New publication promotes innovative, effective solutions to social problems.

MENLO PARK, Calif.– Hewlett Foundation grantee The Center for Social Innovation (CSI) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business has just launched a new publication, the Stanford Social Innovation Review (www.ssireview.com).

The Review presents the best ideas about nonprofit management, philanthropy, and corporate citizenship. The Review’s approach is based on a philosophy of dissolving boundaries and brokering a dialogue between the public, private, and nonprofit sectors with the goal of more effectively resolving social problems. The Review is published for all who organize activities and allocate resources explicitly earmarked for promoting the greater good: those who lead our foundations, our firms, our government agencies, and especially our nonprofit organizations.

The Review explores a wide range of topics, including management, leadership and governance of nonprofit organizations, corporate social responsibility and citizenship, social entrepreneurship, philanthropy, private-public partnerships, social change, as well as the application of knowledge from the major functional areas of management to the social sector (e.g., economics, marketing, finance, operation and technology management, and human resource management). The subscriber base includes nonprofit executives, philanthropists, public policy makers, concerned business leaders, consultants, academics, and students.

In an effort to ensure the highest level of quality, the Review has established an advisory board of diverse, highly regarded nonprofit practitioners and academics. The advisory board includes:

  • Elizabeth Boris, Urban Institute
  • Jeffrey Bradach, The Bridgespan Group
  • Peter Frumkin, Harvard University
  • Joe Galaskewicz, Arizona State University
  • Jan Masaoka, CompassPoint
  • Bill Meehan, Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • Clara Miller, Nonprofit Finance Fund
  • Edward Skloot, Surdna Foundation
  • Diane K. Vinokur, University of Michigan

This advisory board complements the distinguished faculty who serve as associate editors and as members of the editorial council.

Associate editors include:

  • James A. Phills, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Codirector, Center for Social Innovation, Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • Walter Powell, Professor of Education and Professor of Organizational Behavior and Sociology, Stanford University

The editorial council includes:

  • David Brady, Bohn H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Professor of Political Science and Leadership Values, Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • Jeremy Bulow, Richard A. Stepp Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • Glenn Caroll, Lane Professor of Organizations, Professor of Sociology (by courtesy), School of Humanities and Sciences
  • Dale Miller, Morgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior and Codirector, Center for Social Innovation, Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • Jeffrey Pfeffer, Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford Graduate School of Business

The academic editor is Stephen R. Barley and editorial director is Josh Rolnick.  

Published quarterly, the Review has received an increasing amount of press coverage since its launch. In addition, “Weird Ideas for Nonprofit Innovation,” an article by Business School Professor of Organizational Behavior Robert I. Sutton, was excerpted from the April issue of the journal and reprinted in the March 2003 Grantsmanship Report.

The Review is available at select Kepler’s, Borders, and Barnes & Noble book stores nationwide.  Subscriptions are also available at www.ssireview.org.  

The Center for Social Innovation (CSI) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) promotes innovative, effective, and efficient solutions to social problems in the United States and around the world through research, teaching, and outreach. In particular, its activities are designed to enhance the leadership, management, and organizational capacity of individuals and institutions who strive to create social and environmental value.

Led by faculty codirectors Dale T. Miller, Morgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior, and James A. Phills, Jr., Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, the Center is engaged in an ongoing process of examining, evaluating, and refining the scope of its programs and activities.