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- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
credit and leverage, and expose the economy to major risks. Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer carefully walk readers through the unraveling of Lehman Brothers and the ensuing meltdown of the U.S. financial system and then present new... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- September 2023 (Revised September 2024)
- Technical Note
Measuring and Managing Social Impact
By: Brian Trelstad, Gerald Chertavian and Susan Pinckney
A brief overview of how to measure social impact at nonprofits, social organizations, and impact investments. View Details
Keywords: Analysis; Change; Transformation; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Public Sector; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Fairness; Entrepreneurial Finance; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Policy; Innovation and Management; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Resource Allocation; Measurement and Metrics; Standards; Strength and Weakness; Mission and Purpose; Success; Performance; Performance Evaluation; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Strategic Planning; Programs; Risk and Uncertainty; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues; United States
Trelstad, Brian, Gerald Chertavian, and Susan Pinckney. "Measuring and Managing Social Impact." Harvard Business School Technical Note 324-017, September 2023. (Revised September 2024.)
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
these sections that turned out to be the participants' favorite part, according to Hart. Hart discussed entrepreneurship as an alternative to corporate careers. "But," she explained, "I was careful to disabuse them of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
paper, we examine the impact of the AIDS epidemic on African nations through 2002 using the male circumcision rate to identify plausibly exogenous variation in HIV prevalence. Medical researchers have found significant evidence that male... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals
can draw on the analytical skills they've developed to reason through an unfamiliar problem. In addition to the cases, we often assign readings to go with the cases. We use these readings to teach theory that the students can then apply... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
of a purchase and final acquisition of a firearm. We show that waiting periods, which create a “cooling off” period among buyers, significantly reduce the incidence of gun violence. We estimate the impact of waiting periods on gun deaths,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
This is partly because the relationship between infrastructure spending and economic growth, if focused only on the United States, has been hard to update. The US Eisenhower Interstate Highway System, after all, was signed into law View Details
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
released through such refactoring efforts. We address this gap by analyzing the relationship between system architecture and maintenance costs for two software systems of similar size but with very different structures: one has a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
the computer industry. Throughout the 1970s, Xerox completed several acquisitions in order to further its project for an "architecture of information." Unfortunately, in assembling these noncopier companies and opening PARC,... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
disclosed, reducing consumer privacy. Consumers benefit from intense competition, but often through lower prices or subsidies, rather than through reduced disclosure of their information. Consumers are more... View Details
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-025.pdf Deterring Online Advertising Fraud Through Optimal Payment in Arrears Authors:Benjamin G. Edelman Abstract I develop a screening model with delayed payments and probabilistic delayed observation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
encourage production. Negotiating in Three Dimensions "Negotiation is increasingly a way of life for effective managers," say HBS professor James Sebenius and colleague David Lax. Their new book, 3-D Negotiation, describes how you can shape important deals... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
experiences of several companies, the authors illustrate the dangers of conforming to market pressures for unrealistic growth targets. They argue that an overvalued stock, by encouraging overpriced acquisitions and other risky,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
but it’s reasonable to assume that many companies and individuals will continue with full or hybrid remote work arrangements for months to come. Who’s moving and how? Lift outs help companies add talent without the logistical and psychological stressors of View Details
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
PublicationsAn Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions Authors:Craig J.Chapman, Thomas J. Steenburgh Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract Prior research hypothesizes that managers use "real... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
good education entrepreneurship case is the same as with any case—is there a decision point or managerial tension that students can struggle through together in the class discussion? NSNO developed a... View Details
- 09 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit
far from clear. Brexit proponents continue to argue that getting out from under the yoke of the EU will solve all its problems through better trade deals, fewer regulations, and curtailed immigration. But an objective strategic assessment... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients
Talking More, Kaplan, along with HBS project director and Fellow Derek A. Haas, and former senior researcher Jonathan Warsh, demonstrates again the old adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. By spending more time talking patients View Details
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
Working PapersAgency and Institutions: A Review of Institutional Entrepreneurship Authors:Julie Battilana, Bernard Leca, and Eva Boxenbaum Abstract This paper analyzes the literature that has been published on institutional View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
adequately support many online publishing businesses, and riddled with complex relationships that hinder accountability. Download the paper: http://www.sigecom.org/exchanges/volume_9/1/EDELMAN.pdf Constraints and Entrepreneurship... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace