James Militzer

DECEMBER 1, 2023

On an operational level, different rules exist for whether operational costs or capital expenditure can be covered by a TA project, and what level of contribution, if any, is required from the recipients. TA strategies vary, ranging from direct support to investees, to interventions targeting broader market-level constraints.

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Stanford Social Innovation

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Over the past two centuries, economists, policy makers, and researchers have aspired to “harden” social science. This is particularly important in social impact, where we need evidence to make decisions related to policy, funding, and programs, so we can solve intractable problems. According to Google Scholar, there are 5.7

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James Militzer

JUNE 22, 2022

This article explores why it makes sense for the region to shift to renewables, and presents three success factors for achieving the transition – insights that could also be applicable to other island nations. . Capital costs for a ground-mounted PV plant in an island context could reach US $1.5-2 There are positive signs of a shift.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003.

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Stanford Social Innovation

DECEMBER 12, 2023

By Jess Daggers , Alex Hannant & Jason Jay In the face of complex social and environmental challenges, our best efforts often only address a symptom, rather than root causes, even as unintended consequences create new problems. Investors who think about social change tend to be rooted in a linear, reductionist form of logic.

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Stanford Social Innovation

MARCH 8, 2022

On February 2, 2022, World Wildlife Federation-UK set social media on fire by announcing “Tokens for Nature,” a fundraising campaign that would sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to ​support efforts to protect thirteen of the world’s most endangered species. By Scott Smith & Lina Srivastava.

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Stanford Social Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Kendi, founder of the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, shared at SSIR ’s 2023 Frontiers of Social Innovation conference: “How can you truly create equity in this country if certain populations have had wealth, resources, and land literally taken from them? As Ibram X.

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Just Capital

MAY 6, 2022

Two new critical societal issues for corporate America to navigate emerged this week. As I wrote on LinkedIn , it’s fair to say that corporate power is a critical frontier of the stakeholder model. This Week in Stakeholder Capitalism. (Bloomberg/GettyImages). The second topic is corporate monopoly power.

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Banking 52

Stanford Social Innovation

MARCH 10, 2022

At the intersection of power and social change are questions about using power responsibly, holding individuals and institutions accountable, and addressing power structures that reinforce systems of inequity. If you’re joining the conference, these articles may serve as a foundation for the discussions to come.

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Stanford Social Innovation

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Economic inequality has given rise to calls for a new economy in which the fruits of economic activity and power are shared more equally and democratically. Within the social sector, nonprofit organizations and philanthropists are facing demands for greater inclusion, power-sharing, and more democratic governance.

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Stanford Social Innovation

MAY 2, 2022

Check offers an example of the countless innovations that are possible when we invest in tech social entrepreneurs, or public interest technology (PIT) entrepreneurs, who represent a diversity of backgrounds and experiences. From our viewpoint, PIT entrepreneurs from marginalized communities have minimal visibility in the social sector.

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EJOLT

AUGUST 23, 2016

This shifting frontier is affecting ever more people who depend on the renewable resources that are in danger due to extraction of non-renewable resources. It is also used for secondary and university education and for doctoral theses and articles and academic books. The economy depends on the flows of materials and energy.

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Stanford Social Innovation

JUNE 30, 2022

Over the past two decades, social media has moved from a space of aspiration for people who study social change, to a space of profound anxiety. If we believe news headlines, social media is responsible for many of the major scourges of modern life. In reality, social media is complicated. By Ethan Zuckerman.

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