The main challenge today's civil society organizations face is adaptation to a rapidly changing task environment. We currently witness a globalization of both problems and solutions. Why? Basically, this is the consequence of the intensification of worldwide social relations, linking distant...

This paper develops a comprehensive decision framework for environmental philanthropy in search of achieving sustainability on a crowded planet. Many of the world's most pressing global challenges are environmental in nature (or have stark environmental implications) and require long-term...

This paper is written in French. It provides a comprehensive conceptual framework for a social agenda for commodity businesses, mapping the different action options, and discussing a number of examples. Providing basic and high-value commodities, the extractive industry fulfills a fundamental...

This paper analyzes philanthropic strategies to engage climate change, and discusses a number of examples. Since the turn of the millennium there has been growing venture capital interest in the broad area of clean technology. Much of that investment - over 50% - has been directed towards the...

This paper provides a comprehensive conceptual framework for a social agenda for commodity businesses, mapping the different action options, and highlighting a number of examples. Providing basic and high-value commodities, the extractive industry fulfills a fundamental economic need. Operating...

This paper analyzes philanthropic strategies to engage climate change. Since the turn of the millennium there has been growing venture capital interest in the broad area of clean technology. Much of that investment - over 50% - has been directed towards the energy sector on technology for energy...

Many philanthropists seek to exercise leadership on issues they are passionate about. But their resources are limited when compared to the public sector and the magnitude of social needs. To create impact, philanthropists must respond effectively to the complexity of the problems they seek to...

This paper argues that social entrepreneurs have a role to play in turning the tide on global issues as exemplified by the Millennium Development Goals, where innovative entrepreneurship interventions are critical. The paper introduces the "individualist" and the "contextualist" schools of...

Excerpted from "Strategic Legacy Creation" (which was first circulated in the industry in summer of 2003 and later published at the University of St. Gallen in 2004, here abridged for publication in Viewpoints 2004), this paper outlines a strategy for private banks to counter the deterioration...

Excerpted from widely read "Surveying Social Entrepreneurship" (which was first circulated in summer of 2003 and later published at the University of St. Gallen in 2004, here abridged for publication in Viewpoints 2004), this paper reviews social entrepreneurship as a specific form of...