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  • 27 Sep 2021
  • Blog Post

Working to Change the Food System

you to HBS. In 2018, I started reflecting on the big existential question of "what is my calling?" It was really intimidating to think about – my main criteria were to work on problems that mattered to me, that I could have fun doing, while having a positive View Details

    Tracking the Short-Run Price Impact of U.S. Tariffs

    This paper examines the short-run impact of the 2025 U.S. tariffs on consumer prices using a unique integration of high-frequency retail pricing data, product-level country-of-origin information, and detailed tariff classifications. By linking daily prices from major... View Details
    • 01 Mar 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security

    Systemic racism and discrimination in small communities can undermine a country’s ability to defend itself during conflicts, creating a national security risk, new research says. Marco Tabellini, an assistant professor of business... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 2025
    • Working Paper

    Tracking the Short-Run Price Impact of U.S. Tariffs

    By: Alberto Cavallo, Paola Llamas and Franco Vazquez
    This paper examines the short-run impact of the 2025 U.S. tariffs on consumer prices using a unique integration of high-frequency retail pricing data, product-level country-of-origin information, and detailed tariff classifications. By linking daily prices from major... View Details
    Keywords: Tariffs; Trade; Price; Inflation and Deflation
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    • 2019
    • White Paper

    Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: The Missing Piece for an Impact Economy

    By: George Serafeim, T. Robert Zochowski and Jennifer Downing
    Reimagining capitalism is an imperative. We need to create a more inclusive and sustainable form of capitalism that works for every person and the planet. Massive environmental damage, growing income and wealth disparity, stress, and depression within developed... View Details
    Keywords: Impact-Weighted Accounts; IWAI; Background; Economic Systems; Economy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Measurement and Metrics; Financial Statements
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    • Web

    Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

    Frontier (218084) by Shawn Cole and Caitlin Lindsay Reimers Brumme FEBRUARY 2018 In 2015 Root Capital, a pioneer in the impact investing space, began to explore how to more systematically integrate impact... View Details
    • 16 Jan 2018
    • News

    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
    • June 2008
    • Case

    System on a Chip 2008: Global Unichip Corp.

    By: Willy C. Shih, Chintay Shih, Chen-Fu Chien and Yuan-Chieh Chang
    Though much of the semiconductor industry has shifted to a horizontal model, complexity driven by technological evolution is driving a shift in the perceived boundaries in the value chain. Global Unichip sees itself as a "virtual integrated device manufacturer," a... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Boundaries; Semiconductor Industry
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    • April 2006
    • Case

    Medical Innovation Beyond MedStar: Mobilizing for National Impact

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Ryan Raffaelli and Michelle Heskett
    Dr. Craig Feied, director of MedStar Health's Medical Informatics programs, wanted his innovations to influence national health care. Since joining Washington Hospital Center's Emergency Department in 1995 with Dr. Mark Smith, their information system had become the... View Details
    Keywords: Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Policy; Government and Politics; Innovation and Management; Projects; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry; Washington (state, US)
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    • 13 Mar 2025
    • Blog Post

    Advancing Health Care Innovation and Impact with Anita Gupta (GMP 29, 2020)

    lasting impact in health care. As a physician anesthesiologist and pharmacist, I had spent years advocating for access to care, navigating complex health care systems, and working on policies to address the opioid crisis. But I knew that... View Details
    • 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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    • Research Summary

    Innovations in Logistics: The Impact of Channel Coordination

    By: Roy D. Shapiro
    Roy D. Shapiro is studying innovative systems and management approaches that integrate and coordinate material and information flows through the supply chain so as to reduce or eliminate the redundant activities that tend to characterize these channels. His research... View Details

      Long-run Returns to Impact Investing in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

      There is growing interest in impact investing, the idea of deploying capital to obtain both financial and social or environmental returns. Examination of every equity investment made by the International Finance Corporation, one of the largest and... View Details
      • 23 Aug 2010
      • Research & Ideas

      The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

      classic trading system of exchange is identified with David Ricardo, the early nineteenth-century economist who first analytically clarified it. Imagine that tribe A is good at both hunting and fishing, but more efficient at hunting.... View Details
      Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
      • 28 Jun 2012
      • News

      How Does Health Care Decision Impact Corporate America?

      • 12 Apr 2022
      • Blog Post

      The Many Languages of Medicine to Impact Care Delivery

      understanding of the issues they intend to address. Fundamentally, I believe in people and their ability to impact their community if given the adequate resources. At DIH, a major objective has been to empower individuals who are... View Details
      • 21 Sep 2015
      • News

      Caught! Impact of emission cheating on VW’s brand and future in US

      • Research Summary

      Innovations in Logistics: The Impact of Channel Coordination

      By: Janice H. Hammond
      Roy D. Shapiro (with Janice H. Hammond and Marshall L. Fisher) is studying innovative systems and management approaches that integrate and coordinate material and information flows through the supply chain so as to reduce or eliminate the redundant activities that tend... View Details
      • 14 Jun 2010
      • Research & Ideas

      The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

      what that spending achieved. Yet there has been little agreement on a set of hard-and-fast metrics to measure social performance. How should a nonprofit manager respond when a significant donor asks for proof of his or her contribution's View Details
      Keywords: by Julia Hanna
      • 01 Jun 2022
      • News

      Students Ready to Make an Impact

      highlights the wide-ranging interests and impact of the School’s entrepreneurially minded MBA students. A conversation with two faculty members provides an overview of the many resources available to students at HBS, and three stories... View Details