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Can Impact Investing Avoid the Failures of Microfinance?

Harvard Business

In 2010, J.P Morgan projected up to $1T in investment would be deployed this decade — which would make impact investing twice the size of official development aid to the world’s less develop countries (as defined by the United Nations) , presuming historic levels of aid stayed constant since 2010.

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What Research Tells Us About How Women Are Treated at Work

Harvard Business

The methodology: An analysis of email communication and meeting schedule data for hundreds of employees in one office over four months. The question: The initial aim of the research was to help financial decision makers develop better processes. The question: Why do fewer women end up in senior positions than men?

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The Innovation Health Care Really Needs: Help People Manage Their Own Health

Harvard Business

Whereas new technologies, competitors, and business models have made products and services more affordable and accessible in media, finance, retail, and other sectors, U.S. Since its founding in 2010, Iora has attracted more than $123 million in funding and now operates 37 practices serving 40,000 patients in 11 states.