{"product_id":"impact-investing-isbn-9780470907214","title":"Impact Investing","description":"\u003cb\u003eA ground-breaking book on the transformative power of impact investing\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis is the first book to chart the catalytic path of this new industry, explaining how it is and can be a positive disruptive force. It shows how impact investing is a transformational vehicle for delivering \"blended value\" throughout the investment spectrum, giving a single name to a set of activities previously siloed in enclaves, revealing how they are linked within what is becoming a new field of investing. Written by two leaders in the growing field of impact investing, the book defines this emerging industry for participants on all sides of the funding equation (investors, funders and social entrepreneurs).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFilled with illustrative examples of impact investing success stories\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals how the field can expand in order to address the most critical social and environmental issues of our day\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the wide-ranging applications of impact investing as well as entrepreneurial opportunities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors \u003ci\u003edo not\u003c\/i\u003e take a normative approach to argue how investors should behave like an investment guide might but show how entrepreneurial people and institutions are already offering an integrated alternative.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One The Terrain of Impact Investing 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 A Mighty Wave 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Impact Investing in International Development 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Microfinance: Still the Best Brand in Development? 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Impact Investing in Social Enterprises: Flourishing in the ‘‘Confusing Mess’’ 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Where Is Impact Investing Headed? 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two The Implications of Impact Investing 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 How Will We Regulate Impact Investing? 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 How Will We Cultivate Transformational Leadership? 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 How Will We Measure Blended Value? 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 How Will We Unlock Philanthropic Capital? Total Foundation Asset Management 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 How Will We Move the Money? 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 How Will We See the Forest \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003ethe Trees? Creating the New Ecosystem of Impact Investing for Blended Value 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Authors 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisclosure 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 287\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE AUTHORS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntony Bugg-Levine\u003c\/b\u003e designed and leads the Rockefeller Foundation's impact investing initiative. He convened the 2007 meeting that coined the phrase impact investing and is the board chair of the Global Impact Investing Network. He also teaches at Columbia Business School. A native of South Africa he served in the late 1990s as the acting communications director at the South African Human Rights Commission. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJed Emerson,\u003c\/b\u003e originator of the term blended value, is executive vice president of ImpactAssets, a senior fellow with Heidelberg University's Center on Social Investing, and a senior advisor to the Sterling Group (Hong Kong). He was founding director of REDF, a founding board member of Pacific Community Ventures, and founding director of Larkin Street Services.\t  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking book charts the path of a new industry, explaining how impact investing \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ecan\u003c\/i\u003e be a positive disruptive force. \u003ci\u003eImpact Investing\u003c\/i\u003e affirms that it is possible and desirable to address social and environmental problems with investments that generate financial profits.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAntony Bugg-Levine and Jed Emerson reveal how impact investing is a transformational vehicle for delivering blended value through investment. The authors—two leaders in the burgeoning field of impact investing—give a name to a set of activities previously siloed in enclaves and reveal how these activities are linked within what is becoming a new and dynamic field.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors don’t take a normative approach to argue how investors should behave but instead show how entrepreneurial people and institutions are already offering an integrated alternative. \u003ci\u003eImpact Investing\u003c\/i\u003e defines this emerging industry for all the institutions and people it is affecting (investors, funders, social entrepreneurs, educators, policy makers, and marginalized communities) and showcases illustrative examples of challenges and successes. The book also explores the potential that impact investing holds to tackle the most critical social and environmental issues of our day on a scale never seen before.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately, \u003ci\u003eImpact Investing\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fundamentally optimistic vision. This unifying vision illuminates what can be achieved when we capture total blended value, when \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e our assets work in unison with our values and beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989404205285,"sku":"NP9780470907214","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470907214.jpg?v=1761783979","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/impact-investing-isbn-9780470907214","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}