Institutional impact investing: practice and policy

Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 75-94

  Wood, David ^a   Thornley, Ben ^b   Grace, Katie ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pacific Community Ventures   (United States)

Author keywords

economically targeted investing; impact investing; institutional investors; responsible investing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890441952     PISSN: 20430795     EISSN: 20430809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20430795.2013.776256     Document Type: Article

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