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The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
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J. Gregory Dees
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Beth Battle Anderson
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Matthew T.A. Nash
Associate Director
Shawn Nemeth Rubiera
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| CASE Corner-by Beth Anderson |
Mission
Driven Social Enterprise: Integrating Income and Impact
“Why Nonprofits Should Get Out of Commercial Ventures” jumped out from the cover of the latest Stanford Social Innovation Review. Inside, economist Burt Weisbrod tells stories of the YMCA “health-and-fitness goliath” under attack by private health clubs for unfair competition; of the disastrous 1997 licensing agreement between the American Medical Association and Sunbeam Products that cost the AMA over $11 million in legal settlements, lost membership, and executive turnover; and of nonprofits like St. David’s Health Care System that lost its tax-exempt status as a consequence of its partnership with for-profit Columbia/HCA Healthcare.
Weeks later, in Harvard Business Review, leaders from The Bridgespan Group nonprofit strategic consulting firm asked “Should Nonprofits Seek Profits?” Apparently not, or not as often as they are, given Bridgespan’s experiences with their clients.
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| Business Skills in the Social Sector |
Fuqua Alum Keith Artin Charts Growth at Entrepreneurial TROSA
You could call Keith Artin an “accidental social entrepreneur.” In fact, Keith never expected to work for a nonprofit organization. However, six years after earning his MBA at the Fuqua School of Business, Keith has found challenging and deeply satisfying work as the chief operating officer of one of the most innovative substance abuse treatment organizations in the country, Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc. (TROSA).
TROSA is a Durham-area nonprofit organization that helps recovering drug and alcohol abusers change their lives. During their two year stay, residents receive therapy, housing, food, and clothing for free. In exchange, these men and women must stay off drugs and alcohol and work in one of the earned-income ventures that TROSA operates. This work experience helps residents learn life skills and work skills that enable them to find jobs after they graduate from the program.
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An Entrepreneurial Nonprofit Making an International Impact
GivingGlobal is an entrepreneurial nonprofit that helps donors and volunteers find the right opportunity, in the right country, right now! The process of social entrepreneurship is always striving for higher levels of excellence in creating new systems, increasing scalability and maximizing leverage. Our team finds it is a fine balance between having confidence and purpose and being humble and open. You have to draw on knowledge of past experiences so that you attain higher levels of excellence and take advantage of lessons learned. And then we balance that with being open and receptive -- new information is always coming! The marketplace and your clients' needs are always changing.
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For-profit Social Ventures
We live in an age in which boundaries between government, nonprofit and business sectors are blurring. This boundary blurring has led to a new breed of social entrepreneurs creating for-profit organizations explicitly to serve social purposes. Can these innovators “do good” and “do well”? CASE's Managing Director Beth Anderson discusses some of these issues in the Research section of CASEconnection.
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