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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

One example is human activity causing climate change and contributing to poor health outcomes (e.g. The rapid pace of technology development, globalization, population growth, and business practices have created a web of interconnected factors that requires us to rethink our approach to solving and innovating for health problems.

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Triple Win: 3 Ways to Succeed Owning Multiple Businesses as a Female Entrepreneur

Fundraising Leadership

Entrepreneurship is a dream that many individuals desire to pursue for a variety of reasons, from acting on a passion project to leaving a job that no longer aligns with their career goals. After the pandemic, entrepreneurship boomed – with women having a major part in leading that charge.

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Building Community Capacity in Rural East Texas: The Long Lift

NonProfit Quarterly

Combined with other data that reveal our rural communities to be sicker and poorer than the state and nation, these facts have by necessity moved the search for solutions from activities and projects to systems and structures. These managers are skilled generalists who live and are rooted in each defined region across East Texas.

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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For all that entrepreneurship has spread across the world, the kind of “survival entrepreneurship” so prevalent in developing countries today—in which people have no choice but to run a small business, and make just enough to survive—has not been transformative at the level of a country.

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Taking Steps Toward Disability Inclusion in China

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Each member company of B in Action commits to taking at least one actionable measure toward disability inclusion and assigning one individual to active involvement within the consortium. Technology can open up better career opportunities. Take Lenovo, a Chinese multinational tech company with more than 77,000 employees in China alone.

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Exploring Alternatives to College and Unleashing Online Business Ideas for Teens

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

These alternatives empower them to pursue their passions, gain practical skills, and embrace entrepreneurship at a young age. Traditional educational models are being reevaluated as new approaches and technologies emerge, creating a dynamic and innovative landscape for learning.

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Putting Health at the Center of Climate Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As with their environmental footprints, companies need to evaluate how and when they can support health and livelihoods across the full range of their business activities, and then take action across their supply and value chains. Supply Chains. Investment.

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