Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

November 2014 (Revised March 2017)
Exercise

Walmart: Segmenting Social Impact

By: Michael Porter, Mark Kramer and Pamela Sud

This case provides a sample of Walmart's social engagement activities and asks students to categorize each as philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, or creating shared value. View Details

Keywords: Creating Shared Value; Society; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Retail Industry

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18 Mar 2015
News

Did Fear-Mongering Make Ebola's Impact Worse?

February 2018
Case

Root Capital and the Efficient Impact Frontier

By: Shawn Cole and Caitlin Reimers Brumme

In 2015 Root Capital, a pioneer in the impact investing space, began to explore how to more systematically integrate impact and financial management. After much deliberation, Root Capital landed on ex-ante rating system for any potential investment that produced a... View Details

Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Investment; Finance; Performance Efficiency; Boston

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September 2019
Supplement

The Impact of GGO

By: Ranjay Gulati

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13 Jul 2011
News

Experimental Ideas with Impact

18 Dec 2014
Video

The Impact of Layoffs

02 Feb 2017
HBS Conference

U.S. Impact Capital Convening

01 Jun 2017
News

Turning Point: Addiction’s Impact

image by Jeffrey Decoster image by Jeffrey Decoster I was blindsided when my daughter told me, “I’m a heroin addict.” It was November 16, 2009, at a meeting with her drug counselor at Boston College. After I uttered a profanity and slammed my keys on the table, Amy... View Details

Keywords: Melissa Weiksnar (MBA 1982)

11 Aug 2011
News

Business Legacy, HBS Impact

26 Aug 2021
News

Commuting’s Impact on Creativity

Video

The Impact of Scholarships

1998
Case

The High Impact Salesforce

By: Benson P. Shapiro

Keywords: Salesforce Management

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2002
Chapter

The Impact of Globalisation

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

Keywords: Globalization

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25 Jul 2022

Industry Spotlight: Social Impact

Join Social Enterprise Initiative Director Rob Zeaske (MBA 2002) and alumni focused on social enterprise to learn more about how HBS ignites and accelerates that drive for social impact. View Details

31 May 2017
Video

The Boardroom: Alumni Impact

16 Oct 2019
News

The Road to Impact

When he turned 50, David Offensend (MBA 1977) decided to make a change. He’d had a successful career in finance but had always dreamed of working in the nonprofit sector. In 2003, he recalls, “I made this leap of faith, that if I could find a management position in the... View Details

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2018
Working Paper

Zig-Zagging Your Way to Transformative Impact

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Tricia Gregg

Achieving transformative impact has been much discussed by social entrepreneurs, funders, and consultants. These discussions have focused on issues of increasing impact and scale, but often with no clear distinction between the two terms. In order to provide clarity,... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Performance Efficiency; Growth and Development; Outcome or Result; Strategy

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