Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Mar 2014
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Impact Investing: Patience, Please

Keywords: venture philanthropy; social enterprise; impact investing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

04 Sep 2019
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Impact Investing Firm Wins Grant

Keywords: social impact; Finance; entrepreneurship; Finance

09 Jul 2020
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A Conversation with Sir Ronald Cohen on Impact Investing

Keywords: impact investing; social enterprise

04 Feb 2019
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Calculating the Value of Impact Investing

Keywords: by Chris Addy, Maya Chorengel, Mariah Collins and Michael Etzel; social impact investing; economic development; Bridgespan

01 Sep 2024
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Far-Reaching Impact

Above: Teachers in India's daycare system draw on Rocket Learning's digital platform to enhance learning. Photo courtesy Rocket Learning When the news reached Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) as her HBS graduation was approaching that she would receive financial assistance to... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

07 Oct 2019
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Weighting accounts for impact

01 Jun 2014
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Early Impact

changing needs of the School. Three new building projects focus on Executive Education, recognizing the growing reach and impact the School is achieving through the more than 8,000 participants who come to campus each year. Tata Hall... View Details

Keywords: Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2016
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Measuring Impact

the findings of the inaugural Harvard Impact Study, the University’s first effort to quantify the economic and social contributions of its alumni. HBS professor Josh Lerner led the study, which was based on a survey sent to almost 245,000... View Details

Keywords: April White

08 Jan 2016
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Impact Entrepreneurship

01 Dec 2017
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Environmental Impact

are making a lasting difference in the areas important to them through their support for HBS. “We care deeply about these subjects and wanted to contribute to efforts that will have a broad impact on the world,” says McCaw. “Given HBS’s... View Details

01 Sep 2013
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High-Level Impact

addition to advancing educational innovation, gifts to the HBS Fund fuel a more flexible economic model for the School and have an immediate impact on enduring priorities such as student financial aid, pathbreaking research, and global... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

06 Nov 2020
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Impact Briefing

13 Jan 2020
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Making Impact Investing Work

20 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact

01 Sep 2016
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Charting Alumni Impact

The impact of an educational institution is often measured anecdotally, using the achievements of its alumni. In late 2015, Harvard released the results of the inaugural University-wide research study to quantify the “economic and social... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

15 Sep 2021
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Impact Investing’s Next Challenge

08 Dec 2015
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Harvard’s Alumni Impact

Keywords: Harvard; alumni; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Jun 2016
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Fellowships Have Impact

fellowships discuss the impact of that support as they strive to make a difference in the world. (8 min. video) Investing in Fellowships Gifts in any amount to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation help sustain the School’s... View Details

09 Jul 2010
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Poised for Impact

Keywords: Finance

01 Dec 2018
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HBS Campaign Impact

that develops leaders of competence and character. These leaders—people who create real value for society—truly make a difference in the world. These stories demonstrate the impact of the Campaign on the School’s students, faculty, staff,... View Details

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