A research and education center based at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) promotes the entrepreneurial pursuit of social impact through the thoughtful adaptation of business expertise.
CASE is pleased to announce the launch of a global research initiative: "The Impact Investor: People and Practices Delivering Exceptional Financial and Social Returns: The Need for Evidence and Engagement" Read more on our blog.
CASE staff and faculty will be highlighting our programs and initiatives as well as articles, research and new insights on social entrepreneurship. Whether you are a student studying social entrepreneurship, a faculty member, practitioner, investor, or alum, we hope to have news for you!
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CASE Knowledge
New Report! "The Impact Investor: People and Practices Delivering Exceptional Financial and Social Returns: The Need for Evidence and Engagement" by Cathy Clark, Jed Emerson, and Ben Thornley
Report: “Investing for Impact: How social entrepreneurship is redefining the meaning of return” with chapter by Cathy Clark and Jed Emerson.
Working Paper: The Challenges of Creating Databases to Support Rigorous Research in Social Entrepreneurship by Bloom & Clark, Nov 2011.
Social Ventures as Learning Laboratories (updated version), by Greg Dees, Tennessee's Business, May 2011
ChildFinance: Changing an Ecosystem to Achieve Social Impact (Case Study), CASE and Child Finance International, 2010
Scaling Social Impact: New Thinking by Paul Bloom and Edward Skloot (eds), Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
Creating Large Scale Change..., essay by Greg Dees in McKinsey Quarterly, April 6, 2010
Identifying the Drivers of Social Entrepreneurial Impact… by Paul Bloom and Brett Smith in the Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, March 2010
Scaling Social Entrepreneurial Impact by Paul Bloom and Aaron Chatterji in the California Management Review, Spring 2009
Download CASE Report on: "Developing the Field of Social Entrepreneurship"
Cultivate Your Ecosystem, by CASE Faculty Director, Greg Dees and CASE Senior Research Scholar, Paul N. Bloom(SSIR Winter 2008)
Business Entrepreneurs & Philanthropy: Potential and Pitfalls, by CASE Advisory Board Member, Mario Morino
Philanthropy and Enterprise: Harnessing the Power of Business and Entrepreneurship for Social Change, by CASE Faculty Director, Greg Dees
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CASE News
Duke GCP wins Ashoka U Innovation Award, Feb. 2011
CASE Founder Greg Dees recently spoke about the role social entrepreneurship can play in China. Read his remarks here or watch the video online. Jan 2011
Paul Bloom, CASE Faculty Director Honored with AMA Lifetime Achievement Award
CASE announces new Social Impact Exchange.
Fuqua ranked at #6 in the nation in the 2009 nonprofit specialty rankings by US News and World Report
CASE Named Top Program in Social Entrepreneurship by BNet
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