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Business Schools Foster Social Impact And Entrepreneurship
Business schools are catering for social entrepreneurs and MBA students who want to make a social impact – through funding, education and start-up incubation.
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Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Invests In Social Enterprise Kinara Capital
@Michael_and has made an undisclosed amount of equity investment in Bangalore based social enterprise, Kinara Capital.
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OPINION: F.B. Heron Foundation’s Big Shift to Impact Investing Is Moving Along. Where’s the Money Going?
The F.B. Heron Foundation is way out front on impact investing, with its goal of putting the foundation’s full endowment into social impact investments by 2017. So how's it going?
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Connecting Assets to Impact: ImpactAssets 50 showcases private fund managers that deliver social and environmental impact as well as financial returns
The ImpactAssets 50 - whose 2014 edition was released last week - is an annual showcase of 50 private fund managers that deliver social and environmental impact as well as financial returns. Its free, searchable database provides filtering by asset class, geographic region and issue area, and gives a detailed overview of each firm.
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Impact investing won’t replace philanthropy but will push firms towards CSR, says Rockefeller Foundation Chief
A Q&A with Judith Rodin, the president of the Rockefeller Foundation.
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Rental America: Why the poor pay $4,150 for a $1,500 sofa
No credit, no cash, no bank account? There’s still a place to go shopping, but it comes at a price.
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Development Finance Institutions Come of Age
In a world where private enterprise drives jobs and prosperity, DFIs expand the frontiers of what is viewed as a profitable investment opportunity around the world.
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Bringing the Gender Lens into Focus
Gender lens investing is an increasing focus of investor and media attention. But this paradigm shift calls for a new approach that holds investors accountable, says Tara Sabre Collier. The term “gender lens” should imply a shift away from a gender-specific silo towards a more holistic vision of empowering women as investees, employees, consumers, suppliers and beyond.
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