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  • 13 Mar 2013
  • News

Let's Be Realistic About Measuring Impact

  • Research Summary

Performance Impact of Continuous Replenishment Systems

By: Janice H. Hammond
Janice H. Hammond has conducted (with Ted Clark of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) a survey of U.S. retailers to determine how the implementation of continuous replenishment programs between manufacturers and retailers affects supply channel... View Details
  • 20 Jan 2016
  • News

Engaging the Business Community in Collective Impact

  • January 2023
  • Case

Year Up: Measuring and Scaling Impact

By: Natalia Rigol, Benjamin N. Roth, Brian Trelstad and Sarah Mehta
Year Up, a non-profit that provides training and practical work experience to low-income young people, has for years prioritized impact measurement. By 2022, it had built a robust body of evidence demonstrating that its program yields higher earnings for participants.... View Details
Keywords: Demographics; Education; Jobs and Positions; Measurement and Metrics; Performance; Research; Social Enterprise; Growth Management; Education Industry; United States; Massachusetts; Boston
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  • 18 Jul 2019
  • News

The Pursuit of Impact

Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966) is founder and CEO of the financial data firm Bloomberg LP, the former mayor of New York City, and founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies. He is a 2019 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this interview, he talks about the... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2013
  • News

Sizing Up Social Impact

government and individual donors may have different priorities and demands, and soon a nonprofit trying to please too many (including the general public) pleases no one—least of all those constituents they were hoping to help. "Accountability and 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
  • 19 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

The Road to Impact

if—you could have a huge positive impact by just providing common-sense business techniques. Not Six Sigma, not One Sigma, just common sense,” Offensend observes. When he landed his first nonprofit position as chief operating officer at... View Details
  • March 13, 2013
  • Blog Post

Let's Be Realistic About Measuring Impact

By: Alnoor Ebrahim
"Measure impact" has become a mantra for creating social change. Claims about making a difference are no longer sufficient; evidence of how much difference you're making is now required. We should applaud this trend, because results are sometimes ambiguous and claims... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Entrepreneurship; Performance Evaluation
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  • 03 Oct 2019
  • News

At Harvard B-School, lessons for impact investors

  • January 2022 (Revised January 2022)
  • Case

The Impact Developers Fund

By: Malcolm Baker, Samuel Gregory Hanson, Jonathan Wallen and Zach Komes
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  • August 2018
  • Teaching Note

Acumen—Managing Towards Impact 2018

By: Shawn Cole
Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-086. View Details
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  • November 2011 (Revised January 2014)
  • Supplement

The Impact of Layoffs

By: Sandra J. Sucher, David Rosales and Elana Green
In video interviews, employees who have been laid off describe their experiences and the effects that the layoff has had on their careers, families, and personal lives. View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing
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  • Clubs

Consulting for Impact Club

Keywords: Consulting
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Impact Investing Club | MBA

Impact Investing Club We strive to equip our members with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed as successful impact investors across the full spectrum of investing. Club Email Address... View Details
  • January 2020
  • Article

The Impact of Mass Shootings on Gun Policy

By: Michael Luca, Deepak Malhotra and Christopher Poliquin
There have been dozens of high-profile mass shootings in recent decades. This paper presents three main findings about the impact of mass shootings on gun policy. First, mass shootings evoke large policy responses. A single mass shooting leads to a 15% increase in the... View Details
Keywords: Gun Violence; Gun Policy; Crime and Corruption; Governance; Policy; United States
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Social Impact Club | MBA

Social Impact Club The mission of the HBS Social Impact Club (SIC) is to inspire, educate and connect leaders who will create social change in the world. Annual Events Social View Details
  • September 2011 (Revised February 2013)
  • Case

Trucost: Valuing Corporate Environmental Impacts

By: Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
Trucost provided corporate environmental performance data and analysis to institutional investors and corporate managers, but after operating for a decade had yet to achieve profitability. Trucost was struggling to effectively differentiate its high quality products... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Distribution Channels; Investment; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Information; Value; Environmental Sustainability; Financial Services Industry
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Our Team - Social Impact Collaboratory

Our Team Our Team Principal Investigators Shawn Cole John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration Shawn Cole is a professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches and conducts research on financial services, social enterprise, and View Details
  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact

Education. “While the corporation’s internal practices greatly impact the environment, H&M believes that 26% of the greenhouse gas emissions in a garment’s life cycle [occur] after the product is sold to the end consumer (the disposal and... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
  • June 2021
  • Teaching Plan

Akshaya Patra: Impact at Scale

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Sarah Appleby and Nathaniel Schwalb
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 517-028. View Details
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