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Helen Chiappini ()
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Helen Chiappini: Sapienza University of Rome

Chapter Chapter 1 in Social Impact Funds, 2017, pp 1-5 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter contextualizes social impact funds within the social impact investing framework. The chapter synthetically assesses the motivations for which impact investments are growing up and the role played by social impact funds in the industryCrowdfunding industry . Moreover, the chapter presents the aim and the structure of the book, identifying the main themes of any chapter.

Keywords: Social impact funds; Environmental impact funds; Impact investing; Social impact investments; CSR; SRI; Social responsible investing; Philanthropic investments; Ethical investments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-55260-6_1

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