Impact Investing - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Nov 2021
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Vikram Gandhi—HBS Professor and Managing Partner at Asha Impact Fund

01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact

challenges in creative ways: "The Robin Hood Foundation" (with Catherine Ross). Created by hedge fund and investment managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights poverty through grants to nonprofit organizations in New York City. As the... 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

30 May 2019
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How to Ensure ESG Investing Isn’t Whitewash

31 Jul 2014
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A New Approach to Solving Society's Biggest Problems

Keywords: impact investing; social impact bonds; society

01 Dec 2003
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A Legacy of Investment

capital campaign. Five historic panels recount the impact of major gifts at critical junctures. The exhibit also recognizes leadership donors to the campaign. Early gifts of confidence from the Boston and New York business communities... View Details

Keywords: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

16 Jan 2018
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Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits

SPNM scholarship program a primary focus of its fundraising activities because the program’s impact in the region is so far-reaching. “Our members have been most motivated to give back to the community through SPNM,” says Panoff. “This is... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2009
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Donors Invest in Students’ Future

BARCOTT: Pledges to pay back donors in “service and deeds.” I am here tonight to thank all the donors who believe in the promise that the students in this room represent,” Rye Barcott (MBA ’09) told the nearly 550 people gathered in early April to celebrate the View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Mar 2023
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An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders

accessible and assure prospective students that the School will support them on their educational journeys. “The impact of the fellowship program on our students, who see how invested our alumni are in their... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2014
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The Far-Reaching Impact of Fellowships

out into the world. An investment in their leadership potential, and in their potential to make a difference, has far-reaching impact—on the students and on society more broadly. “Fellowships enable the diversity of perspectives that is... View Details

Keywords: fellowships

01 Jun 2022
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Students Ready to Make an Impact

those who have a passion to found, work at, or invest in a startup, HBS’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, the Harvard Innovation Labs, and HBS’s close ties to the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are... View Details

25 Feb 2019
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Impact investing: a new way to fund cures for cancer

10 Jun 2020
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Coronavirus May Have Huge Impact on Property Markets

21 Sep 2016
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Ideas with Economic and Social Impact

Corporation (IFC) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Her report, Financing High-Growth Firms, the Role of Angel Investors, written for and published by the OECD in 2011, has attracted interest from governments seeking the... View Details

01 Mar 2015
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What Is Harvard’s Impact in the World?

It’s safe to assume that Harvard University alumni collectively have a significant impact in the world, but just how significant is hard to know. That is why Harvard Business School is leading a University-wide effort to quantify the... View Details

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

18 Sep 2017
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Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact

societal challenges. In today’s landscape, there are many ways in which to have an impact, including board service and volunteering; for-profit ventures with a social mission; nonprofit leadership; venture philanthropy; and impact... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Scientific Research and Development Services; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

04 Jun 2014
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Investing for Real and Permanent Good

Keywords: Carnegie; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

24 Apr 2014
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Investing in green businesses and women entrepreneurs

Elaine Aglipay Delio (MBA 2004) talks about the impact of providing investment capital to women-run businesses and green entrepreneurs. (Published April 2014) View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Investing in new technologies to accelerate change

Girish Nadkami (MBA 1988), a venture capitalist in Switzerland, talks about the impact of investing in new technologies for communications, robotics, and environmental start-ups. (Published April 2014) View Details

20 Jun 2016
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Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues

development challenges facing India and other emerging economies, through impact investing in areas such as affordable housing, financial inclusion, and access to energy. The other is VSG Capital Advisors,... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

25 Apr 2014
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Applying business practices to nonprofits to strengthen impact

1999. The Bridgespan Group serves more than 350 organizations and foundations, including Girls Incorporated, Feeding America, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "Finding ways to scale an organization's impact without scaling its... View Details

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