QAspire

AUGUST 22, 2010

Akshaya Patra is an Indian NGO that provides mid day meals to about 1.2 They collect some key metrics including cost per meal and constantly look for ways to optimize it. First, some background information. million children across India on all school days. These meals act as an incentive for these kids to come to the school and study.

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Quality Innovation NGO Supply Chain 156

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

Every international NGO (INGO) and aid agency involved in water supply has a mission statement along the lines of "we envision a world where no one dies of a water-related disease." The magnitude of that goal can make the right time to exit seem like "never." That is particularly true in the water sector.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Exit Strategy NGO Mission Statement 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

It’s a valid question, but disappointingly, almost no NGO can point to evidence of impact. There are many efforts underway to define better outcome metrics and track them over time. By now, three generations and at least three million children have passed through such programs. Have they been effective? But all this has been changing.

Trends 8

Trends Development Net Present Value NGO 8

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. The assumption is that company growth is good.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Mentor Microfinance NGO 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Across the board we see the top executives of some of the world's largest organizations talking about, taking action on, and defining their success in terms of things that have conventionally been the realm of political leaders and NGO activists. The change has not gone unremarked by management's leading thinkers.

Globalization 14

Globalization NGO Leadership Development Politics 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

” A social impact bond arrangement focused on these metrics would enable independent developers of road, rail, water, and high-rise building projects to share a bonus for creating the aggregate benefits of higher density and a shrunken footprint — a clear incentive to coordinate with a shared goal in mind.

Finance 8

Finance Innovation Bond Incentives 8