Unlocking the power of business and markets to tackle critical global challenges
The William Davidson Institute is a solutions-driven non-profit affiliated with the University of Michigan.
We operate as allies to the change-makers—entrepreneurs, investors, governments, and academia—collaborating to drive pioneering solutions. We serve as a knowledge builder, enterprise accelerator and ecosystem catalyst.
We tackle challenges that can transform lives and markets at scale focusing on three key areas:
Leveraging expertise from the U-M Ross School of Business and leading educators from around the world, we deliver world-class, practical entrepreneurship and management training empowering individuals to lead, innovate and create lasting impact in their communities.
Leveraging expertise from the U-M Ross School of Business and leading educators from around the world, we deliver world-class, practical entrepreneurship and management training empowering individuals to lead, innovate and create lasting impact in their communities.
Our business-driven and systems-focused portfolio reflects the strength of our partnerships and interconnectedness of our work.
By Yaquta Fathi, Program Manager, WDI Impact Monitoring and Management There have been a number of critiques of impact investing in recent months, targeting several common investor practices. Yet these
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