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How Cisco supports entrepreneurship today and every day

Cisco CSR

Derived from the word harambee — Swahili for “working together towards a common purpose” — the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance (Harambe) was founded in 2008 by Okendo Lewis-Gayle. Learn more about our community partners and our other social impact investments.

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Can Businesses Be Anchor Institutions?

Stanford Social Innovation

After all, the business (and academic business) community has already developed a deep library on corporate social responsibility , shared value , impact investing , inclusive growth etc., And can the term “anchor institution” convey something about a business that other labels do not?

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Changing the Profitability Paradigm: A Key Report Aims to Rally Global Investors Behind a Sustainable Approach to Finance

James Militzer

In 2001, the internet stock market crisis broke, and later that decade the subprime mortgage crisis sparked the 2008 global financial crisis — the largest since the Great Depression. along with other countries, introduced new regulatory policies in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis. But how can investors best support this goal?

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