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Welcome
Dear friends,
Welcome to the inaugural issue of CASEconnection, a quarterly newsletter from the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. We launched an internal newsletter last year for our students, faculty and staff. Despite the fact that our target audience was here at Fuqua, we received numerous requests for inclusion on the distribution list from around the globe. Thus, we have revamped the newsletter to serve a broader audience more deliberately, and we hope that you will find it informative, thoughtful and accessible.
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| CASE Corner-by Professor Greg Dees |
Social Entrepreneurship is About Innovation and Impact, Not Income
The term “social entrepreneur” has become increasingly
common, yet there is little consensus on the meaning of the term.
According to CASE Faculty Director Greg Dees, far too many people
think of social entrepreneurship in terms of nonprofits generating
earned income. He argues that this perspective is dangerously narrow.
Rather, he promotes a definition that emphasizes innovation and
impact, not income, in addressing social problems.
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| Business Skills in the Social Sector |
| The Road to Microfinance -- A Serendipitous Journey
 As Michael Chu looks back on his career, he sees it not as a planned progression, but more as a series of serendipitous events. During a recent visit to Fuqua, he discussed his path from “radical youth” to “surprised business person” to nonprofit CEO at ACCION International.
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| SE @ Work |
Social and Financial Returns
SJF Ventures and its allied nonprofit SJF Advisory Services work with investees to reap social and environmental, as well as financial, returns. At growing companies such as Salvage Direct and Sun and Earth, employees benefit directly from SJF’s assistance through benefits such as employer-paid health insurance, training programs, 401K plans and profit sharing or employee stock options. Read more about SJF’s approach and its research into employee asset-building strategies.
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| Research |
| For-profits vs. Nonprofits
For-profits have come to dominate the U.S. nursing home sector. Why? And what effect does this reality have on quality of care? More broadly, what can we learn from this industry about the roles of nonprofit and for-profit firms competing in the social service marketplace? Fuqua Strategy Professor Will Mitchell discusses his research team’s answers to these questions derived from their analysis of several thousand nursing homes over seven years.
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