Publications

23 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 23, 2007

misconceptions distort the popular understanding of U.S. multinationals in China. In this paper, we seek to correct four common misunderstandings by providing a statistical portrait of several aspects of U.S. affiliate activity in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2010
Teaching Note

Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

Teaching Note for 310011 and 310017. View Details

Keywords: Projects; For-Profit Firms; Networks; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Evaluation; Investment Portfolio; Asset Pricing; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Venture Capital; Investment Return; Poverty; Financial Services Industry; Kenya

Purchase

2010
Dictionary Entry

Accountability

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

Keywords: Governance Compliance

October 5, 2009
Editorial

The World Bank Must Fix Its Business Model

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Business Model

2008
Working Paper

Learning Processes in Environmental Policy Making and Implementation

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

This paper explores how "learning" occurs in the context of environmental policy formulation and implementation. Rather than viewing policy learning as a rational and technocratic process, the emphasis here is on the political and institutional contexts within which... View Details

Keywords: Policy; Business and Government Relations; Natural Environment; Power and Influence; South Africa; Brazil

2004
Report

Seeking NGO-Donor Partnership for Greater Effectiveness and Accountability

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

Keywords: Non-Governmental Organizations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Partners and Partnerships; Governance; Performance Effectiveness

May 2003
Article

Accountability in Practice: Mechanisms for NGOs

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Non-Governmental Organizations

autumn 2005
Article

Evaluating Accountability: Can We Do More with Less?

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

Keywords: Governance

2008
Chapter

Learning in Environmental Policymaking and Implementation

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

This paper explores how "learning" occurs in the context of environmental policy formulation and implementation. Rather than viewing policy learning as a rational and technocratic process, the emphasis here is on the political and institutional contexts within which... View Details

Keywords: Learning; Corporate Accountability; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Natural Environment; Power and Influence; South Africa; Brazil

24 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

market-type dispersion by decentralizing operations from headquarters to their stores, and, to a weaker extent, by providing higher variable pay to their store managers. Placing the Normative Logics of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Comment

Professional Practice: Nonprofit Agency Challenges

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

Keywords: Practice; Nonprofit Organizations; Problems and Challenges

2005
Other Unpublished Work

Accountability Myopia Can Impede NGO Learning and Mission

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

Keywords: Non-Governmental Organizations; Governance; Mission and Purpose; Learning

March 2002
Article

Information Struggles: The Role of Information in the Reproduction of NGO-Funder Relationships

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

Keywords: Information; Non-Governmental Organizations; Relationships

Article

Making Sense of Accountability: Conceptual Perspectives for Northern and Southern Nonprofits

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

Keywords: Perspective; Nonprofit Organizations; Corporate Accountability

2003
Chapter

Accountability Myopia: Losing Sight of Organizational Learning

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Corporate Accountability; Governance Compliance

March 2014
Teaching Note

ActionAid International: Globalizing Governance, Localizing Accountability Teaching Note

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

Purchase

March 13, 2013
Blog Post

Let's Be Realistic About Measuring Impact

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

"Measure impact" has become a mantra for creating social change. Claims about making a difference are no longer sufficient; evidence of how much difference you're making is now required. We should applaud this trend, because results are sometimes ambiguous and claims... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Entrepreneurship; Performance Evaluation