Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

This is what is going on now in community development. Recent studies of the efficiency and effectiveness rates of leading international NGOs and UN agencies have revealed the shortcomings of a system that, over the last half a century, has measured itself on process and not outcome. Have they been effective?

Trends 8

Trends Development Net Present Value NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Toffel: I thought Paul Polman was spot-on when he was breaking down the challenge of corporate sustainability into tactical and systemic issues. 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.

Project 8

Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2012

The Rio+20 Summit on sustainable development is still weeks away, and yet many already have proclaimed the event a failure. Ian Bremmer's smart new book, Every Nation for Itself, accurately depicts today's world: a complex system lacking über-powerful mega-states that set the stage for us all.

Succession 10

Succession NGO Globalization Politics 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2013

Without adequate financing, ministries of health and even private hospitals in developing countries often don''t have the resources needed to purchase diagnostic equipment, train workers, and ensure access to appropriate treatment. Resistant forms continue to thrive, and increased travel makes the global threat very real.

Health Care 8

Health Care ROI NGO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2015

To change the alarming rate at which the number of people with the condition is growing globally, a fundamentally new approach is needed that goes beyond the formal health care system. The human cost is enormous, and the economic burden threatens to crush health systems. Insight Center. Leading Change in Health Care.

Health Care 8

Health Care NGO Pharmaceuticals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

To be sure, many international water agencies have left developing countries but those exits tend to reflect a loss of funding or end of a contract — or sometimes a convenient belief that a community water challenge has been solved by simply installing a water system and providing basic community management training.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Exit Strategy NGO Mission Statement 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Furthermore, this allows the for-profit entity to develop and focus its competencies to sell and distribute products, as well as to conduct research and development. While our primary focus is in India, Embrace is doing pilot projects with NGO partners in 10 countries, and we hope to further scale this year.

NGO 8

NGO Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

Working with UL’s Good Guide system , Target scores 7,000 products on a 100-point scale, with 50 points at stake related to the toxicity of ingredients. The collaboration, which the NGO Forum for the Future is managing, has high aspirations. Our discussions focused on three reinforcing elements.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Chemicals Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

As Steve Davis, former lead in McKinsey's Social Innovation practice and president of the global health NGO, Path, has said: "The best social innovations are not necessarily widely adopted. They developed a system to insert these messages into normal data traffic and measure the response through South Africa's National AIDS Helpline.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Porter Team Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

FERIDUN AKGÜNGÖR. When you’re trying to develop new customer relations in China, you will be irritable and more easily frustrated. And if you have to cross time zones, it can wreak havoc on the circadian process that regulates sleep, leaving you feeling tired and groggy just when you need to be your most productive.

Travel 8

Travel NGO Energy Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

One large company, Dow, is now tackling this issue, working with the environmental NGO The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to try and make the business logic clearer. It will be fun to watch how Dow navigates this tricky path — while developing the tools for other businesses to follow in their footsteps.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain NGO Short-term Competitive Advantage 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

government withdrew funding from all American NGO's, Yemen-EFE was granted an exemption because it is an entirely local entity. Establishing EFE as a franchise has been an interesting journey, and one that has given me valuable insights into developing a successful social franchise. Organizations are able to setup and scale rapidly.

Franchising 8

Franchising Uncertainty NGO Operations 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. That’s understandable — the growth of the consumer mobile market in Africa has been spectacular.

CRM 8

CRM Marketing Supply Chain NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

billion people — over half of the developing world's population — lack access to basic sanitation. To tackle threats to the future health and wellbeing of people in need, businesses must partner with governments and NGOs, lending their skills, resources, and reach. Unilever believes these are basic human rights.

NGO 8

NGO Franchising Project Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

To address this, Cape Town-based NGO mothers2mothers employs and trains HIV-positive mothers as "Mentor Mothers" who work alongside nurses and doctors in clinics, providing psychosocial support to pregnant women and new mothers living with HIV. Thirty-five percent of these infections occur in South Africa and Nigeria alone.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Mentor Microfinance NGO 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

The NGO Ceres has gotten an impressive array of companies to sign onto the Climate Declaration , which states that climate change is both a threat and a major economic opportunity. The food and agriculture system takes up 40% of the world’s land and produces at least 30% of greenhouse gas emissions.

Chemicals 13

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Wherever the science on this ends up, it’s an important discussion that brings more focus to systems thinking and to the nexus of food, energy, and water. Systems innovation starts to take root: NIKE, NASA, USAID, and the Department of State create LAUNCH. Finally, a quirky, totally different meat story was fascinating.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Unfavorable demographics, with the aging of the baby boomers and low birth rates, also represents an economic time bomb for countries whose public retirement systems rely on current contributions to finance current pension obligations. 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

Tell it as many times as you need in order to resolve any “emotional baggage” and get it out of your system before you get in front of a recruiter. Develop an “objective, short, and upbeat” message that shows you’re “not a victim and you’re not stuck.” “It was perfect.

How To 8

How To Budgeting Self-aware NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Lower-wage countries like Vietnam and Cambodia have little spare production or skilled human capacity left, even in relatively low-skilled sectors like textiles and garments, let alone the advanced precision tooling, materials handling, and process engineering and development skills that a U.S. technology company needs. technology on U.S.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer NGO Technology Offshoring 8