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  • November 1997 (Revised February 1998)
  • Case

Finansol

By: James E. Austin, Roberto Gutierrez, Marc Labie and Enrique Ogliastri
Finansol, created to provide loans to micro-entrepreneurs, encountered considerable difficulties after rapidly growing to become the biggest micro-enterprise lender in Colombia. Major restructuring was required to rescue it. View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Microfinance; Crisis Management; Problems and Challenges; Social Enterprise; Financial Services Industry
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  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support

currently available brands and use locally sourced materials. The female workers ultimately will become owners of the business through microfinance loans. “Lack of access to pads affects not only the prospects of girls and women, it also... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 01 Dec 2004
  • News

Class of 2004 Gives Fellowship

graduate of Princeton, Shariff is committed to international development. Prior to HBS, she worked with CARE International in Rwanda, primarily on HIV prevention and microfinance targeted at households run by children. “Because of the... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
  • Profile

Gary Shi

focusing on microfinance that helps farmers improve their farms, improve their lives.” Gary has been back to China in both his winter and spring breaks to “learn more about what’s happening in rural areas.” For his summer internship, he... View Details
  • Web

Independent Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

presence. Recommended and designed business partnerships and product designs for a Chinese telecom company to pursue mobile banking and microfinance for rural Chinese population to access financing. Dates & Deadlines Students work on... View Details
  • 28 Jun 2011
  • News

Beyond Case Writing

behavioral-change experiments in health, agriculture, and microfinance in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. She brings that globetrotting experience to bear when teaching a second-year course called Managing Global Health. At a... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • 23 May 2019
  • News

Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995

Gentera into the largest microfinance firm in the Americas. Rodríguez’s interest in using microloans to invest in developing economies was first sparked at HBS in 1994 when he helped organize the Latin American Conference. Through a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • Web

History | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

resulting in a book, an MBA elective course, and an executive education program for leaders in the microfinance industry. New Executive Education program Corporate Social Responsibility introduced. 2003 New MBA Elective Entrepreneurship... View Details
  • 12 Jan 2015
  • News

Good Investments

Lake Como, people had something to hang these ideas on. The name helped create momentum.” Results helped, too. One of the impact investing movement’s earliest highlights was when Mexican microfinance bank Compartamos Banco completed its... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; impact investing; ideas; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 13 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Experimental Researcher Helps Improve Health Care in Zambia

conducted behavioral-change experiments in health, agriculture, and microfinance in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. She brings that globetrotting experience to bear when teaching a second-year course called Managing Global... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health
  • Web

Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
  • Profile

Rawiah Abdallah

members administered health services, microfinance loans, and vocational training. They taught English and computer skills. "I became very passionate about development," says Rawiah. "But I saw a lot of inefficiencies in... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
  • Web

Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
  • July 2019
  • Supplement

Omidyar Network's Impact Investment Framework

By: Vikram S Gandhi
A team of investors at Omidyar Network explore two different investment possibilities in the budding financial inclusion space using their investment framework to consider capital alternatives available for both investments, each of which carries highly divergent... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Micro Finance; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Portfolio; Microfinance; Framework; India; Philippines
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  • 28 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 28

that their rivals cannot. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/313105-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 113-005 Equitas Microfinance (B): Response to the Andhra Pradesh Crisis Supplements case 313-105. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
  • Web

Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
  • 19 Jul 2013
  • News

All in Good Time

getting enough of the right calories. It seems counterintuitive, but it's possible to be undernourished and overweight." After HBS, Silbert worked for Women's World Banking, an international network of microfinance organizations, and was... View Details
Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
  • 07 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 7, 2008

challenges of cross-border acquisitions. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209022 Ujjivan: A Microfinance Institution at a Crossroads (A) Harvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace