Foundation Evaluation - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

broader based growth strategy. Overall, the discussion suggests that there are sufficient grounds to be skeptical that exports are the right foundation to build a growth agenda on. Exports play a role in growth but it is doubtful whether... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

Person Page

Course Development

By: Debora L. Spar

Managing International Trade and Investment

Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details

Research Summary

Mastering Strategy Execution

By: Robert Simons

Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details

06 Jun 2018
News

The Business of Social Justice

Heidi Brooks (MBA 2003) is the chief operating officer of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, a nonprofit organization focused on strengthening public education through grants and advocacy. The foundation’s mission aims at ending... View Details

Career Coach

Phil Wong

operational foundation for running healthcare practices. Prior to pivoting into healthcare, Phil was a portfolio manager at a fund of hedge funds managing $1Bn+ on behalf of pension plans and insurance companies. His investing role... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship

18 Feb 2016
News

Challenge Aims to Speed Drug Trials Process

share ideas on how precision diagnostics and therapies can be brought to market faster. Participants will receive feedback from an online community of precision medicine influencers, executives, researchers, doctors, and advocacy groups. A panel of judges will View Details

25 Feb 2020
News

Teachable Moments

2020 Thomas J. DeLong. All rights reserved. A Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice, Professor DeLong is co-chair of the Executive Education program The Reflective Leader, developed specifically for mid-career MBA alumni.... View Details

03 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-099WP.pdf Evaluating the Impact of SA 8000 Certification Authors:Michael J. Hiscox, Claire Schwartz, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract SA 8000, along with other types of certification... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact

Both impact investing and traditional philanthropy are on the rise after the decade-long economic boom following the Great Recession. But when does an impact investment make a bigger difference than a grant? The question is far more complicated than simply evaluating... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

Student-Profile

Talia Gillis

Studying law and economics at the Hebrew University exposed me both to the normative way of evaluating the law as well as the theoretical and empirical tools used to assess the impact of those rules. Apart from my studies, a number of... View Details

Profile

Marco Crespo

For Marco Crespo, the motivation behind getting an MBA goes straight to the roots of his ambitions. After completing an engineering degree and working at Boston Consulting Group in Sao Paolo, “I wanted to learn the foundations of... View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

New Releases

Foundations of Organizational Strategy by Michael C. Jensen (Harvard University Press) Economists have historically concentrated on analyzing markets while glossing over the complexities of organizations inside those markets. Behavioral... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

The Transformers

intentions and a sense of loyalty to a local organization. As for the foundations that distributed billions to nonprofits, they rarely held their beneficiaries accountable for results. Just as result-driven thinking entered the business... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

Profile

Tony He

knowledge and have an impact on business and policy decisions. How did HBS prepare you for your internship and your long-term career? HBS has created a foundation for me for lifelong learning. I obtained an amazing business education, and... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Mar 2013
News

Sizing Up Social Impact

in household income? At the end of the day, did we reduce poverty? "We measure quantified objectives beforehand, monitor them during implementation, and evaluate them afterward," Bloom continues. "It's all very public, very explicit, and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

Fast Answer

Transforming Education Through Social Entrepreneurship

support equitable opportunities for all learners. EdTech Magazine - explores technology and education issues that IT leaders and educators face when they’re evaluating and implementing a solution. Includes two publications EdTech:... View Details

01 Dec 2012
News

50 Years & Counting

the Bias Trap Max Bazerman "The project...taps into earlier work I've done on how joint evaluation leads to better and more ethical decisions." - MAX BAZERMAN In a research project conducted with colleagues at the Harvard Kennedy School,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

21 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 21, 2007

forward-looking perspectives of agency leaders and industry representatives within FDA's regulatory history, this volume presents readers with new tools for evaluating policy recommendations and will better equip the public and experts to... View Details