The articles

Classified by theme, articles from the general public, academic publications and books to discover or explore subjects at the heart of innovation and social entrepreneurship.
Philanthropy
- Towards strategic philanthropy
- Notre-Dame and Venice: why such a discrepancy in generosity?
- Historically contested concepts. A conceptual history of philanthropy in France, 1712-1914
- La philanthropie des femmes : un phénomène invisibilisé / Women’s philanthropy: an invisible phenomenon
- Philanthropists in democracy
- Towards strategic philanthropy
- Philanthropy: a family affair
- Beyond the opposition between altruism and self-interest: reciprocal giving in reward-based crowdfunding


Financing social innovation
- Assessing social impact: the foundation of all impact investing
- The Schatzman Report: Financing social innovation
Social impact assessment and measurement
- A Short Guide to Social Impact Assessment
- Social innovation: the best impact assessment method depends on how far the project has progressed
- Social impact assessment: the foundation of all impact investing
- Overview of social impact assessment in France
- Impact unicorns: the new age of valuation?
- Impact measurement is a complex and ever-changing market
- Measuring the social impact of specialized prevention: a catalyst for local cooperation
- Impact design: How can social impact assessment be operationalised to foster social innovation in the SSE sector?


Alliances and hybrid models
- The keys to successful hybrid management
- Reconciling the social economy with tech, the other challenge of the digital transition
- What Happens When a Company (Like Patagonia) Transfers Ownership to a Non profit?
Corporate social responsibility
- Corporate Social Responsibility


Creation and development of social enterprises
- Social economy and social entrepreneurship
Public innovation
- Action publique

Philanthropy

Towards strategic philanthropy
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Notre-Dame and Venice: why such a discrepancy in generosity?
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Historically contested concepts. A conceptual history of philanthropy in France, 1712-1914
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La philanthropie des femmes : un phénomène invisibilisé / Women’s philanthropy: an invisible phenomenon
The Conversation, March 2021

Beyond the opposition between altruism and self-interest: reciprocal giving in reward-based crowdfunding
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Philanthropists in democracy
PUF, April 2021
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Philanthropy: a family affair
Autrement, 2014
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Towards strategic philanthropy
Odile Jacob, 2020
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Financing impact innovation

Assessing social impact: the foundation of impact investing
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The Schatzman report: how to finance social innovation?
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Social impact assessment and measurement

Social Impact Assessment Primer #2
ESSEC EMISE Laboratory, AVISE, Mouvement Impact France, November 2021
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Social innovation: the best impact assessment method depends on how far the project has progressed
The Conversation, March 2021
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Assessing social impact: the foundation of impact investing
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Overview of social impact assessment in France
Labo EMISE and Impact Tank November 2021
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Impact unicorns: the new age of valuation?
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Measuring the social impact of specialized prevention: a catalyst for local cooperation
Read the article

Impact measurement is a complex and ever-changing market
Read the article

Impact design: how can social impact assessment be operationalised to foster social innovation in the SSE sector?
Read the article
Alliances and hybrid models

Reconciling the social economy with tech, the other challenge of the digital transition
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What happens when a company (like Patagonia) transfers ownership to a non-profit?
Harvard Business Review, October 2022
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The keys to successful hybrid management
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CSR and social enterprises

Corporate Social Responsibility
Measures put in place to ensure compliance with the principles of sustainable development in the company’s activities.
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Creation and development of social enterprises

Social economy and social entrepreneurship
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Public innovation

Action publique
New methods are being developed for the emergence of solutions, and a new ecosystem of players is emerging.
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