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RESOURCES
The references below are resources for anyone who wants to drive positive social change through business. Whether you are interested in social impact, social entrepreneurship, systems change, nonprofit and not-for-profit management, or philanthropy, I hope these resources will help educate, guide, and inspire you.
Note: In some cases, access to content is restricted by a paywall, requiring a purchase or paid subscription to view.
Systems Change in Social Enterprises
Systems Change refers to altering how we solve social challenges to provide the greatest impact. The resources below include some of the traditional and alternative system-level pathways of systems change, systems change research, the challenges of quantifying systems change, and proposed solutions.
ARTICLES
- Does Scaling a Solution Shift A System? Nikhil Dugal, Skoll Foundation Blog, 2020.
- Audacious Philanthropy. Ditkoff & Grindle, Harvard Business Review (HBR), 2017.
- Mastering System Change. Seelos & Mair, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2018.
- Three Keys to Unlocking Systems-Level Change. Susan Misra & Jamaica Maxwell, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2016.
CASE STUDIES
- Child & Youth Finance International. The World Economic Forum, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, and the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship at University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business, 2017.
Social Entrepreneurship & Social Innovation
Social entrepreneurship is an approach used by a wide range of organizations to recognize and resourcefully pursue opportunities to create social value. This includes developing, funding, and implementing solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues.
ARTICLES
- As companies become purpose-led where does that leave charities? Kate Adams, Fast Company, 2018.
- Calculating the Value of Impact Investing, Addy, Chorengel, Collins, & Etzel, Harvard Business Review (HBR), 2019.
- Change the World – For Whom? Why Addressing Racism Must be a Top Corporate Priority. Bumb, Carlson, & Iyer, Fortune / FSG – Foundation Strategy Group, 2020.
- Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work. Hanleybrown, Kania, & Kramer, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2012.
- Collective Impact. John Kania & Mark Kramer, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2011.
- Competing on Social Purpose. Harvard Business Review (HBR), 2017.
- Creating Shared Value: How to Fix Capitalism. Porter & Kramer, Harvard Business Review (HBR), 2011.
- Disruptive Innovation for Social Change. Christensen, Baumann, Ruggles, & Sadtler, Harvard Business Review (HBR), 2006.
- For Love or Lucre. Fruchterman, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2011.
- Impact Investing: Harnessing Capital Markets to Solve Problems at Scale. Antony Bugg-Levine & John Goldstein, Community Development Innovation Review (CDI Review), 2009.
- Impact Investing: Online Report, Morgan Stanley.
- In Search of the Hybrid Ideal. Battilana, Lee, Walker, & Dorsey, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2012.
- Inside the Buy-One Give-One Model. Marquis & Park, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2014.
- Measuring Shared Value: How to Unlock the Value by Linking Social and Business Results. Porter, Hills, Pfitzer, Patscheke, & Hawkins, FSG – Foundation Strategy Group, 2011.
- Pay What It Takes Philanthropy. Eckhart-Queenan, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2016.
- Playbook for Designing Social Impact Measurement. Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2018.
- Seven Deadly Sins of Impact Evaluation. Matthew Forti, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2012.
- Social Enterprise is Not Social Change. Ganz, Kay, & Spicer, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2018.
- Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition. Martin & Osberg, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2007.
- Statement of the Purpose of a Corporation, Business Roundtable, 2019.
- Strategy & Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and CSR. Porter & Kramer, FSG – Foundation Strategy Group, 2006.
- Tackling Heropreneurship. Papi-Thornton, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2016.
- The Funding Gap. Chertok, Hamoui, & Jamison, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2008.
- The Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship. J. Gregory Dees, Kauffman Foundation, 1998, revised 2001.
- The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle. Goggins Gregory & Howard, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2009.
- The Power of Lean Data. Dichter, Adams & Ebrahim, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2016.
- What’s Your Endgame? Gugelev & Stern, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2015.
- Zeroing in on Impact. Colby, Stone, & Carttar, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2004.
- Social Costs: What are They & Why Do We Care? REDFworkshop.
- A Playbook for Designing Social Impact Measurement. Reynolds, Fritz, Hadley, & Zadra, Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2018.
- Stages of Corporate Citizenship: A Developmental Framework. Boston College Carroll School of Management Center for Corporate Citizenship (BCC CC), 2014.
- Why we need better ways to help donors understand the cost of solving big problems. Jason Saul, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 2020.
- The Impact of TOMS Shoes
CASE STUDIES
- groupelephant.com: Going 'Beyond Corporate Purpose'. Chesbrough, Jurado Apruzzese, & Olano Mata, BerkeleyHaas Case Series, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, 2016.
- Homegirl Café Case Study: “Grow. Prep. Serve.” The California Endowment (TCE), 2013.
- Omidyar Network: Pioneering Impact Investment. Michael Chu, Harvard Business School Case Collection, 2013.
- Patagonia: Driving Sustainable Innovation by Embracing Tensions. O’Rourke & Strand, BerkeleyHaas Case Series, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, 2016.
- Reckoning with Jemima: Can the Brand be Remade for Good? Miller, Stanko, & Diallo, Ivey Publishing, 2020.
- Warby Parker: Vision of a 'Good' Fashion Brand. Christopher Marquis & Laura Velez Villa, Harvard Business School Case Collection, originally published 2012, revised 2014.
- InVenture: Building Credit Scoring Tools for “The Base of the Pyramid”. Fifer Mandell, Strawther, & Zhu, Harvard Business School Case Collection, 2015.
VIDEOS
- The social responsibility of business. Alex Edmans, TEDxLondonBusinessSchool, 2015.
- Reclaiming Social Entrepreneurship. Daniela Papi-Thornton, TEDxBend, 2017.
- The way we think about charity is dead wrong. Dan Pallotta, TED Talk, 2013.
- Professor Northrop on B Corps.
- Want to help someone? Shut up and listen! Ernesto Sirolli, TED Talk, 2012.
- LA:RISE - A Partnership That Works. REDF, 2021.
- Rising to Success One Job at a Time. The Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative, 2019.
- Homeboy Industries’ Business Model: A Way Out of Gang Life.
- Find Your Calling Where It Hurts. Shawn Askinosie, TEDxOklahomaCity, 2019.
PODCASTS
- Brand on Purpose. Podcast series hosted by Aaron Wittken.
- 21 Social Enterprise Podcasts That Will Inspire You To Impact The World. Compiled by Grant Trahant, Cause Artist.
- From Idea to Impact. Podcast series hosted by Brianna Alexander.
- Homeboy Industries: building the largest global gang rehab program. Out of Hours Podcast, ies hosted by Alex Kravitz, SOCAP.
WEBSITES, JOURNALS, & ORGANIZATIONS
- Alliance for Nonprofit Management – www.allianceonline.org
- Ashoka – www.ashoka.org
- Blue Avocado – www.blueavocado.org
- Boardsource – www.boardsource.org
- Bridgespan – www.bridgespan.org
- Bridgestar – www.bridgestar.org
- Business for Social Responsibility – www.bsr.org
- California Association of Nonprofits – www.calnonprofits.org
- Center for Nonprofit Management of Southern California – www.cnmsocal.org
- Charity Navigator – www.charitynavigator.com
- Chronicle of Philanthropy – www.philanthropy.com
- Community Partners – www.communitypartners.org
- Community Wealth Ventures, Inc. – www.communitywealth.org
- Compasspoint – www.compasspoint.org
- Echoing Green – www.echoinggreen.org
- Executive Service Corps of Southern California – www.escsc.org
- Foundation Center – www.foundationcenter.org
- Global Impact Investing Network – www.thegiin.org
- Global Partner Network – www.csr360gpn.org
- Global Reporting Initiative – www.globalreporting.org
- Guidestar – www.guidestar.org
- Impact Assets – www.impactassets.org
- Independent Sector – www.independentsector.org
- La Piana and Associates – www.lapiana.org
- Leap of Reason – www.leapofreason.org
- Los Angeles Social Venture Partners – www.lasvp.org
- Management Help – www.managementhelp.org
- MaRS Discovery District – Entrepreneur’s Toolkit www.marsdd.com/mars-library
- Models of Impact – www.modelsofimpact.co
- National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise – www.nationalcne.org
- Nonprofit Quarterly – www.nonprofitquarterly.org
- Nonprofit Risk Management Center – www.nonprofitrisk.org
- Public Counsel – www.publiccounsel.org
- Roberts Enterprise Development Fund – www.redf.org
- Schwab Foundation for Social Enterprise – www.schwabfound.org
- SE Toolbelt – www.setoolbelt.org
- Service Corps of Retired Executives – www.score.org
- Skoll Foundation – www.skollfoundation.org
- Social Enterprise Alliance – www.se-alliance.org
- Social Impact Exchange – www.socialimpactexchange.org
- Social Venture Network – www.svn.org
- Stanford Social Innovation Review – www.ssireview.org
- Taproot Foundation – www.taprootfoundation.org
- The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs – www.socialent.org
- The Technology Place with Nonprofits – www.techsoup.org
- Third Sector Company – www.thirdsectorcompany.com
- UCLA Center for Civil Society – www.civilsociety.ucla.edu
BOOKS
- Appel, J & Karlan, D. More than Good Intentions: Improving the Ways the World’s Poor Borrow, Save, Farm, Learn and Stay Healthy. Penguin Group, 2011.
- Bornstein, D. & Davis, S. Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Bornstein, D. & Davis, S. How to Change the World. Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas. Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Branson, Richard. Screw Business as Usual. Random House, 2011.
- Collins, J. Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great. Harper Collins, 2005.
- Cruchfield, L. & McLeod Grant, H. Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits. Jossey-Bass, 2007.
- Elkington, John & Hartigan, Pamela. The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets that Change the World. Harvard Business Press. 2008.
- Mycoskie, Blake. Start Something That Matters. Spiegel & Grau, 2012.
- Askinosie, Shawn with Askinosie, Lawren. Meaningful Work, TarcherPerigee, 2017.
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