Howard W. Buffett, William B. Eimicke

Social Value Investing (eBook, ePUB)

A Management Framework for Effective Partnerships

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Social Value Investing presents a new way to approach some of society's most difficult and intractable challenges. Although many of our world's problems may seem too great and too complex to solve - inequality, climate change, affordable housing, corruption, healthcare, food insecurity - solutions to these challenges do exist, and will be found through new partnerships bringing together leaders from the public, private, and philanthropic sectors.

In their new book, Howard W. Buffett and William B. Eimicke present a five-point management framework for developing and measuring the success of such partnerships. Inspired by value investing - one of history's most successful investment paradigms - this framework provides tools to maximize collaborative efficiency and positive social impact, so that major public programs can deliver innovative, inclusive, and long-lasting solutions. It also offers practical insights for any private sector CEO, public sector administrator, or nonprofit manager hoping to build successful cross-sector collaborations.

Social Value Investing tells the compelling stories of cross-sector partnerships from around the world - Central Park and the High Line in New York City, community-led economic development in Afghanistan, and improved public services in cities across Brazil. Drawing on lessons and observations from a broad selections of collaborations, this book combines real life stories with detailed analysis, resulting in a blueprint for effective, sustainable partnerships that serve the public interest. Readers also gain access to original, academic case material and professionally produced video documentaries for every major partnerships profiled - bringing to life the people and stories in a way that few other business or management books have done.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780231544450
• Artikelnr.: 52466622

Autorenporträt

Howard W. Buffett and William B. Eimicke

Inhaltsangabe

A Message of Optimism, by Warren E. Buffett
Introduction, by Howard W. Buffett and William B. Eimicke
1. The Evolution of Cross-Sector Partnerships, by Howard W. Buffett and
William B. Eimicke
2. Social Value Investing: A Personal Narrative, by Howard W. Buffett
Process
3. The Process Case: The Digital Revolution and Telemedicine in India, by
William B. Eimicke
4. The Process Framework: Effective Partnerships Across All Sectors, by
Howard W. Buffett
People
5. The People Case: Improving Big City Life Through Urban Parks, by William
B. Eimicke
6. The People Framework: Leadership for Successful Partnerships, by Howard
W. Buffett
Place
7. The Place Case: Economic Stability in Afghanistan, by Howard W. Buffett
8. The Place Framework: Collaborative and Inclusive Partnership Planning,
by Howard W. Buffett
Portfolio
9. The Portfolio Case: Increasing Government Effectiveness and
Accountability in Brazil, by William B. Eimicke
10. The Portfolio Framework: Blending Capital for Social Good, by Howard W.
Buffett
Performance
11. The Performance Case: Using Big Data to Improve City Services-FDNY and
Beyond, by William B. Eimicke
12. The Performance Framework: Predicting the Social Value of a
Partnership, by Howard W. Buffett
The Risks and Promises of Partnerships
13. The Cautionary Case: The Risks of Large-Scale Partnerships and the Rio
Olympics, by William B. Eimicke
Conclusion: Partnering for a Better Tomorrow, by William B. Eimicke and
Howard W. Buffett
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

Rezensionen

Eimicke and Buffett posit a new architecture for business models used to tackle our most intractable social problems based on the concept of 'shared success.' The solutions they cite lead to not only efficacy but also high performance, motivating a new way of thinking about social change. This book updates our thinking on this new form of problem solving and provides useful pragmatic and actionable examples to serve as business models for the next generation of social change maker. Ted D. Zoller, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill