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Universities Are Missing Out on an Explosive Growth Sector: Their Own

Harvard Business Review

One outside manager of many endowments I spoke to confirmed to me that there has been “no mandate” from clients to be investing in the future of higher education. “I The business models of universities are being challenged, and it looks like the universities are out to lunch. I haven’t heard that at all,” was the quote.

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Why the U.S. Needs More Worker-Owned Companies

Harvard Business Review

The social impact funds want to support it for social reasons, whereas hedge funds and others are recognizing that the superior resiliency and performance of worker-owned firms can improve their returns. The biggest difference is that workers have an important say in who manages them and how profits align with values. Already, U.S.

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