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Scaling Corporate Social Enterprise Conference: Why innovation is not enough
At the Scaling Corporate Social Enterprise Conference in Santiago, Chile Ron Adner, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, invited us to think always about the extra mile that our innovation requires. Here’s why: Because innovation on its own, loose, is not enough.
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U.S. managed assets with socially responsible criteria rise
The share of U.S. managed assets invested with environmental, social or similar criteria rose 50 percent over the past two years, a foundation that tracks the field said, because of new disclosure standards and client concern about areas like climate change.
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MBAs Drive Social Impact In Corporate Venture Capital Funds
Business school graduates are pioneering corporate venturing – venture capital funds run inside large companies that invest in social enterprises.
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NexThought Monday – Warby Parker Blurring Lines Between ‘Social’ and ‘Business’: Glasses firm takes BOGO model to new heights
The "buy one, give one" model allows companies to tap into the formerly unrequited millennial desire to do good from a distance – and with style. Dozens of companies have adopted the strategy. Among them, the author says, Warby Parker does it best.
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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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Will There Be Enough ESG Investing Opportunities To Meet Demand?
So-called “responsible” investing is gaining cred both with retail investors and institutional investors. But as Cerulli Associates points out in a recent report, the question is whether growing interest in green or responsible investing will translate into more investible opportunities in this space.
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High Impact Philanthropy Demands Investing, Not Spending: India’s CSR Act is an opportunity for reframing
India’s new Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) Act will make an additional 15,000 to 20,000 crores (US $2.4 to $3.2 billion) available to the development sector. As great as the need is India, Satyam Darmora, with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, I believes the opportunity is even larger — if it is maximized.
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How the private sector can pitch in to help combat Ebola
While health workers on the ground continue to struggle to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the United Nations, international nongovernmental organizations and other donors are appealing to the private sector for help.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa