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Our community shares a commitment to using business fundamentals to make a lasting, positive impact on the world’s pressing problems.
Who We AreWe believe that tackling the world’s biggest challenges requires nothing less than the efforts of committed leaders and contributors who are equipped with cutting-edge tools and insights.
By integrating Booth’s business fundamentals with research and experience-based learning, the Rustandy Center advances social innovation and equips bold thinkers and doers with the knowledge and tools necessary to positively impact human life and our planet.
To harness the power that social business innovation can wield in making the world more sustainable and equitable, the Rustandy Center:
Our community shares a commitment to using business fundamentals to make a lasting, positive impact on the world’s pressing problems.
Who We AreOur programs, research, events, and other activities advance our community’s odds of solving complex social and environmental problems.
What We DoWe support groundbreaking social impact research and share findings with people working on some of today’s most pressing problems.
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