Nonprofit Social Innovation

Latest Stories in Social Innovation

June 17, 2015
Written

Kat Taylor: Changing the Face of Philanthropy

A bank CEO explains what finance, food and climate change have to do with charitable giving.
Finance Nonprofit Social Innovation
May 28, 2015
Written

Vinod Khosla: Be Wary of “Stupid Advice”

A Silicon Valley VC shares his thoughts on persistence, the importance of believing, and when to ignore the spreadsheet.
Operations, Information & Technology Energy Entrepreneurship
April 29, 2015
Written

Saumitra Jha: How Financial Innovation Helped Start the English Civil War (and Why That’s Important Today)

A Stanford scholar explains why financial mechanisms could be useful to align diverse interests.
Finance Political Economy Europe
February 4, 2015
Written

Elizabeth Holmes: “I Wasn’t Weighted by Influences That I Couldn’t Do It”

How a college dropout became the youngest self-made woman billionaire.
Entrepreneurship Health Care Leadership
January 5, 2015
Written

Sarah Soule: How Corporate Activism Alters Companies

Companies that are targeted by activists become more socially-responsible over time.
Organizational Behavior Social Innovation
November 17, 2014
Written

How Nonprofits Make the Ask: Framing Donation Requests

Giving gifts to donors is not always the best way to seek contributions.
Marketing Nonprofit Social Innovation
November 12, 2014
Written

Frank Flynn: Are People in Need More Generous?

Research examines how experiencing physical distress can impact charitable donations.
Nonprofit Social Innovation
September 24, 2014
Written

Former BP CEO John Browne: Why Coming Out is Good Business

In an excerpt from his new book, a former oil executive explains why he kept his gay identity a secret for decades.
Leadership
February 5, 2014
Written

Researchers: How to Create Sustainable Tourism in Rural China

By making key changes to the normal supply chain supporting tourism, a group of researchers look to alleviate rural poverty.
Social Innovation Asia-Pacific
January 29, 2014
Written

Glenn Carroll: How Do Local Businesses Affect Social Policy?

New research explores the impact of gay-owned businesses on anti-discrimination laws.
Organizational Behavior Social Innovation Public Sector