Is the electric grid ready for the era of decarbonization? Nonresident scholar Julie A. Cohn explains why new inverter technology could prove vital for preventing outages and grid instability.
In this issue brief, the authors examine the amount of growth and transactional venture capital (VC) in Houston, finding the the city lacks sufficient levels of growth VC needed to support its goals of establishing a high-growth, high technology startup ecosystem.
Just a decade ago, Texas’ venture capital investment was the third largest in the United States. Today, it has fallen to fourth and is set to slide to sixth, likely before 2016 is out.
An investment strategy that generates financial returns while directing funds to entities providing goods and services to the poor is making headway in Latin America.
Impact investments — investments made with the intention to generate a social and environmental impact alongisde a financial return — have gained momentum both in developed and developing countries in recent years.