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(Fund)raising honors: Blending conventional and technological approaches to development

Journal of the European Honors Council, 2020
Rebecca Bott-Knutson, Hanna Holmquist, Keith Mahlum   +2 more
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Blockchain for social good: a quantitative analysis

, 2018
The rise of blockchain technologies has given a boost to social good projects, which are trying to exploit various characteristic features of blockchains: the quick and inexpensive transfer of cryptocurrency, the transparency of transactions, the ability
Bartoletti, Massimo, Cimoli, Tiziana, Pompianu, Livio, Serusi, Sergio   +3 more
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STRATEGI PENGHIMPUNAN DANA SOSIAL UMMAT PADA LEMBAGA-LEMBAGA FILLANTROFI DI INDONESIA (Studi Kasus Dompet Peduli Ummat Daarut Tauhid, Dompet Dhuafa Republika, BAZNAS, dan BAZIS DKI Jakarta)

Li Falah: Jurnal Studi Ekonomi dan Bisnis Islam, 2016
This study aimed to describe forms of fundrising conducted by institutions fillantrofi in Indonesia. The study was conducted at four institutions namely DPU Daarut Tauhid, Dompet Dhuafa Republika, BAZNAS, and BAZIS of DKI Jakarta.
N.Oneng Nurul Bariyah
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Investor Behavior in Hedged Mutual Funds: Evidence on Risk Chasing and Misallocation

Applied Finance Letters
Hedged mutual funds (HMFs), employing hedge-fund-like strategies such as leverage, short-selling, and derivatives, have become a significant segment of the U.S. fund industry.
Hasan Zafer Yuksel, Yinfei Chen, Steve Liu   +2 more
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Social Security Investment in Equities I: Linear Case [PDF]

Social Security trust fund portfolio diversification to include some equities reduces the equity premium by raising the safe real interest rate. This requires changes in taxes. Under the hypothesis of constant marginal returns to risky investments, trust
Jean Geanakoplos, Peter Diamond
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Loving Cultural Heritage. Private individual giving and prosocial behavior [PDF]

The aim of this paper is to analyse patterns of private individual giving to Cultural Heritage institutions in Italy. Based on the emerging economic literature on pro-social behavior, we carried out a Contingent Valuation survey to assess individuals ...
Bertacchini Enrico, Santagata Walter, Signorello Giovanni   +2 more
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Challenges and Prospects of Developing Light Industry in Russia

Вестник Российского экономического университета имени Г. В. Плеханова
Today enterprises of light industry face serious problems arising due to competition with Asian companies, problems with investment and staff. Comparative analysis of key figures of light industry in Russia and China shows considerable backwardness of ...
D. V. Khrulkov
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Tempering the Immigration Debate: An Assessment of the American Dream Fund [PDF]

, 2008
In 2003, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation joined with Ford, Carnegie and others in a national effort to encourage immigrant civic participation, and a year later, Knight adopted a variation of that strategy: funding a wide array of local ...
Tony Mecia
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Restoring banking's safety net: deposit insurance's steeper cost [PDF]

A recession now in its 21st month has presented tremendous challenges to the deposit insurance system. Actual and expected bank failures have left the Deposit Insurance Fund below its mandated level.
Kory Killgo
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Managing reputation for ‘good works’ while undertaking commercial activities: Communication best practice guidelines for charities [PDF]

, 2010
Charities and not-for-profit organisations have traditionally eschewed commercial operations in favour of direct fund-raising from supporters. Competitive pressures, however, are driving charities to take on ‘dual citizenship’ through activity in both ...
Watson, Tom, White, Anna Marie
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