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CASE and CASE i3 Faculty Director Cathy Clark moderated a panel for the OECD Global Action Summit “Inspiration, Innovation and Inclusion: Shaping our future with the social and solidarity economy,” in Paris on March 21st. Her panel, titled “Taking Stock …

While each of the 5 finalists for the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact demonstrated innovative scaling strategies, resilience amid challenges, and powerful evidence of impact, one rose to the top of a competitive applicant pool.  The Center …

This live, virtual course helps C-Suite leaders, board members, busy executives, and  managers to cut through the noise in the rapidly expanding ESG and impact  field to immediately and confidently enhance their practices around ESG and impact management.   We …

Originally posted 9.13.21 on ImpactAlpha. NEW: The United Nations Development Programme and CASE at Duke have released a free online training for global enterprises and investors on impact measurement and management for the SDGs.  CASE and ImpactAlpha will launch Optimizing for Impact, a …

By Cathy Clark, Matthew H. Allen, Bonny Moellenbrock and Chinwe Onyeagoro As a potential extension of its pioneering work on impact investing, the Rockefeller Foundation commissioned us to be part of a global research consortium aiming to understand the needs …

By Cathy Clark and Jed Emerson Chapter in “Investing for Impact: How Social Entrepreneurship is Redefining the Meaning of Return.” How do impact investors know when they are truly creating impact? This practical guide explores cutting edge trends in impact …

By Cathy Clark, William Rosenzweig, David Long and Sara Olsen The Double Bottom Line (DBL) is a relatively new concept for business leaders. We think of Double Bottom Line (DBL) businesses as entrepreneurial ventures that strive to achieve measurable social …

By Cathy Clark The RISE Social Venture Rubric is a diagnostic tool that was developed at Columbia Business School to aid the in-class evaluation of social ventures. It was designed to stimulate for discussion and to help a student, entrepreneur, …