Articles P6280

David La Piana - Strategic Restructuring for Nonprofit Organizations - Thumbnail
Podcast

David La Piana - Strategic Restructuring for Nonprofit Organizations

David La Piana has been recognized as a leading expert on nonprofit management and governance. In this audio lecture sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, La Piana presents a continuum of partnership options ranging from strategic alliance to joint ventures to full-scale mergers, all to which falls under a term he has coined as strategic restructuring. Nonprofit management leaders are finding strategic restructuring as a way to respond to the current economic conditions.

Social Innovations

Asking the Right Questions

By Jenna Nicholas 1

A report on a talk by Jeffrey Sachs, director of The Earth Institute, professor of Sustainable Development, and professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University.

Fairness, Justice, and the Social Sector

By Perla Ni

A new report suggests that no matter how narrow a foundation’s (or by extension, a nonprofit’s) mission, it should creatively serve a broad base of beneficiaries and not exclude the poor or minorities.

Madhu Sridhar - A Social Enterprise to Reduce Hunger in India - Thumbnail
Podcast

Madhu Sridhar - A Social Enterprise to Reduce Hunger in India

Akshaya Patra USA is an innovative social enterprise, a food program that is changing the face of education in India. In this audio interview with Stanford Center for Social Innovation correspondent Sheela Sethuraman, President and CEO Madhu Sridhar talks about how the enterprise grew from a small organization to a massive, well-run entity. She discusses its noble goals and its strategically oriented approaches to meeting high-volume demand at low cost.