Social business partnerships
There are also a variety of ways in which businesses can engage with social innovation. Some are more ‘hands on’ – such as the provision of services for social good – and others are more ‘hands off’ – such as providing resources such as proprietary technology.
Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) that involves a mix of grant giving, volunteering and, in some cases, social uses of marginal business assets, such as Salesforce’s provision...
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Partnerships betweeen social enterprises and corporations
Partnerships between social enterprises and corporations with not-for-distributed profits such as BASF-GAIN initiative for vitamin A in Africa, the Danone-Grameen yoghurt enterprise in Bangladesh and the...
Read moreSocial uses of commercial technology
Social uses of commercial technology – such as IBM’s use of translation software on its Meedan website of Arabic blogs, or Dialogue Café and the Social...
Read moreBusiness engagement in service evaluation
Business engagement in service evaluation, for example the Azim Premji Foundation (and offshoot of WIPRO) financing large scale trials of alternative models for running schools in...
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