This Center began as a collaboration between Columbia University Law School and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. From "What We Do," "The Center works primarily through projects in different institutional settings, such as higher education, low-wage work, criminal justice, and housing. Each of the projects brings together creative and committed researchers, practitioners, and students to address problems involving structural inequality, and to do so through examining innovation."
This page describes Community Innovation, a book written by Pete Plastrik and Theodore Staton. The title is in question (an image of the book's cover refers to Innovation Communites)., but this page provides a description, as well as links to e-chapters, as they become available (as of April 2010, the introduction and first 4 chapters are available).
"Business Planning for Enduring Social Impact
Business Planning for Enduring Social Impact applies the strategic rigor and financial savvy of traditional private-sector business planning to social problem solving. This practical guide provides an introduction to business planning for enduring social impact and leads readers through a four-step process for creating an actionable business plan. "