social impact bonds - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Aug 2015
News

Mobilizing the Public to Fight Bribery

lets people report on the nature, number, pattern, types, location, frequency, and values of bribes and then uses that data to lobby the government. He initially wanted to franchise the site for use in the Philippines, but during a summer fellowship through the HBS... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

20 Nov 2018
Cold Call Podcast

Building a Nonprofit Marketplace to Feed America

Keywords: Re: Scott Duke Kominers; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Distribution; Food & Beverage

26 Apr 2018
Cold Call Podcast

Why JPMorgan Chase Is Investing Millions in Detroit

Keywords: Re: Joseph L. Bower; Financial Services

27 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?

emotions on unrelated decisions (chapter 2), and the consequences of having an (overly) narrow focus when evaluating information and making decisions (chapter 3). Forces from our relationships are factors that characterize our relationships and interactions with... View Details

Keywords: Re: Francesca Gino

01 Sep 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016

Rothschild, creator of the modern bond market; and William Lever, of the employee-owned John Lewis Partnership. Entrepreneurs in Every Generation: How Successful Family Businesses Develop Their Next Leaders by Allan Cohen (MBA 1961) and... View Details

01 Feb 2002
News

Driven

In Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices, HBS professor emeritus Paul Lawrence and professor Nitin Nohria explore one of the most basic questions of human behavior: What motivates us to act the way we do? Drawing on theories of evolutionary biology and View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

28 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor

to Chu, himself a Wall Street refugee with grounding in consulting and buy-outs, microfinance has "a double bottom-line." It brings above-average returns for first-movers who tap into what finance specialists see as a new market, and it brings enormous View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter

economics, researchers who study leadership argue or assume that individual leaders are surprisingly unimportant. Strikingly, social scientists in every field have identified different versions of the same three forces that, together,... View Details

James Mwangi

Keywords: Financial Services

25 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 25

find no evidence that directors lose seats on other boards, a proxy for reputational consequences, as a result of shareholder activism. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46376 The Impact of Corporate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

What's more, since going green is now red hot, a growing number of companies—especially in Europe and Japan—are also starting to issue Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or Sustainability reports. Sometimes these are mailed with the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Feb 2000
News

Short Takes

these relationships began to cross the line from traditional philanthropy to more strategic and mutually beneficial alliances, HBS professor James E. Austin, head of the School's Initiative on Social Enterprise (ISE), took note. "Here was... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

Web

Eligibility | New Venture Competition

Eligibility Social Enterprise Track Course Listing Business at the Base of the Pyramid (HBS) Data for Impact (HBS) Education Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in... View Details

02 Mar 2015
News

To Market, To Market

difference to the entire region. You can see the prosperity returning to the villages.” The impacts of this prosperity have been significant. A local credit union has replaced an abusive loan-shark system; farmers (mostly women) have... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Agriculture; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Mar 2006
News

Faculty Research Online

your overall global strategy, says Professor Pankaj Ghemawat. One key: recognizing that regions don’t stop at national borders. An excerpt from the December 2005 Harvard Business Review. The Geography of Corporate Giving Where a company is headquartered influences the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

22 Feb 2021
Working Paper Summaries

Auditor Independence and Outsourcing: Aligning Incentives to Mitigate Shilling and Shirking

Keywords: by Ashley Palmarozzo, Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel; Apparel & Accessories

2010
Chapter

Taking Sustainability Seriously: The Time Has Come for Integrated Reporting

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Michael P. Krzus

Keywords: Integrated Corporate Reporting; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

Citation

Keywords: Corporate Law

01 Mar 2006
News

One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan

prevent a new disease from becoming endemic to a region. It raised the profile of public health and brought the importance of international cooperation in health to new heights. SARS — severe acute respiratory syndrome — caused enormous economic damage and View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

Profile

Kwame Owusu-Kesse

and Harvard Kennedy School provided that training and challenge through strengthening my business acumen as well as deepening my knowledge of the impact public policy can have on society. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your... View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government

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