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Beyond the Bottom Line … You’re Invited!

Each year, Fuqua’s (award-winning!) Net Impact Club hosts the incredible Duke Conference on Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI).  It is truly an event not to be missed, and you are invited to join us on Wednesday, February 20th! SBSI aims …

What is Impact Investing and How Does It Work?

Professor Cathy Clark explains impact investing in a Fuqua Q and A, originally posted here. “Impact investing” – chances are it’s a term you have heard recently. What exactly is impact investing and how does is work? Fuqua’s Center for the Advancement …

The Past, Present and Future of Social Entrepreneurship

CASE Founder Greg Dees reflects on 10 years of CASE at Fuqua. This Q&A was originally posted on the Fuqua website (here). Social entrepreneurs are playing a key role in recognizing and resourcefully pursuing opportunities to create social value. They …

Impact Consulting in Africa

What is social entrepreneurship?

This post was written by second year Duke MBA, Deidre-Ann Nelson.  Deidre’s post originally appeared on Fuqua’s “Daytime MBA Student Blog” which has lots of great posts about the Daytime MBA experience from the student perspective. Needless to say, consulting …

Oh, What A Night!

What a great night!  Our CASE team and 180+ of our closest friends got together to celebrate 10 years of CASE and hear inspiring talks from our founder Greg Dees; student social entrepreneur Rachel Lichte; Fuqua alum and global health …

CASE i3 launches MBA Fellowship in Impact Investing

For more on CASE i3 – including our latest reports and information for prospective students – visit http://casei3.org. Last year, Fuqua’s Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) launched the first comprehensive global program at a leading U.S. business school …

Introducing the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke!

We are excited to officially announce that Duke has been awarded $10M by the US Agency for International Development to launch the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke! This award is part of a new initiative of USAID, the Higher Education Solutions …

Introducing CASE Scholar Jennifer Fluder

As noted in the previous post, Fuqua offers scholarships each year to individuals with nonprofit backgrounds who are looking to acquire business skills for use in their pursuit of social impact. In addition to Michelle Kirby, we are proud to announce our second CASE Scholar, …

Introducing CASE Scholar Michelle Kirby

Duke’s Fuqua School of Business offers scholarships each year to individuals with nonprofit backgrounds who are looking to acquire business skills for use in their pursuit of social impact. The Social Sector Scholarship brings in amazing students who add a richness to …