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Impact Investing
In the last decade, inspired by the success of commercial microfinance, the concept of applying the practice of equity investing to the delivery of high social impact interventions has drawn increasing attention in development circles, business academia and... View Details
- 2021
- Working Paper
Impact Accounting for Product Use: A Framework and Industry-specific Models
By: George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
This handbook provides the first systematic attempt to generate a framework and industry-specific models for the measurement of impacts on customers and the environment from use of products and services, in monetary terms, that can then be reflected in financial... View Details
Keywords: Impact Measurement; Product Impact; Customer Welfare; Environment; ESG; Product; Customers; Well-being; Environmental Sustainability; Measurement and Metrics; Accounting; Financial Statements; Analysis; Framework
Serafeim, George, and Katie Trinh. "Impact Accounting for Product Use: A Framework and Industry-specific Models." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-141, June 2021.
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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Filter Results: (52) Submit People Alumni Executive Education Faculty MBA Students Topics Business for Social Impact Impact Investing K-12 Education Nonprofit Strategy &... View Details
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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Filter Results: (52) Submit People Alumni Executive Education Faculty MBA Students Topics Business for Social Impact Impact Investing K-12 Education Nonprofit Strategy &... View Details
- Forthcoming
- Article
Reputation Burning: Analyzing the Impact of Brand Sponsorship on Social Influencers
By: Mengjie Cheng and Shunyuan Zhang
The growth of the influencer marketing industry warrants an empirical examination of the effect of posting sponsored videos on influencers' reputations. We collected a novel dataset of user-generated YouTube videos created by prominent English-speaking influencers in... View Details
- 2017
- Article
A Brief Money Management Scale and Its Associations with Personality, Financial Health, and Hypothetical Debt Repayment
By: Masha Ksendzova, Grant Edward Donnelly and Ryan Howell
Money management is essential for financial health, and more research is needed to better assess people’s money management practices. Therefore, we factor-analyzed 205 scaled questions from previous money management measures to select the best items and examined their... View Details
- 2019
- Working Paper
Government Technology Policy, Social Value, and National Competitiveness
By: Frank Nagle
This study seeks to better understand the impact that government technology procurement regulations have on social value and national competitiveness. To do this, it examines the impact of a change in France’s technology procurement policy that required government... View Details
Keywords: Social Value; Competitiveness; Government Administration; Information Technology; Acquisition; Policy; Value
Nagle, Frank. "Government Technology Policy, Social Value, and National Competitiveness." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-103, March 2019.
- 08 Apr 2021
- Podcast
Bringing Scale Capital to Climate Game-Changers: David Crane, Climate Real Impact Solutions SPAC
David Crane tried to lead the NRG utility to transition from fossil fuel energy sources, but was ousted in 2015. He shares his lessons learned, reflects on what’s changed since then, and describes his newest venture raising funds for a climate-tech SPAC. View Details
- January 2023 (Revised April 2023)
- Case
Cobalt Robotics: Scaling Workplace Robotics
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Nicole Tempest Keller and Kyung Keun Park
Founded in 2016, Cobalt Robotics, based in Fremont, California, was a Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) company that built autonomous workplace robots that were designed to replace or supplement human security guards. Outfitted with over 60 sensors, Cobalt robots patrolled... View Details
Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Marketing Strategy; Marketing Channels; Customers; Technology Industry; United States; California
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Nicole Tempest Keller, and Kyung Keun Park. "Cobalt Robotics: Scaling Workplace Robotics." Harvard Business School Case 823-096, January 2023. (Revised April 2023.)
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Making an Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Making an Impact Multiple Students Topics Business for Social Impact More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While... View Details
- 2014
- Book
Soulful Corporations: A Values-Based Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility
By: Shashank Shah and Ramamoorthy V.E.
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Corporate Citizenship; Philanthropy; Values; Stakeholder Engagement; Impact Investment; Millennium Development Goals; India
Shah, Shashank, and Ramamoorthy V.E. Soulful Corporations: A Values-Based Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility. India Studies in Business and Economics. New Delhi: Springer, 2014.
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Scaling Minority Businesses (SMB)
population, age, race, income, employment, and education. Social Explorer- Access census data for the United States through the use of interactive maps and reports. American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates... View Details
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Impact Investing Interest Group | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
information about next year's gathering. Faculty & Research We are critically examining questions such as: What is the purpose of impact investing? What return profiles are realistic? Does impact investing... View Details
- May 2012
- Course Overview Note
Managing Stakeholders with Corporate Social Responsibility
By: Christopher Marquis and Laura Velez Villa
This note articulates the ways in which strong stakeholder-company relationships developed through corporate social responsibility initiatives and other types of social strategies deliver bottom line benefits. The analysis follows stakeholder logic models connecting... View Details
Keywords: Business And Society; Social Responsibility; Stakeholder Management; Government And Business; Philanthropy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Revenue
Marquis, Christopher, and Laura Velez Villa. "Managing Stakeholders with Corporate Social Responsibility." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 412-121, May 2012.
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Alumni For Impact Newsletter | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Join Our Alumni Mailing List Sign up for our quarterly newsletter and receive information on future events with the Social Enterprise Initiative. First Name* Last Name* Email* HBS Degree Earned* —Please choose an option— MBA AMP DBA GMP... View Details
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Young and No Money? Never Mind: The Material Impact of Social Resources on New Venture Growth
By: Mukti Khaire
Although growth is a desirable outcome for new ventures due to the many advantages of large size, most new firms fail to grow, largely due to their limited resources and adaptability. This paper addresses the question of how new ventures grow despite their limited... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Status and Position; Advertising Industry; Chicago; New York (city, NY)
Khaire, Mukti. "Young and No Money? Never Mind: The Material Impact of Social Resources on New Venture Growth." Organization Science 21, no. 1 (January–February 2010): 168–185.
- 2014
- Working Paper
Speaking of Corporate Social Responsibility
By: Hao Liang, Christopher Marquis, Luc Renneboog and Sunny Li Sun
We argue that the language spoken by corporate decision makers influences their firms' social responsibility and sustainability practices. Linguists suggest that obligatory future-time-reference (FTR) in a language reduces the psychological importance of the future.... View Details
Keywords: Language; Future-Time-Reference; Categories; Culture; Corporate Social Responsibility; Sustainability; Communication; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Liang, Hao, Christopher Marquis, Luc Renneboog, and Sunny Li Sun. "Speaking of Corporate Social Responsibility." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-082, March 2014.