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The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
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J. Gregory Dees
Faculty Director
Beth Battle Anderson
Managing Director
Matthew
T.A. Nash
Associate Director
John
Kalafatas
Senior Research Associate
Pam
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Corner-by Professor J. Gregory Dees |
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Entrepreneurship
in Philanthropy
Entrepreneurship
occurs in all spheres of productive human endeavor, including philanthropy.
It is the major force for progress. In this article, I will address
what it means to be an entrepreneur in philanthropy and outline
a range of entrepreneurial strategies in philanthropy.
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| Business Skills in the Social Sector |
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NESsT
Promotes Business Ethics in the Field of Social Enterprise
 Anticipating
the need to maintain the trust of social sector stakeholders, NESsT
has drawn upon best practices in the private and social sectors
to develop the first "code of ethics" designed to help social enterprise
leaders recognize and better prepare for the unique ethical challenges
of entrepreneurship in the nonprofit sector.
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Fuqua
Alumni and Nonprofits Benefit from Conference on Social Enterprise
Fuqua’s
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) and
Duke Law
School’s Community Enterprise Clinic (CEC) teamed up June
1 to help nonprofit organizations understand how they can use business
strategies to help support their charitable endeavors, co-sponsoring
a one-day conference on the theme, “Developing Earned Income
Strategies to Enhance Social and Community Impact.”
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| SE @ Work |
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Social
Enterprise at Work in Bulgaria
In
a small, tired municipal building in the Gotse Delchev district
of Sofia, surrounded by block apartment buildings, a few women are
working patiently to change the nature of economic development and
social support in Bulgaria. They would not describe their endeavors
this way: to them, they are simply doing what they can to help socially
disadvantaged people in Bulgaria. They work from their hearts. They
did not set out to effect economic change or become part of a concept
of generating income that questions more than the profit motive.
But they are an impressive example of what is possible for Bulgaria.
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| Research |
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Want to Have Impact?
Pay Attention to the Behavioral Details
Effecting social change often requires changing behavior, and little
things can make a major difference when it comes to behavior. Princeton
Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs Eldar Shafir delivered
this powerful message in a presentation on the behavioral economics
of poverty at a recent conference at Duke University’s Fuqua School
of Business.
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| SE in the Classroom |
Social
Enterprise Goes to School
The
turn of the millennium has seen the rise of a vast array of campus-based
programs that train MBAs and not-for-profit professionals in the
areas of social enterprise and nonprofit management. Led by many
of the world's top business schools, these endeavors signal that
social entrepreneurship and social enterprise have gained strong
cultural legitimacy.
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