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- 01 Jun 2000
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Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
taxes, there's an inverse relationship; they end up contributing to society," Emerson says. "We are trying to find out what investments are needed to achieve social value." At HBS, Emerson will explore how investors in the social capital markets understand valuation... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 11 Jul 2017
- News
The Right Thing to Do
$5 per viewer. However, Ackman’s ROI metric for this series is akin to that of Diogenes’ search for an honest man or Lot’s for righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah. “It’s really expensive,” he admits, “but want to know something? If... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Star Search
data on trending revenue and customer delivery. We also share successes in biweekly emails from the CEO and in quarterly all-company meetings. Each starts with broad business metrics and then goes into a deep dive on a particular function... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
The Business of Champions
triumph since 1972 hold lessons for other kinds of organizations and companies? Sports and games serve as a handy source of metaphors for business. Performance metrics abound, and success and failure are on the scoreboard for all to see.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
procedure for credit approval, using nontraditional metrics to enable customers with lower, less easily established incomes (a pushcart vendor, for example) to make purchases. “Their loan repayment rates are the envy of the world, and the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In the Zone
field.” Metrics have always grounded HCZ’s operations; the organization gathers data across 600 areas to track annual results, from participation rates to academic performance to risky behaviors. In 2017, 97 percent of HCZ seniors went on... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa
discussed the global digital leader. If the metric for evaluating the immersion’s success is faculty enthusiasm, by all accounts it was a huge win. “This was a weeklong drink from a fire hose,” says Chandra of his experience. “I learned... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
protectionism could prevent nations from achieving the gains - in household income, availability of goods and services, and other quality-of-life metrics - of cross-border openness. Ghemawat describes how private businesses, policymakers,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
The True Value of a Tweet
spend more than those who are not induced to like. That’s not to say that likes have no value. We think there are ways to potentially unlock their value, but it’s not this direct effect. We tend to get caught up on metrics that are easy... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Connections Add Up
but I'm the steward. I aspire to that HBS mission of being a leader who makes a difference." The metrics show that CEE is effecting change. Last year, 10,000 students took part in the National Economic Challenge, almost double the number... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Batteries Included
economy.” Globally, shipping transports more than 10 billion metric tons of cargo each year. According to Yale Climate Connections, almost all of these ships run on fossil fuels and emit carbon pollution. Maritime shipping causes about 3... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
staff has to represent our users.” For all of these reasons, DEI goals are baked into Ovia’s work and culture at every level, from hiring to the bonus structure. Ten percent of an employee’s annual bonus is tied to hitting the organization’s DEI targets. Those View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
planned to disclose DEI metrics to the public. And yet, a 2021 Deloitte report, The equity imperative: The need for business to take bold action now, states: “Despite agreeing that change is needed, many leaders have come to realize how... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 30 May 2024
- News
Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears
Alumnae to Celebrate Official Launch of HBS Women’s Association The Harvard Business School Women’s Association (HBSWA) will host a Virtual Launch Celebration on Wednesday, June 12, to mark its official expansion as a nationwide HBS alumnae Shared Interest Group (SIG).... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
through your work with Adaptation Now? “Our goal is to engage people outside the environmental movement in a productive way. We have two success metrics we will track: (1) The extent to which climate change becomes a higher priority in... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
Economic Development under Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. “I had learned from [HBS professor] Michael Porter about the synergy that comes from establishing industry clusters, and that became our focus. We became metrics driven and also... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
product, the pricing, your employees, or even your strategy. Your board of directors is several hundred politicians. And then there’s a huge corporate staff in Washington. As a Silicon Valley CEO, I had some metrics by which to measure... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
they themselves have accomplished). “I think knowing exactly what I want has enabled me to have my own framework for personal success—which reduces the inclination to benchmark myself against other students/alumni by other metrics (like... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 19 Dec 2024
- News
The Musts of 2024
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. I love these end-of-the-year lists where you can get recommendations from smart people about things that are worth your time and money. It always sets me up really... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
changed over time is at odds with the evolutionary path taken by the Canadian system. The Underground Culinary Tour: How the New Metrics of Today’s Top Restaurants Are Transforming How America Eats by Damian Mogavero (MBA 1996) and Joseph... View Details