Collaboration

Biomarkers Consortium, a public-private partnership in the health industry, presents five lessons in managing collaboration.

Chicago nonprofit Christopher House uses data to drive outcomes in providing education services to low-income families.

Humanyze helps interpret social data so that businesses can identify the best collaborative practices of the most effective people.

For multinational companies, language barriers are a key obstacle to social business. Can a multilingual approach work?

An authors’ briefing and Q&A on the findings from MIT Sloan Management Review’s Winter 2015 global sustainability study.

The 2014 Sustainability Report by MIT Sloan Management Review, BCG and the United Nations Global Compact highlights new global collaborations.

As part of its sustainability strategy, organic yogurt company Stonyfield has made a mission of total transparency in its sourcing.

A social business tool is helping U.S. government agencies crowdsource collaboration.

Leaders can avoid unhappy project status surprises if they understand how — and why — people avoid sharing bad news.

Companies that reach social business maturity are finding that their leadership practices are changing along the way.

Some innovative companies are attempting to redefine the parameters of strategic partnerships.

Effective collaboration on transport logistics can reduce emissions. Three case studies show how it works.

“Loosely coupled” organizations are models for managing a social media-driven business environment.

Before making a change, identify who can push the project forward — or cause it to stall.

Managers should focus on sustainability practices that are proven to be effective.

The art of collaboration is one that many research and development organizations have yet to master.

How South African brewer SABMiller changed its water practices to make its beer more sustainable.

Some managers in our 2012 global executive survey are seeing profits from their sustainability-related activities.

Getting ideas from customers is a norm; some companies get ideas from customers’ customers, too.

GE’s internal social network, GE Colab, is connecting up the firm’s 115,000 employees around the globe.