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  • 28 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

accountability and effectiveness today? What should it do about them? With a detailed description of the Bank's challenges of democratic accountability, its constraints, and recommendations for the future, HBS professor Alnoor View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
  • 11 Mar 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Many Faces of Nonprofit Accountability

Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
  • 14 Nov 2007
  • Working Paper Summaries

Accountability in Complex Organizations: World Bank Responses to Civil Society

Keywords: by Alnoor S. Ebrahim & Steve Herz
  • 09 Jul 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Limits of Nonprofit Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social Performance

Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim & V. Kasturi Rangan
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

expertise to improve the lives of children and youth of low-income families in the Washington, D.C., region. Morino is the author of Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes in an Era of Scarcity. Alnoor S.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 14 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

everyone needs to measure impact.” "There are two big conversations among nonprofit leaders," says HBS associate professor Alnoor Ebrahim. "One is around accountability. The second focuses on performance, particularly impact." View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 08 Dec 2015
  • News

Are We There Yet? A Conversation on Performance Measures in the Third Sector

    NGOs and Organizational Change

    The organizational dynamics of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become increasingly complex as they have evolved from small local groups into sophisticated multinational organizations with global networks. Alnoor... View Details

    • 03 Jan 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Most Popular Articles of 2010

    systematic analysis and comparison across these approaches. In this paper, HBS professors Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan provide a synthesis of the current debates and, in so doing, offer a typology... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff
    • 02 Mar 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: March 2

    legal change applied). These reductions in agency costs were followed by an increase in average leverage and a reduction in interest costs. Finally, we can estimate the welfare implications of agency costs, because firm values increased... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 01 Jun 2010
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting

    accountability demands. HBS professor Alnoor Ebrahim examines the tradeoffs inherent in a range of accountability mechanisms. Key concepts include: Accountability is not simply about compliance with laws or... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff
    • 02 Jun 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: June 2

    of the Contract: How Contract Structure Shapes Inter-Firm Dispute Resolution Authors:Fabrice Lumineau and Deepak Malhotra Publication:Strategic Management Journal (in press) Abstract This paper investigates how contract structure influences inter-firm dispute... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

    environmental dimension of CSR. Spring 2014 Article What Impact? A Framework for Measuring the Scale & Scope of Social Performance By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan Organizations with social missions,... View Details
    • 2013
    • White Paper

    Building and Governing a Democratic Federation: The ActionAid International Story

    By: Sherine Jayawickrama and Alnoor Ebrahim
    This report examines the governance model and reform process of an international nongovernmental organization (INGO), ActionAid International (AAI). It describes the evolution of AAI's governance model and draws key lessons for peer INGOs. The paper is based on a... View Details
    Keywords: Governance; NGO; Accountability; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Non-Governmental Organizations
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    • October 2010 (Revised July 2013)
    • Case

    ActionAid International: Globalizing Governance, Localizing Accountability

    By: Alnoor Ebrahim and Rachel Gordon
    As a global NGO working in 45 countries, ActionAid International aims to eradicate poverty by addressing its underlying causes such as injustice and inequality. This case follows a series of radical transformations implemented by the organization's CEO, Ramesh Singh—a... View Details
    Keywords: Local Range; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Nonprofit Organizations; Power and Influence; Johannesburg; London
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    • 2010
    • Chapter

    The Many Faces of Nonprofit Accountability

    By: Alnoor Ebrahim
    Calls for greater accountability are not new. Leaders of organizations, be they nonprofit, business, or government, face a constant stream of demands from various constituents demanding accountable behavior. But what does it mean to be accountable? By and large,... View Details
    Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Corporate Accountability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Taxation; Leadership; Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Behavior; Trust
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    • 2007
    • Book

    Global Accountabilities: Participation, Pluralism, and Public Ethics

    By: Alnoor Ebrahim and Edward Weisband
    This edited volume contributes analytical depth to the diverse debates on accountability in modern organizations. It explores the nature, forms and impacts of accountability efforts in civil society organizations, public and inter-governmental agencies, and private... View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Business and Government Relations
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    • May 2010 (Revised January 2012)
    • Case

    The Robin Hood Foundation

    By: Alnoor Ebrahim and Cathy Ross
    Created by hedge fund and financial managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights poverty through grants to nonprofit organizations. As the global financial crisis continues to impact the poor disproportionately, the Foundation needs to ensure that its funds are being... View Details
    Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Poverty; Organizational Design; Performance Effectiveness; Financial Crisis; Programs; Measurement and Metrics
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    • 12 Apr 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: April 12

    case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511068-PDF-ENG ActionAid International: Globalizing Governance, Localizing Accountability Alnoor Ebrahim and Rachel GordonHarvard Business School Case 311-004 As a... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • September 2009 (Revised May 2011)
    • Supplement

    Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (B)

    By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan
    As Acumen Fund, a global venture philanthropy firm, moves forward with an investment portfolio exceeding $22 million, it runs into two critical measurement problems. First, how should it track the performance of each investment when its interest is not just the bottom... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Portfolio; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Standards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Social Enterprise; Competition; Financial Services Industry; Kenya
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