Goal Metrics NGO Operations 
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 11, 2016
Investors from hedge funds to insurance companies are operating in an environment of low yields, near-zero interest rates, and a glut of savings. However, social impact and pay-for-success securities could unlock substantial foundation, philanthropic, and NGO assets to buffer the risk for return-seeking capital.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 2, 2013
In our work, victory means that the districts where we work, comprising hundreds or even thousands of villages, no longer need our support to keep water systems operating. The magnitude of that goal can make the right time to exit seem like "never." That is particularly true in the water sector.
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Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 2, 2013
Three lines of progress are crossing, and rapidly reshaping how businesses and nonprofits together strengthen the locales in which they operate. Take the example of child sponsorships, highly popular as a marketing tool for many NGOs. It’s a valid question, but disappointingly, almost no NGO can point to evidence of impact.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 21, 2013
If you ask venture capitalists in Silicon Valley how they measure the success of business entrepreneurs, they would no doubt list off metrics having to do with fast growth: funding raised, people hired, customers acquired, revenue produced. Yet, if scaling impact is the goal, these skills are essential.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
The company would double the size of its business, he said, by channeling its efforts toward achieving eight ambitious goals by 2020 — among them, doubling the proportion of Unilever's portfolio that meets the highest nutritional standards, and halving the water associated with the consumer use of its products.
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