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Akula: We certainly have social investors, who come at it with a double-bottom line approach of making a social impact as well as a for-profit impact.

Vikram Akula: Mobile Banking Could Be the Future of Microfinance 2009

In recent years, as an increasing number of for-profit lenders have entered a market once dominated by non-profits and aid agencies, experienced practitioners have become concerned that microfinance is straying from its original mission of social development -- what those in the industry call the "double-bottom line."

How To Measure Microfinance's Social Impact 2009

For example, one could imagine the federal government encouraging standardized metrics to define social return on investment; developing lending programs that provide early-stage capital to social ventures that pursue a double-bottom line; and exploring regulation to create new hybrid corporate forms that blend a for-profit/non-profit mission.

Jonathan Greenblatt: Remembering Ron Brown and Crafting an Agenda of Sustainable Commerce 2009

Croft: For all the things that CalPERS did right in terms of double-bottom line investing, as it's called -- investing in green housing and buildings, urban investments, and clean technology -- it may have been overly aggressive in alternative investments.

Leo W. Gerard: Q&A With Responsible Pension Investment Expert Thomas Croft 2009

The thinking behind the "double-bottom" concept is that if buyers surface twice around the same area, it creates a recognizable floor for the fair value of stocks.

Bulls Might Well Be Wary 2008

Before any bulls come rushing in, however, it's important to note that the 1360 to 1370 level on the S&P 500 was revered as strong "double-bottom" support after holding in August and November last year.

Bulls Might Well Be Wary 2008

The shares may be looking at another test of double-bottom support in the 16 region.

Speculators Dive Into Dell Options Jocelynn Drake 2006

Special Offer: Is that a double-bottom forming on the chart for this maker of two-way radios?

Deep Value In Cellphone Distribution 2006

Mrs. van Warmelo says the instructions were dispatched in a false double-bottom of an ordinary safety match-box.

The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service Johanna Brandt 1920

There is no double-bottom to art, but one only; in art all is symbolical, because all is ideal.

Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Benedetto Croce 1909