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Essays Show Innovative Business Solutions for Low-Income Markets Continue to Evolve
The BoP Short Essay Competition organized by the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at the Johnson School at Cornell University attracted more than 100 submissions from 27 countries. While India is still a hotbed for BoP ventures, this year’s contest drew a diverse array of ideas and opportunities from many other parts of the world.
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- Impact Assessment
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After Two Years, ANDE Making an Impact for Small and Growing Businesses
ANDE’s 2010 Impact Report shows the increasing recognition of the importance of SGBs. In the first half of 2010, 22 investment funds launched with a primary focus on SGBs, while private equity funds doubled targets for SGB investments from 2009 to 2010, according to the report. The middle may no longer be "missing," but it is still hard to find.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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When the Shoe Doesn’t Fit: An Investor’s Take on One-for-One Models
There is one model that has grabbed significantly more mainstream attention than the rest: the "one-for-one." TOMS Shoes, the best-known example, gives shoes to the shoeless when you buy a pair for yourself. But as an investor have a new set of concerns about whether and how one-for-one models can become sustainable, scalable organizations.
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- Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise
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Moving Impact Investing from Niche to Mainstream, While Protecting the Mission
Is impact investing a tool to keep good-doers busy or a tool to transform the world? The Economist’s Matthew Bishop put this question to a panel of impact investing professionals at SOCAP/Europe. Unsurprisingly, the panel’s unanimous answer was: Impact investing is here to change the world, but first there are key decisions to settle.
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- Impact Assessment
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What Does It Take to Build a Market? (An India Session @ SOCAP Europe)
How big can impact investing become? When looking for an answer (and hoping to find an encouraging one), it?s best examine a big country - like India. That’s precisely what did McKinsey and Omidyar Network did. The two organizations presented a BoP market study at SOCAP/Europe revealing a bullish outlook despite latent demand.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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Why Should Your Company Engage the BoP?
Why do corporations engage with the base of the pyramid? There appear to be several distinctly different answers to this question. My conversations with corporate leaders hoping to pursue social impact and new market growth in BoP markets reveal a frequent lack of clarity about not just how to do it, but more importantly, why they should do it.
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- Impact Assessment
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SOCAP/Europe Kicks Off With Notes of Change
Netherlands Princess M?xima, herself Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development of the Secretary General of the United Nations, kicked of the SOCAP/Europe conference. She was followed by panelests noting the first wave of social entrepreneurship was driven by charismatic individuals, the second wave will be driven by collaboration.
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SOCAP/Europe Preview: Measuring What Matters
At SOCAP/Europe taking place next week in Amsterdam, the panel ?Measuring what Matters? will shed light on measurement challenges, opportunities and latest developments in the metrics harmony. GIIRS and Keystone Accountability will share interesting insights from their cutting-edge initiatives.
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- Impact Assessment
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