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The chapter remarks on the main topics of the book. Specifically, the chapter highlights the main features of impact investing funds, results of the analyses conducted on a sample of funds as well as challenges faced by the impact-funds industry as a whole. Future research needs are also assessed and discussed in line with the scholars’ and practitioners’ perspective.
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Chiappini, H. (2017). Concluding Remarks. In: Social Impact Funds. Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55260-6_7
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