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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
  • 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
  • 13 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 13, 2007

can achieve. Should he accept the offer provided by a private equity firm that is buying up other small competitors in his industry? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807125 The Omidyar-Tufts View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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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
  • 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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Driving Social Change | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

types of organizations that I’m interested in are those trying to combine social development logic with commercial logic in an innovative way. In the case of commercial microfinance organizations, they are breaking with the archetypal... View Details
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Blending Traditional Models of Philanthropy with Business | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

the years, from my time working in microfinance to my current work with high-growth entrepreneurs. Is it socially impactful to support charities or social enterprises that have no path to scalability? Does creating middle-class jobs count... View Details
  • 28 May 2013
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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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Caitlin Reimers

in studying new types of financial models — it leads to a very vibrant level of engagement and discussion." Cait worked with three HBS peers on Intellecap, an organization providing banking and consulting services for microfinance... View Details
  • 27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51919 Harvard Business School Case 918-014 La Ceiba: Navigating Microfinance and Relationships in Honduras (A) This case follows the program director of La Ceiba, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 8, 2006

microfinance and product design to open a new market segment based on the needs of low-income customers. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=805064   PublicationsUK Competitiveness: Old... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 9, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49226   Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 315-030 The Emergence of M&A in Microfinance Mibanco, a microfinance icon, is for sale,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 4

Institutional Voids, Globalization, and Microfinance Institutions By: Liang, Hao, Christopher Marquis, and Sunny Li Sun Abstract—We examine the heterogeneous effects of globalization on the interest rate setting by View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Feb 2018
  • Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

Larry Fink recently created a shockwave. As cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest global asset management firms, in an open letter to CEOs he caught the attention of financial markets and beyond by insisting on the importance of... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Battilana
  • 23 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 23

Course MaterialsBANEX and the ,,No Pago" Movement (A) Shawn Cole and Baily Blair KempnerHarvard Business School Case 211-092 This case examines Grassroots Capital's decision of whether or not to continue investing in a Bolivian View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21

illustrates the choices faced by a prospective IPO firm that operates in a global setting. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212051-PDF-ENG SKS and the AP Microfinance Crisis Shawn Cole and Yannick SalemanHarvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

Cynthia A. Montgomery, Michael Shih-ta Chen, and Dawn LauHarvard Business School Case 712-414 CARD (Center for Agricultural and Rural Development) is a Philippines-based microfinance organization that began as an NGO and has since... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

Beacon of Liberty

international microfinance institutions, helping them develop their corporate and governance strategies. He is also a photographer and filmmaker. This article is an edited version of a CNN.com article that first appeared on August 11,... View Details
Keywords: Sharjeel Kashmir; Islam; 9/11
  • January 2011
  • Teaching Note

Banco Compartamos: Life after the IPO (TN)

By: Michael Chu
Teaching Note for 308-094. View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Initial Public Offering; Investment Return; Financial Institutions; Microfinance; Capital Markets; Competition; Decisions; Banking Industry; Mexico
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  • 19 Jun 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems

movement arguments to examine institutional dynamics, said coauthor Johanna Mair, a visiting scholar at Stanford University. The Intra-Organizational Politics of Institutional Complexity is an in-depth case study of the rise and fall of a View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino