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Measuring Your Social Impact: What the Research Says

Consumers, policymakers and society at large are caring more and more about businesses' commitment to loftier causes than just making money, such as social justice, the environment, and the welfare Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Hans Rawhouser , Michael Cummings and Scott Newbert

Social Innovators Spur Change in the Dominican Republic

More than 2 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water, and each year more than 1 million people die because of water-related diseases. These facts can make life unbearable for affected Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Coraima Yanez , Jennifer Long and Shilpa Alva

When Does Microfinance Do the Most Good?

Since the mid-1970s, microfinance has been seen as a way to lift people in emerging economies out of poverty by providing them access to financial services, particularly microcredit. Micro-loans are Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Pushan Dutt , Jasjit Singh and Arzi Adbi

4 Ways Social Entrepreneurs Can Measure Social Impact

Cost-benefit analysis, social accounting, SROI and BER analysis offer different ways to assess the value and impact created by social ventures. Climate change, income inequality, injustice and other Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Ozlem Ogutveren Gonul and Zuhal Senyuva