Measurement & Evaluation
The New Double Bottom Line
By combining the characteristics of small and nimble organizations with those that have successfully scaled, can we have our impact and our numbers too?
Tag: Socially Responsible Business
Education
To Build Leaders for Social Impact, Universities Must Adapt
Universities play a critical role in producing social impact leaders committed to the public good and prepared to confront the challenges of an uncertain world.
Education
Three Lessons for Impact Investing Education Programs
Academic institutions can help build the impact investing field by teaching students a fuller suite of skills, clarifying the range of career paths open to them, and developing a better theoretical and practical knowledge base.
Impact Investing
Toward the Efficient Impact Frontier
At Root Capital, leaders are using ideas from mainstream financial analysis to calibrate the role that subsidies play in their investing practice. Includes magazine extras.
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Inventive Approaches to Urban Problem Solving
Detroit’s experiences hint at a model where philanthropy and business routinely supplement and complement government.
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Philanthropy as a Catalyst
Foundations aspiring to make a difference in challenged cities have much to offer beyond grantmaking—if they are willing to embrace new roles that may fall well outside their comfort zones.
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Building Economic Flywheels
Concentrating investments along key corridors in the Motor City can generate market activity, but more effort must be made to create self-sustaining momentum that propels communities toward broader prosperity.
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Roundtable: Cross-Sector Leadership in Detroit
A roundtable discussion on the role that leadership from across sectors played in revitalizing Detroit.
Collaboration
Business Collaboration with Government: Does Reward Outweigh Risk?
The challenges facing the world—issues that affect businesses, government, and civil society in equal part—are too real and too urgent for any sector to go it alone.
Education
Shaping Social Impact Education Through Collective Wisdom
More and more students are seeking out courses from business schools that support them in pursuing meaningful careers, and universities are responding, but what does the future hold?