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The Next Generation of Mutualism

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The capital markets that can invest in social enterprise are chaotic and low-impact. The problem is that both the political left and right in the last 35 years have enacted policies that prevent the next generation from building mutualist enterprises. The right only promotes competitive market solutions to solve for human needs.

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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. Social enterprises driven by a desire to improve lives can also get mired in ideological conflict.

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ESG Needs a Shared Language

Stanford Social Innovation Review

While nonprofits and social enterprises tend to want to use it as a tool to force companies to contribute to the SDGs, investors want consistent measures to evaluate financial decisions (namely risk), and business leaders want not to incur higher costs. ESG for Assurance. scores and find themselves in most big E.S.G.

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Diaspora Philanthropy 3.0

Stanford Social Innovation Review

version of giving, there must be an increased focus on projects, efficiency, and partnering with strong brands, whether Ivy League universities or venerable humanitarian charities addressing basic needs such as education and health care. Gala dinners are often used to mobilize donations.

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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Social enterprises such as car-sharing programs are changing the nature of urban transportation and providing alternative options to individual car ownership. From Experimentation to Diffusion of Urban Innovations The innovative role of dynamic cities has been referred to as government by experiment.

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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Corporate promises of “partnership” and leveraging their buying power from social enterprises can also be elusive. The company has pledged to procure five percent of its spend from social enterprises and companies led by underrepresented founders by 2025. Consider SAP’s 2020 5 & 5 by 25 announcement.

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In Search of Inclusive Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

After some years, DJ Bola found out about the Artemisia accelerator program, the first social enterprise accelerator in Brazil. DJ Bola could fully realize the potential of his venture and started to attend events and form connections within the social entrepreneurship ecosystem.