Scaling Social Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2016
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Charting Alumni Impact

The impact of an educational institution is often measured anecdotally, using the achievements of its alumni. In late 2015, Harvard released the results of the inaugural University-wide research study to quantify the “economic and View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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On Her Own Account: How Strengthening Women's Financial Control Impacts Labor Supply and Gender Norms

By: Natalia Rigol, Simone Schaner, Rohini Pande, Erica Field and Charity Troyer Moore

Can increasing control over earnings incentivize a woman to work, and thereby influence norms around gender roles? We randomly varied whether rural Indian women received bank accounts, training in account use, and direct deposit of public sector wages into their own... View Details

Keywords: Social Norms; Employment; Wages; Gender; Banks and Banking; Perception

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March 13, 2013
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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

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19 Jun 2023
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The Road to Impact

made a leap of faith. If he could just find a management position at a nonprofit, he figured, he could help direct social change. “That was my thesis,” he recalls. Since he made that jump, he’s proved that thesis correct several times... View Details

15 Sep 2021
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Impact Investing’s Next Challenge

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Alumni for Impact at the One Year Mark | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

08 Dec 2015
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Harvard’s Alumni Impact

Keywords: Harvard; alumni; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

13 Mar 2013
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Let's Be Realistic About Measuring Impact

October 2013 (Revised November 2015)
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Southwire and 12 For Life: Scaling Up? (A)

By: Jan W. Rivkin and Ryan Lee

Southwire, a leading maker of cable based in rural Georgia, has partnered with the local school system to staff a factory with at-risk high school students. The positive impact on student outcomes has been remarkable, and the factory makes a profit for the company. Now... View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Production; Education; Business and Community Relations; Manufacturing Industry; Education Industry

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13 Oct 2021
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Executive Education Courses in Social Entrepreneurship and Nonprofit Leadership

June 2016
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Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation for Corporate Social Responsibility

By: Bryan Hong, Zhichuan (Frank) Li and Dylan B. Minor

We link the corporate governance literature in financial economics to the agency cost perspective of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to derive theoretical predictions about the relationship between corporate governance and the existence of executive compensation... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Incentives For CSR; Non-financial Performance Measures; Agency Costs; Board Independence; Institutional Holdings; Managerial Power; Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Executive Compensation; Corporate Governance

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Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) Course Number 1789 Professor Tatiana Sandino Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits NOTE: Because there is considerable overlap between this course (SSV, #1789) and the spring course Strategy... View Details

03 Oct 2019
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At Harvard B-School, lessons for impact investors

18 Dec 2023
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Climate Symposium 2023: Adopting Climate Solutions at Scale

climate solutions are out there, we “just” need ways to scale them at a faster pace and at a larger scale. We wanted to create a conference that explored the intersection of technology, policy, and capital” says conference co-chair... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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Fellowships Have Impact

San Francisco Frist (MBA 1997, MBA 2001) Family Financial Aid Fund “I received a small grant from a planned gift, and I’ve often thought how inspired it was so many years ago that somebody thought to encourage more management skills in the View Details

30 Sep 2021
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Driving Social Impact Through Consumer Behavior: Nonprofit to Finance to Retail with Nicole Krantz (MBA 2022)

Foundation. Through these conversations, she was able to discuss her interests in Dick’s Sporting Goods’ social impact work and their brand marketing. Key Learnings & Advice As Krantz reflected on her... View Details

Keywords: Retail

October 2021
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Engine No. 1: An Activist Hedge Fund Pursues Stakeholder Capitalism (B)

By: Mark Kramer

Engine Number 1's proxy fight succeeded in part because Exxon shareholders had lost money in the preceding years and because climate change was a high-profile issue. The B case raises the question of whether Engine No. 1's next target should be Facebook, where social... View Details

Keywords: Proxy Fight; Hedge Fund Activism; Social Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Climate Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Goals and Objectives

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