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Kasia Biezychudek

might have choices of my own. I wish that I may help others find their stage and inspire them to act. Over and over again, my travels remind me that not all parents can do as mine. And despite tireless efforts, the troubles of our world persist. People live in View Details

28 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor

It's a pittance in the West. A loan of only $500 to $1,200, however, can make all the difference for a man or woman eking out a living in the developing world. Just that much—the typical range of microfinance loans, according to Michael Chu, a View Details

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December 20, 2007
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Profit And Poverty: Why It Matters

By: Michael Chu

Commentary on investing in microfinance View Details

Keywords: Microfinance; Profit; Poverty; Financial Services Industry

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2007
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Fighting AIDS, Fighting Poverty: Customer Centric Marketing in the Generic Antiretroviral Business

By: Rohit Deshpandé and Zoe Chance

Keywords: Health Disorders; Poverty; Product Marketing; Customers; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry

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October 2021
Teaching Note

BRAC in 2020

By: Tarun Khanna and Shreya Ramachandran

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 721-416. View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise; Education; Health; Social Issues; Poverty; Programs; Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Global Strategy; Education Industry; Health Industry; Bangladesh; South Asia

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Mamongae Mahlare

Africa's canvas of poverty and strife ...to prosperity and peace Take a moment to inhale the sweet scent of flowers, at every opportunity The hopeful fragrance of summer rain on newly-ploughed ground Reminisce of simple village life as a... View Details

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Franklin Muanankese

poverty of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We survived the violence of public housing in Washington, D.C. Through it all, we always had each other. My brother was my protector and role model. He inspired me to pursue my dreams,... View Details

25 Apr 2014
News

An investment in meaningful results

Ending poverty in New York City is a monumental goal, but as president and chief operating officer of a modern-day nonprofit that bears the legendary moniker Robin Hood, Deborah Winshel (MBA 1985) uses her business acumen to effect social... View Details

01 Sep 2007
News

Ideas against AIDS

Clawson, Jim Kralik, and John Galantic (all MBA ’90), he invited them to Thailand to help get its business community involved in rural economic development to battle poverty and prostitution. Clawson, who remains close to Viravaidya and... View Details

Keywords: AIDS & HIV; activism; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Accelerating Innovation | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Competition Impact Stories A Catalyst for Commitment Abigail Falik MBA 2008 A Life’s Work Gerald Chertavian MBA 1992 Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Poverty Andrea Silbert 841 teams participating in Social Enterprise track of the... View Details

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Prospects for Shared Prosperity: Findings from the 2015 Alumni Survey on U.S. Competitiveness

Americas leading companies are thriving, but the prosperity they are producing is not being shared broadly among U.S. citizens. Professor Jan Rivkin will present the results of HBSs effort to gauge alumni opinions. View Details

April 2000 (Revised August 2002)
Case

The Holland House

By: William J. Poorvu and Michael A. Everett-Lane

In November 1993, Edward Geffner, executive director of Project Renewal, Inc. (PRI), is proposing that his not-for-profit firm develop Holland House at 351 West 42nd Street in New York City into a single- room occupancy hotel for homeless people. He has put together a... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Welfare; Construction; Poverty; Property; Real Estate Industry; Construction Industry; New York (city, NY)

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Terrance Rogers

No one ever told my mother to dream. She grew up in 1950s Georgia, where nothing of importance was expected of little black girls. Yet without a high school degree, she scraped her way up from rural poverty to build a wonderful life for... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Transforming the way the social sector innovates, learns, and improves

To help eradicate poverty worldwide, Esther Hsu Wang (MBA 2009, MPA 2010) aims to ensure that the $630 billion spent annually in international development goes toward programs that work. Wang cofounded IDinsight to inform decisions based... View Details

December 2015
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On Wealth and the Diversity of Friendships: High Social Class People around the World Have Fewer International Friends

By: Maurice H. Yearwood, Amy Cuddy, Nishtha Lambaa, Wu Youyoua, Ilmo van der Lowe, Paul K. Piff, Charles Gronin, Pete Fleming, Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Dacher Keltner and Aleksandr Spectre

Having international social ties carries many potential advantages, including access to novel ideas and greater commercial opportunities. Yet little is known about who forms more international friendships. Here, we propose social class plays a key role in determining... View Details

Keywords: Friendships; Social Class; Internationalism; Wealth; Relationships; Globalization

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Africa - Global Activities 2021

other macro shocks occur, many African nations run the risk of falling deeper into poverty. “I feared that during and after the outbreak, populations living in poverty would be much worse off, and new populations would fall into View Details

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Israt Tarin

mother was a brilliant student her recitation of William Wordsworth’s “Daffodils” drew crowds of far-flung villagers to the school grounds. Yet, poverty and patriarchy meant she would be married at the age of sixteen while her brothers... View Details

January 2013 (Revised November 2016)
Case

The New Carolina Initiative

By: Michael E. Porter and Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo

The New Carolina Initiative case explores the process of fostering competitiveness in the subnational region, South Carolina, one of the poorest states in the United States. The case has been developed primarily for use in the course "Microeconomics of... View Details

Keywords: Public Sector; Poverty; Competitive Strategy; Private Sector; Economic Growth; South Carolina

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December 2009
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From a Declaration of Values to the Creation of Value in Global Health

By: Jim Yong Kim, Joseph Rhatigan, Sachin H. Jain and Michael E. Porter

To make best use of the new dollars available for the treatment of disease in resource poor settings, global health practice requires a strategic approach that emphasizes value for patients, defined as health outcomes per dollar spent. Practitioners and global health... View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Health Care and Treatment; Infrastructure; Service Delivery; Outcome or Result; Poverty; Value Creation

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