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Margaret Busse Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
impact unfolds over a career and cannot be measured by getting recent graduates’ impressions of their educational experience, asking recruiters to assess recent hires, or View Details
- 2003
- Article
BMW Group's Sustainability Management System: Preliminary Results, Ongoing Challenges, and the UN Global Compact
By: Michael W. Toffel, Natalie Hill and Kellie McElhaney
This article describes preliminary results and ongoing challenges faced by Designworks/USA, an industrial design subsidiary of BMW Group, in its sustainability management efforts since it implemented the world's first certified Sustainability Management System (SMS).... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Management Systems; Standards; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Auto Industry
Toffel, Michael W., Natalie Hill, and Kellie McElhaney. "BMW Group's Sustainability Management System: Preliminary Results, Ongoing Challenges, and the UN Global Compact." Corporate Environmental Strategy 10, no. 3 (2003).
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
Abstract We study the correlation between a belief concerning individualism and a measure of luck in the US during the period 1983-2004. The measure of beliefs is the answer to a question related to whether... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
favored destinations. Using a quasi-experiment to control for search intent, we identify and measure the impact of a search engine's exclusive award of preferential placement to its own service. We find that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
acquisition, offer branding guidelines, and explain how a choir of angel investors often will sing different parts. Publisher's link: http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Startups-Best-Blog-Posts/dp/1449367879 2006 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Making a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Matt Segneri Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services... View Details
- 16 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
What is the HBS Leadership Fellows Program?
Fellowships, Elective Courses, Independent Projects, and the Social Enterprise Track of the New Venture Competition. Becoming a Leadership Fellow is an opportunity to draw on those experiences and apply MBA skills in very high impact... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
the social impact bond, an innovative approach to marrying social purpose with financial returns for investors. Still in the pilot stage in the UK, social impact bonds already have enthusiastic supporters... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
nonprofits more accountable and transparent with all this money? That’s a very big issue in this sector because there is no common measure or framework to assess whether these organizations are accomplishing their mission. Even simple... View Details
- 10 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Cofounders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke
also became very clear that measuring ESG performance is no longer a ‘nice-to-have' but is mission-critical, impacting company cost of capital, share-price, reputation and ability to attract and retain... View Details
- November 2023 (Revised July 2024)
- Background Note
Corporate Climate Targets
By: Willy C. Shih, Michael W. Toffel and Kelsey Carter
Companies that are addressing climate change by mitigating their greenhouse gas emissions often set reduction targets. This note describes several types of widely used carbon reduction targets, including carbon neutral, science based, net zero, real zero, and carbon... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Sustainability; Environmental Strategy; Climate Risk; Target-setting; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Accountability; Policy; Measurement and Metrics; Strategic Planning; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Shih, Willy C., Michael W. Toffel, and Kelsey Carter. "Corporate Climate Targets." Harvard Business School Background Note 624-041, November 2023. (Revised July 2024.)
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
HBS Clubs and Associations
completed phase one of a three-part impact evaluation study and as a result, are making critical decisions around some sacred cows.” Such an impact is just what HBS alumni clubs hope for when they select... View Details
- 23 Sep 2021
- News
Confronting Sustainability in Business; Pro-Bono Consulting for Black-Owned Companies
Series kicked off September 15 with HBS Professor George Serafeim, who talked about his Impact-Weighted Accounts Project at HBS. Impact-weighted accounts offer a tool for measuring a company’s external View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
balance the interests of multiple parties. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/918047-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-115 Background Note: Managing and Measuring Impact No abstract... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
demonstrate their impact on pressing societal problems such as global poverty. This article draws on several cases to build a performance assessment framework premised on an organization's operational mission, scale, and scope. Not all... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2010
- News
You Can’t Take It with You
“How Will You Measure Your Life?” Well-known for his introduction of the “disruptive technology” concept, Christensen outlines how he counseled members of the MBA Class of 2010 to craft as thoughtful and strategic an approach to their... View Details
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Emerging Market/Frontier Market Fellowship Resources
href="https://www.library.hbs.edu/services/learn-with-baker-library#" target="_blank">Learn with Baker Library LSEG Workspace Introduction. Technology Markets and Demographics GSMA - The Mobile Economy: Provides global, regional and country specific... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Ads Improve Consumer Decisions
Results, published in a recent working paper, showed that the number of promotional spots viewed had a positive impact on the “match” between viewer and show. Essentially, the more promotions they had seen, the more likely viewers were to... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
- Portrait Project
Aaron Chadbourne
resources to embrace life's toughest challenges, to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary, and to measure impact one person at a time. I long to build organizations, to change public policy, and to... View Details