Progress or pinkwashing: who benefits from digital women-focused capital funds?

Barbara Orser; Susan Coleman; Yanhong Li

Small Business Economics · 2019-11-29 · Issue: 2020/08
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Title: Progress or pinkwashing: who benefits from digital women-focused capital funds?
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Original publication: Small Business Economics · Springer Nature · 2019-11-29 · Issue date 2020/08
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Evidence limits: Content analysis of 27 women-focused funds in Canada and the USA examines their public positioning. Public mandates do not fully establish actual beneficiary outcomes, implementation or investment performance.
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