Impact investing is often promoted as a tool for alleviating poverty by leveraging private investment and market-based approaches to complement the limited funds made available from the public sector, foundations, and development assistance programs. Early research on...
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Jessica Jones is an Assistant Professor at Miami University, Farmer School of Business. She studies topics at the intersection of poverty, entrepreneurship, and civic engagement, such as social entrepreneurship and impact investing. She takes a collaborative partnership approach in her research and has been awarded multiple research grants to focus on community engagement and diversity. Her prior work has been published in management journals such as Journal of Business Venturing, Small Business Economics, and Journal of Business Ethics. She holds a PhD in Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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