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Social businesses make up just 10 percent of European ventures. The European Commission wants to see more. Through the new Social Business Initiative, the Commission plans to create an ecosystem conducive to social businesses, in part by facilitating access to funding. The belief is that more...

When is impact legitimately "incalculable?" Is a limited ability to wrap metrics around your impact ever acceptable or desirable? The last decade saw the birth and mainstreaming of concepts that captivated our attention and made an indelible, if incalculable impact on our lives. The BoP initiative...

Social entrepreneurship is evolving into a global movement, and it’s rendering the standard nonprofit/for-profit dichotomy obsolete. Now, new legal structures and certifications are being built to accommodate for businesses with embedded social missions. Leading the way in this movement is the B...

The respected economist John Kay dedicated one of his regular columns in The Financial Times last week to the ideal of the good corporation. His main line of argument was about the relationship between politics and business but what caught my eye was Kay’s definition of the "good" corporation: “The...

From one day to the next, our environments are changing and our global community is struggling to keep up with the high-rate of change. More than ever, today, the world needs changemakers and social entrepreneurs who are dedicated to tackling problems with the greater good of everyone always in mind...

Nota dell'editore: Questo articolo è stato scritto da Avery Pagán e Dan Schiff che sono parte del team dell'Ashoka Support Network. Leggi l'articolo completo su Forbes.com, dove è apparso la prima volta. Il successo dell’Ashoka Support Network (ASN) si fonda sull’idea che la filantropia attiva debba...

Kiran Shetty is the Regional Vice President & Managing Director, India for Western Union Financial Services, Inc. and an active member of the US India Business Council, American Chamber of Commerce and the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce in India. Through Ashoka’s Executive in Residence program...