...Philip T. Roundy Purpose Impact investing, a type of values-based investing that combines financial investment with philanthropic goals, is receiving heightened scholarly and practitioner attention. The geography of impact investing, however, is largely unexamined, and it is not clear why some...

... be contacted at: catellogiovanni.landi@unina.it Corporate financial performance Socially responsible investments Impact investing Corporate social performance Environmental social and governance (ESG) Jensen’s alpha In the past several decades, the interest from academia...

... to impact investing, this study seeks to answer four questions that are central to understanding the phenomenon. What are the defining characteristics of impact investing? Do impact investors differ from traditional classes of investors and, if so, how? What are the motivations that drive impact investment...