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Women Directors Change How Boards Work

Harvard Business Review

Dhir , an associate professor at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School, has done extensive research for his forthcoming 2015 book, Challenging Boardroom Homogeneity: Corporate Law, Governance and Diversity.

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“Government Entrepreneur” is Not an Oxymoron

Harvard Business Review

They are using sensors to detect potholes ; word pedometers to help students learn; harnessing behavioral economics to encourage organ donation ; crowdsourcing patent review ; and transforming Medellin, Colombia with cable cars. Public entrepreneurs around the world are improving our lives, inventing entirely new ways to serve the public.