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Funders Can Give More than Money

Harvard Business Review

At Opportunity International , where the focus is on providing loans, savings, insurance, and related training to clients in the world's poorest communities, our major donors like to see the work up close. Many others simply want a more visceral sense that their dollars are being spent effectively.

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Why Public Health Organizations Should Partner with Academic Institutes - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM QATAR FOUNDATION

Harvard Business Review

Sidra academicians, by the same token, hold faculty positions and professorships at WCM-Q, further boosting interprofessional training for medical students and professionals.

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How Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Can Create Social Change Together

Harvard Business Review

. “To prosper over time,” he argued, “companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which they operate.” Through a well-structured operating process, partners expand and align their efforts and draw on comparative strengths.

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What It Might Mean If We All Work From Home

The Horizons Tracker

The challenges of city centers have been compounded by the shortage of tourism that would also provide economic heft to so many. operating at around 30-40% of normal levels. This has been driven in large part by the malaise of city center environments that have become ghost towns without the lifeblood of workers that sustain them.

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Tackling Big Global Challenges with Low-Cost Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Thanks to Airbnb, more people will travel, bringing more tourism dollars to more people in the countries they travel to, creating more profits and distributing them more fairly. China can’t build enough new hospitals and train sufficient doctors to take care of its rapidly aging population.

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Selling Products Is Good. Selling Projects Can Be Even Better

Harvard Business Review

Nike could provide you with its traditional sports gear, but in addition it could include a training program, a dietary plan, a coach, and a monitoring system to help you achieve your dream. It now has around 10,000 operating projects. The project would have a clear goal (finish the marathon) and a clear start and end date.

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The Right Way to Plan an Innovation Tour

Harvard Business Review

Innovation tourism: it’s a thing. Typically, tourism involves guided tours, pitch events, conferences with lots of panels, and well-planned visits to companies, universities, and government agencies tasked with increasing entrepreneurship and innovation. In sum, innovation tourism is not really tourism.