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Outcomes-Based Financing: The Quality Education India Development Impact Bond

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In 2018, India’s annual ASER survey indicated that the average Grade V student in India is at least two years behind in grade-appropriate learning. The Faculty Insight Accountability is the new black. The Darden School of Business’ Institute for Business in Society partners with Concordia and the U.S.

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Investing Responsibly: ESG and the Well-Intentioned Investor

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We witness with seeming regularity the importance of ESG factors through such high-profile incidents such as Enron’s fraud (2001), the VW “Dieselgate” emissions test scandal (2015) and Facebook’s personal data privacy breach (2018). and Stacy Cooper Bicentennial Professor of Business Administration, John G.

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EMPROPAZ: Financial Inclusion in a Refugee Crisis

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The Impact Between December 2018 and June 2023, 197,000 people — 59 percent of them women and 35 percent with no more than a primary education — accessed financial services and specialized training.

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Skip the Startup: Why More Entrepreneurs are Choosing Acquisition

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As the last of the Baby Boomers approach retirement age by 2030, it’s clear that a big shift in small business ownership looms on the horizon. According to a recent report from the Exit Planning Institute , 73% of business owners expect to exit their companies in the next 10 years, accounting for a $14 trillion opportunity.

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Fake It Till You Fail: Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos Story

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, is about more than just an entrepreneur in over her head, an overly trusting board, or venture capital and wealthy angel investors who got caught up in Silicon Valley hype, says Alexander, the John Glynn Endowed Professor and Professor of Practice in Business Administration. Holmes lost an appeal of the case this February.)

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The Partnership for Central America: Encouraging Economic Development

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Over 400,000 individuals were brought into the formal economy with bank accounts and/or access to credit by Mastercard, Accion, Davivienda and Bancolombia. Central America accounts for 17 percent of the estimated unauthorized immigrant population in the U.S. Assistant Professor of Business Administration. The Insights.

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SAMRIDH: Using Blended Finance Toward Quality Health Care in India

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Business, Ethics & Society. Finance & Accounting. This article was developed with the support of Darden’s Institute for Business in Society , at which Maggie Morse is director of programs. 2 NATHEALTH and PwC, Financing and Funding Indian Healthcare: Navigating the Turbulent Tide, 2018, [link]. Fri, 08/26/2022 - 09:59.

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