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Prof. Sourav Mukherji, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, explores purpose-driven organisations and innovations in the Global South.

Profit with Purpose: Innovations from the Global South

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Prof. Sourav Mukherji, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, explores purpose-driven organisations and innovations in the Global South.

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Social Impact: Monitoring and measuring it using theory of change. Prof. Edgard Barki, FGV-EAESP Brazil, explores how theory of change can be used as a tool to define the storytelling of an organization’s impact and manage and monitor its social impact in a simple and effective way. From an interview by Prof. Adrian Zicari, ESSEC Business School.

Social Impact: Monitoring and measuring it using theory of change

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Prof. Edgard Barki, FGV-EAESP, explores how theory of change can be used to monitor social impact in a simple and effective way.

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Social entrepreneurs

The Paradox of our Times and a Key Role for Social Enterprise

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Business for the common good has never been as needed, debated and desired as now. A spotlight on Social Enterprise – challenges and opportunities in a new world context with Profs. Concepción Galdón, Sheila M. Cannon, Edgard Barki, Adrian Zicari and a successful social entrepreneur, Paula Cardenau

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Social Entrepreneurship: Looking beyond the buzzword. Prof. Savita Shankar, University of Pennsylvania, formerly of Keio Business School, takes a deep dive into social businesses in Asia and analyses the difference between Asian and Western social enterprises.   

Social Entrepreneurship: Looking beyond the buzzword

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Prof. Savita Shankar, University of Pennsylvania, looks into social entrepreneurship in Asia and the difference with Western social enterprises.   

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Social Innovation Strategies - Professor Mario Aquino Alves and colleagues at FGV-EAESP, focuses on the Instituo Palmas and its digital social money initiative to argue that social innovation can blend both top-down and bottom-up strategies to reach success – but perhaps at a price.

Social Innovation Strategies – from bottom to top

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Profs Mario Aquino Alves, Eduardo Diniz and colleagues at FGV-EAESP, look at the Instituo Palmas and its digital social money initiative in Brazil.

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A streak of rebellion gets you far: advisor to the UN, social entrepreneur and spokeswoman on women’s rights and societal issues, Fiza Farhan, Warwick Business School Alumna, tells her story

Fiza Farhan: A streak of rebelliousness gets you far

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Fiza Farhan and the streak of rebelliousness that gets you far: A streak of rebellion gets you far – advisor to the UN, social entrepreneur and spokeswoman on women’s rights and societal issues, Fiza Farhan, Warwick Business School Alumna, tells her story

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How Nonprofits Can Reinvent Themselves after Mission Success

How Nonprofits Can Reinvent Themselves after Mission Success

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Mission success represents the single greatest achievement for any organisation. But as nonprofits approach the end of their successful mission, the question of what will happen after looms into mind. Is closure an inevitable next step?

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Fair supply chains and business education

Fair Supply Chains and Business Education

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Prof. Sheila M. Cannon shares an innovation in education at Trinity Business School: Fair Supply Chains and Business Education.

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Global Voice magazine #15

Global Voice magazine #15

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Global Voice magazine #15: 100 pages of insights on CSR, leadership, management, healthcare, business education, entrepreneurship and social enterprise

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Social Enterprise: 21st century jigsaw

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Professors Tina Saebi, Norwegian School of Economics, Nicolai Foss of the Copenhagen Business School and Stefan Linder of ESSEC Business School take us on a quest to find the missing pieces that will aid and redirect the course of research on social enterprise.

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