Rural - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

do you make a difference in their lives. Q: How about you, Alnoor? Ebrahim: I was born in Tanzania. Prior to that, my family's roots are in India, where we still have many relatives in rural communities. We were well off when we were... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

24 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 24

to large exogenous sources of non-systematic income risk? We use a series of randomized field experiments in rural India to test the importance of price and non-price factors in the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

education is a state function, it was crucial to get the governors on board. Working with the governor of New York, we developed a strategy to spread P-TECH across every economic development district in the state, ensuring a mix of urban and View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

dairy operation in a rural area. It might be augmented and complimented by companies engaged in electric generation, telecommunications, housing, and water purification. Poverty, as we have noted, is systemic. Its alleviation requires a... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/519011-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 119-027 Fundraising at St. Camillus Hospital St. Camillus is a fictional non-profit hospital in rural Maine facing a serious budget deficit. As Director of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20

outweighed the PG Ventures offer. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/815058-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-004 KGFS: A New Approach to Rural Finance No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

into an ambitious Financial Inclusion Program to serve previously unbanked rural populations through a rapid expansion of its branch network and the use of nonbank business correspondents? In addition, should the bank commit part of its... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008

transformations (particularly in rural areas). Overall, this article intends to depict the role and performance of Argentine trade intermediaries in the early years of the 20th century. It's Time to Make Management a True Profession... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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