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- June 2009 (Revised July 2010)
- Case
Microfin
By: Michael Chu and Enrique Kramer
The case presents the management dilemmas of a new institution in an undeveloped microfinance market in Latin America. Supported by a globally recognized industry player, it is the result of the efforts of two fledgling local entrepreneurs with a business model they... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Entrepreneurship; Microfinance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Industry Structures; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Latin America
Chu, Michael, and Enrique Kramer. "Microfin." Harvard Business School Case 309-126, June 2009. (Revised July 2010.)
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
Working PapersEconomic Factors Underlying the Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services Authors:Mohammad Arzaghi, Ernst R. Berndt, James C. Davis, and Alvin J. Silk Abstract This paper addresses a longstanding puzzle involving the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Brendan Mosher
rewarding aspect of Brendan's education is "being forced to make big decisions every day. That's what being a manager is all about — analyzing the situation and making effective decisions quickly." The diversity of classroom opinion improves the View Details
- 13 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Is HBS Cutthroat or Collaborative?
maximizing the quality of our output. While in Cambodia we created a culture that enforced high standards, encouraged questioning and iteration, and supported creative thinking. The result? A happy client, a new group of friends, a... View Details
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
division's operations. The division was struggling in 2004 when newly-appointed CEO Philippe Guillemot and his team improved performance substantially by focusing on four levers- industrial footprint realignment, competitive sourcing,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2013
- News
A Cure for Cold Storage
student, a third-year law student, and a Kennedy School student with experience working in the United Nations. "It was the perfect blend of backgrounds," says Schrader. In 2012, the fledging company won both the HBS Business Plan View Details
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
property (IP) protection to safeguard their competitive advantages. However, the majority of recent patent litigation is driven by nonpracticing entities (NPEs), firms that generate no products but instead amass patent portfolios for the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Seventy Years Out: Class of 1932 Celebrates Reunions
observed. One of the “lucky ones,” Brink worked for the telephone company before he set up his own one-man shop — Utilities Audit Bureau — as a consultant on telephone services and systems. “In 49 years,” Brink proudly declared, “I never... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
lifelong employer due to global competition and downsizing; rapid turnover of executives and employees; growing concern about the environment; and the crumbling of institutions such as schools and the family. "We're searching for new... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 24 Jun 2016
- News
Reinventing Pharma
happy, fulfilling life requires planning and priority-setting, including setting boundaries and sticking to them.” She added, “I’ve applied these theories to my personal life, making sure to set boundaries around quality time with my... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
210 is Jess Bloomgarden (MBA 2012), with classmates Alex Stratoudakis and Emma Taylor. In fifteen minutes they present their plan for AfterSteps, a Web-based end-of-life planning service that offers advice and secure storage for legal,... View Details
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
of real-world systems. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-059.pdf Quality Provision, Expected Firm Altruism and Brand Extensions Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper studies View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Fast Answer
Pharmaceuticals: Pipeline
- Information on drug pipelines and global trials, drug sales, drug prices, pharma deals, companies, and patents. Our subscription includes the content of Cortellis Competitive Intelligence (base) and Cortellis Clinical Trials.... View Details
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
prizes that are awarded to high-quality innovations may encourage future innovation. U.S. patent data indicate a 40% increase after 1851 in patenting for prizewinners compared with other exhibits. Results are robust to controlling for technology-specific pre-trends and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
portfolio of businesses, each of which might be grown or harvested, bought or sold, in service to a larger corporate purpose. Most dangerous of all, the prestrategy worldview lacked a rigorous sense of the dynamics of View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
flexible arrangements. 4. Recruit and promote from diverse pools of candidates. 5. Provide leadership education. 6. Sponsor employee resource groups and mentoring programs. 7. Offer quality role models. 8. Make the chief diversity officer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
funding, lobbying, committee participation, and other instruments to influence local, national, and international political environments. Also firms that are heavily influenced by politics are more likely to craft Integrated Political Strategy as part of a more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
LaToya Marc
Growing up in small towns in Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas, LaToya Marc found her passion for social justice tempered by the practical need to make a decent living. "I was raised by a single mother who stressed the importance of education as a way to a higher... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Forum
Feedback The “Assets” department in our March issue featured some of Professor Joe Fuller’s flying pigs and a call to share what’s in your office. Keep Pulling “My time at HBS overlapped with Professor Fuller, who graduated from HBS the year before I did. While he was... View Details
- 15 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Apple Pay’s Technology Adoption Problem
company will have trouble coming up with an equally compelling message to drive sales of a service that allows you to pay at the retail counter with a swipe of an iPhone. "What does it do for me as a consumer?" asks Associate... View Details