Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We then virtually convened the project’s advisers for a roundtable discussion about what they viewed as the major issues raised in the interviews, and their own counsel for executives wishing to create long-term value through a sustainable business agenda. That needs to change.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2013

have created a new business model that is based on simultaneously providing the flexibility of competitive sourcing and the confidence of long-term relationships that radically increase voluntary compliance even in complex, distributed supply chains. Firms like Li and Fung ltd.

Business Model 9

Business Model Supply Chain Compliance Disaggregation 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2014

The day before the stark story in the Times appeared, I attended a related conference, the Investor Summit on Climate Risk, held at the UN and run by the NGO Ceres. However, now the risk we’re talking about is financial, which, along with the enormous economic upside of taking action, may finally get the investment community moving.

Discounted Cash Flow 11

Discounted Cash Flow NGO Conference Banking 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2013

Addressing systemic problems requires long-term commitment and cross-sector collaboration; a partial solution, such as donating equipment, is useless if workers are unable to use it or patients don''t receive their diagnoses. But we are a long way from conquering TB or transforming these markets into sustained customers.

Health Care 8

Health Care ROI NGO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

But here the community is borrowing a term from traditional venture capitalists, who know that a big part of maximizing returns is having a plan for when and how to end one''s involvement in a venture and invest resources elsewhere. Social enterprises, of course, are organizations designed primarily to yield social versus financial value.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

How long have they been working for this organization? How long has it been in business? How long has it been in business? How does it define its market, or in the case of an NGO or government agency, its central purpose? How many years have they been working in this industry?

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Tactics NGO Power Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

The long-term drag of not intervening — namely that of malnutrition, resulting in stunted growth and intellectual development, untapped labor potential, and so on — is estimated to cost $3.5 It is an intensive, integrated approach that works. It costs less than $500 per person for the full two years in Bangladesh.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance BHAG NGO Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2015

“A lot of people stay in their jobs for too long; they get stuck and can’t move on.” “Figure out how long you have to look for a job — and give yourself as much time as possible to do so,” says Claman. “Ask, ‘Do you think I’ve come to terms with the situation? Take a hiatus.

How To 8

How To Budgeting Self-aware NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

As refugees they have the same rights and obligations — excepting only the right to vote — as the citizens of their host countries and they have much to offer in economic terms: many are highly trained and possess much-needed skills. But the number of people that this NGO can place is very small.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing NGO Marketing Skills 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

FERIDUN AKGÜNGÖR. It started in 2012 and grew quickly, taking advantage of Amazon’s spotty service, long shipping times, and poor user experience. and Africa have a great deal yet to learn about one another, but the long term commercial ties between the two ecosystems are growing.

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Company NGO Long-term Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

However, even as a nonprofit, we believed in running the organization as a business; we would sell the product at a margin, and any "profits" would be reinvested back into the company to fulfil our longer term goal: to create a line of affordable medical devices that could save the lives of millions of at-risk babies.

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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. The long-standing, best estimate on the value of ecosystem services has been $33 trillion annually , roughly the same order of magnitude as the global economy.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain NGO Short-term Competitive Advantage 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

To address this complexity there is a growing breed of experts who identify the root causes of problems and set about finding long-term and long lasting solutions. Supporting activists to develop new campaign strategies that can build the capacity of NGO’s, as Campaign Lab does in the U.K.

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