Impact Investing: Transforming How We Make Money while Making a Difference

By Antony Bugg-Levine, Jed Emerson. Innovations Technology Governance Globalization, 2011

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future. But, she also wants to use her wealth to address the social and environmental challenges she cares about and thereby leave a broader legacy. She becomes convinced that simply giving her money away cannot be the only way she can make a difference. So, she redirects her assets into investments that preserve her wealth and also directly tackle problems of poverty and environmental degradation.

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The Effect of Experiential Social Entrepreneurship Education on Intention Formation in Students (2018, background): “In recent years, many similar networks, incubators and support groups have emerged, providing advice and finance to nascent social entrepreneurs (Bugg-Levine and Emerson, 2011; Tjornbo and Westley, 2012).”
Social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystems: Complementary or disjoint phenomena? (2017, background): “…type of investor class that makes investments with the expectation of receiving two types of returns: a financial return on investment (ROI) and a social ROI (cf. Bugg-Levine and Emerson, 2011; Roundy et al., 2017); that is, they expect their investment to generate both financial and social value.”
Ethical requirement and financial interest: a literature review on socially responsible investing (2015, background): “’’ This opinion is not shared by Bugg-Levine and Emerson (2011:5 et seq.) who argue that the separation between financial return and contribution to charities leads to a ‘‘waste of capital and talent’’. They promote the idea of impact investing, whereby positive impact on social and environmental ch”
Sustainable development and financial system: IntegratingESGrisks through sustainable investment strategies in a climate change context (2021, background): “Although impact investment was more related to philanthropy and venture capital in its origins(Bugg-Levine & Emerson, 2011), the launch of SDGs in 2015 has led many listed companies to consider their role in financing these global goals.”
Impact Metrics for Social Innovation: Barriers or Bridges to Radical Change? (2012, methodology): “In other words, impact investors seek ‘to allocate capital where it can generate the more integrated, blended value’ (Bugg-Levine and Emerson 2011, p. 10).”
Social finance and crowdfunding for social enterprises: a public–private case study providing legitimacy and leverage (2014, background): “An important stream deals with the logic of impact investing (Bugg-Levine and Emerson 2011).”
Mapping out the sharing economy: A configurational approach to sharing business modeling (2017, background): “…most of the media and scholarly attention as it pertains to startup investment, there is a growing group of impact investors globally who seek to invest in projects that not only have the potential for return on investment but also for positive impacts in society (Bugg-Levine & Emerson 2011).”
[Accepted Manuscript] Narratives of Promise, Narratives of Caution: A Review of the Literature on Social Impact Bonds (2016, methodology): “Advocates of Social Entrepreneurship see this as part of a wider move toward more socially responsible investment and business practices globally (Porter and Kramer, 2006; Bugg-Levine and Emerson, 2011).”