Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

Social enterprises, of course, are organizations designed primarily to yield social versus financial value. At least in my corner of the social enterprise world (the part that focuses on communities'' access to good water), I have yet to see a successful, strategic exit. Even more, we hope we can model it for others.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Exit Strategy NGO Mission Statement 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Tactics include, for example, labeling claims and how to be clear about what standards we might want to develop, and also about disclosure, when he mentions materiality. HBR: The idea of partnering with NGOs came up in many of the interviews. We need tools to assess progress for external stakeholders, consumers, and managers.

Project 8

Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

And of course, more pressure on climate. Across the board we see the top executives of some of the world's largest organizations talking about, taking action on, and defining their success in terms of things that have conventionally been the realm of political leaders and NGO activists. engage in effective dialogue (75%).

Globalization 14

Globalization NGO Leadership Development Politics 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

Making sustainable products more accessible is a great fit for Target — after all, the company was dubbed Tar-jay years ago after its many successful forays into making high-end design affordable. The collaboration, which the NGO Forum for the Future is managing, has high aspirations.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Chemicals Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

All of us — researchers, policymakers, governments, social entrepreneurs, nonprofit development groups, microfinance institutions, corporations, and philanthropists — have a role to play in bringing them into the widening zone of prosperity. From there, participants receive set of six interventions over the course of 24 months.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance BHAG NGO Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

While much has already been written about this challenge in the developed world, there are also some important lessons to be learned from the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP). Decades of hit-or-miss advice from government, companies, and NGO's has reinforced farmers' already skeptical view of new solutions.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Payback Period NGO Influence 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

If you ask venture capitalists in Silicon Valley how they measure the success of business entrepreneurs, they would no doubt list off metrics having to do with fast growth: funding raised, people hired, customers acquired, revenue produced. The assumption is that company growth is good. Conclusion? This innovation has impact.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Mentor Microfinance NGO 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

This successful project works with 50 refugee doctors each year. To begin with, delays in starting the courses can be as long as a year after the refugee is granted asylum (during which refugees are typically ineligible to work or receive benefits). In most developing countries, if you have a good degree, you get a job.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing NGO Marketing Skills 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2015

Develop an “objective, short, and upbeat” message that shows you’re “not a victim and you’re not stuck.” ” Your goal is to find out what’s going on in a given sector and organization and “learn what success looks like” in it, he says. Sustain momentum.

How To 8

How To Budgeting Self-aware NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

They are developing horizontally, not vertically, with vast areas of low sprawl reaching out for miles from Sao Paolo, Lagos, New Delhi, Guangzhou, Jakarta, and many others. As I travel to urban development conferences, I often hear people bemoan an infrastructure funding gap, but the hard truth is there is no funding gap.

Finance 8

Finance Innovation Bond Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Over the course of the evening, 60 people drink red wine and laugh together in the heart of London as they watch an improvisational opera singer sum up the findings of the day: the characteristics of a financial system they would collectively be proud to put their name to. What would boost their chances of success?

System 8

System Incubator Supply Chain NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Anyone following developments in the African IT space from afar can be forgiven for thinking that it’s all about the consumer, and that applications and services for business lag far behind. Traditional training courses often fly into cultural walls of hierarchy and formality that prevent managers from falling in line.

CRM 8

CRM Marketing Supply Chain NGO 8