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The Societal Role of Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Theodore Lechterman & Johanna Mair The field of social entrepreneurship often takes its normative foundations for granted. Social enterprises seek to address social problems using business strategies. How can social entrepreneurship overcome these obstacles?

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Can Nonprofits Escape Corporate Capture?

NonProfit Quarterly

At the same time, within this austerity framework, nonprofits increasingly fill holes in sectors ranging from education to healthcare to journalism to social services that we depend on the most and that have been receiving less and less government support. Nonprofits are a feature of tax law and corporate governance laws.

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From Margin to Mainstream: Social Innovation for Systems Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Were in a period of polycrisis, yet the business world, government, and civil society persist in their siloed approaches to solving it. Now more than ever, we need to borrow from the energy, optimism, courage, and interconnectedness that characterize the social innovation ecosystem.

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Smart Reform: Reducing Government Waste By Strengthening The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

Cutting government waste does not mean cutting people off. At Idaho Partners for Good , we believe the key is to invest in solutions that empower diverse nonprofits, leverage community strengths, and promote long-term sustainability ensuring that fiscal responsibility and social good go hand in hand. The exception is healthcare.