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Impak Finance (B): Covid-19 and Its Effects on the Impact Economy
Diane-Laure Arjalies; Delphine Gibassier; Andrew NewtonCase IVEY-9B20M217-EStrategyIn case B, in late summer 2020, the founder has decided to prioritize the company's rating agency, advocating for robust and standardized impact assessments for all firms. He felt confident about his company's new strategic direction and focus during theStarting at €5.74
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Verge Capital: Investing for Social Impact
Diane-Laure Arjalies; Sandy Chen; Sarangen Sathasivam; Andrew NewtonCase IVEY-9B20M135-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyVerge Capital was a social finance organization in London, Ontario, that connected local aspiring entrepreneurs with funds that would support initiatives with societal or environmental missions that benefited local communities. In 2019, the social finance manager at Verge Capital had to recommend one of two social impact business proposals that the organization should fund a CA$30,000 loan to. The two options were (1) Sri Lankan Foods, which oper...Starting at €8.20
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Sidewalk Labs: Privacy in a City Built from the Internet Up
John, Leslie K.; Weiss, Mitchell B.; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-819024-EEntrepreneurshipBy the time Dan Doctoroff, CEO of Sidewalk Labs, began hosting a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" session in January 2018, he had only nine months remaining to convince the people of Toronto, their government representatives, and presumably his parent company Alphabet, Inc., that Sidewalk Labs' plan to construct "the first truly 21st-century city" on the Canadian city's waterfront was a sound one. Along with much excitement and optimism, strains of conce...Starting at €8.20
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Impak Finance (A): Building the Impact Economy through Systems Change
Diane-Laure Arjalies; Delphine Gibassier; Andrew NewtonCase IVEY-9B20M216-EStrategyThe founder and chief executive officer of impak Finance Inc. had grown his financial technology start-up, based in Montreal, Canada, into a company with two main business lines: an extensive and comprehensive assessment and rating agency that used advancStarting at €8.20
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Sidewalk Labs: Privacy in a City Built from the Internet Up, Teaching Note
John, Leslie K.; Weiss, Mitchell B.Teaching Note HBS-820023-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note to case 819024Starting at €0.00