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Scaling Pathways
Through the Scaling Pathways series, CASE partners with the Skoll Foundation, USAID, and Mercy Corps Ventures to share lessons, insights, and analysis from transformative social enterprises in driving impact at scale. The series includes in-depth case studies, cross-cutting theme papers on key challenges and opportunities related to scale, snapshots of scaling organizations, and more.
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Angel Networks in Emerging Markets
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Partnership to Advance Entrepreneurship Initiative (PACE) funded CASE to research opportunities for development institutions to support angel networks to drive private sector investment in entrepreneurship in Latin America, Middle East/North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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SEAD: Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke
The Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD) was a five-year accelerator program in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the USAID Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN). Through the accelerator program the SEAD team has captured lessons learned and policy implications to ensure that our work impacts both entrepreneurs on the ground and the broader development community.
How Social-Cause Marketing Affects Consumer Perceptions
By Paul N. Bloom, Steve Hoeffler, Kevin Lane Keller and Carlos E. Basurto Meza How should companies determine the best way to allocate marketing dollars between conventional promotional programs and affinity marketing programs? The former simply stress the benefits of …
Enterprising Social Innovation: Focusing Research on the Most Intriguing Form of Social Entrepreneurship
By J. Gregory Dees and Beth Battle Anderson [This is an edited excerpt from a longer paper by the same authors entitled “Framing a Theory of Social Entrepreneurship: Building on Two Schools of Practice and Thought.” The original paper was …
Access, Board Size and Inventives in Nonprofit Firms
By Rajesh K. Aggarwal, Mark E. Evans and Dhananjay Nanda We study the relation between board size and managerial incentives in non-profit firms. We present a model where board membership is granted to parties that wish to direct the manager’s …
RISE For-Profit Social Entrepreneur Report: Balancing Markets and Values
By Cathy Clark and Selen Ucak This first-of-its-kind exploratory study aims to take a snapshot of the landscape of U.S. for-profit social ventures, focusing on emerging companies that started within the past 30 years. Research Initiative on Social Entrepreneurship (RISE), …
The Past, Present, and Future of Social Entrepreneurship
By Katherine Fulton and J. Gregory Dees In February 2006, New Profit Inc. hosted a Gathering of Leaders at Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, New York. There, a group of visionary social entrepreneurs, along with leaders from business, policy, …
The Aaron Diamond Foundation: AIDS Research in New York City
By Matthew T.A. Nash A history of the tribulations involved in launching the Aaron Diamond Foundation and the decision-making involved in its entry into the field of AIDS research. Was funding an AIDS research laboratory good fit for the Aaron …
2005 Practitioner Survey on Scaling Social Impact
In November, 2005, CASE worked with Princeton Survey Research Associates International to conduct an exploratory survey of practitioners to understand their past practices, future plans, and assumptions about scaling social impact. Sent to 764 recognized social entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders, …
An Empirical Examination of the Complex Relationships Between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Stakeholder Support
By Zannie Giraud Voss, Glenn B. Voss and Christine Moorman Purpose – This paper seeks to integrate stakeholder theory with the entrepreneurial orientation literature to explore relationships between distinct entrepreneurial behaviors and support from stakeholders with divergent interests. Design/methodology/approach – A …
Social Entrepreneurs and Education
By J. Gregory Dees Commentary on issue of CICE devoted to the topic of social entrepreneurs and education: “The work presented [in this issue of CICE] should advance our thinking about social entrepreneurship in general, not just in the world …
Entrepreneurship in Philanthropy
By J. Gregory Dees Entrepreneurship occurs in all spheres of productive human endeavor, including philanthropy. It is the major force for progress. In this article, Dees addresses what it means to be an entrepreneur in philanthropy and outline a range …