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Closing in on the Crux of Impact Investing

This post was co-authored by Cathy Clark and Ben Thornley, and originally posted on the Huffington Post blog. The surge of interest in impact investing is a relatively recent phenomenon, although the practice of deploying capital with the intent to create …

Recapping a Fantastic Year

Now that we have handed out diplomas, said our goodbyes, and are closing out the academic year, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the year. We started off with a grand celebration of our 10 year anniversary – complete with …

Leading a Unique Life: A Message to our Graduates

Another year, another set of bittersweet goodbyes as our graduates throw their caps and hold their diplomas in hand. We send them off in to a world full of challenges that are ever changing and growing in complexity. But also a …

Motorcycles, Africa and Healthcare

This post was written by Nicole Hawkins, a rising second year student at Fuqua and a CASE Fellow. What do motorcycles, Africa and healthcare have in common?  The 2013 CASE Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI) Award winners, Riders for Health! Riders is …

“Be A Social Entrepreneur” with Greg Dees

This post originally appeared on Southern New Hampshire University’s Be a Social Entrepreneur blog. To read the original post, click here. J. Gregory Dees has been the recipient of the Ashoka and Aspen Institute Lifetime Achievement Award in Social Entrepreneurship and continues to share …

Best Practices in Impact Investing Emerge at Oxford

This post was written by Greg Payne, a second year Duke MBA student as well as a CASE and CASE i3 Fellow. The overcast sky and 45’F weather in Oxford could not dim the excitement and anticipation of the Impact …

Reaching Beyond the Bottom Line at SBSI 2013

This post was written by Kirsten Hagfors, one of the SBSI 2013 conference co-directors. Kirsten will soon graduate from Duke with a joint MBA/MEM (Master of Environmental Management) degree. This past February the Duke MBA Net Impact Club held its …

Building the Impact Investing Space in Latin America

This post was written by Karina Pena of the Americas Society / Council of the Americas (AS/COA).  Read the original post on their website. On March 6, AS/COA held an expert panel on impact investing and social entrepreneurship in Latin America. …

Inaugural Duke Symposium on Scaling Innovations in Global Health

CASE is excited to announce the inaugural 2013 Duke Symposium on Scaling Innovations in Global Health. The Symposium is open to the public.  Activities will include networking opportunities, panel discussions and an exposition of SEAD global healthcare innovators. Date: Friday, April 5th 1:00 …