Publications

November 2007 (Revised April 2008)
Case

Hariyali Kisaan Bazaar: A Rural Business Initiative

By: David E. Bell, Nitin Sanghavi, Virginia Fuller and Mary L. Shelman

In rural India, farmers historically had limited access to quality input items for both their fields and homes. Indian conglomerate DSCL has undertaken a Rural Business Initiative to address this issue, establishing a chain of retail outlets throughout rural India... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Business Conglomerates; Agribusiness; Rural Scope; Customer Relationship Management; Business Strategy; Service Operations; Networks; Alliances; Retail Industry; India

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

in rural Haiti. Using a costing system developed at Harvard Business School, researchers found that the cost of care varied dramatically from clinic to clinic. The research and the concerns it raises are detailed in a recent case study,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

1976
Book

Discrimination in Rural Housing

By: Dutch Leonard, Janet K. Marantz and Karl E. Case

Keywords: Housing; Attitudes

05 Mar 2004
News

Competitiveness in Rural U.S. Regions: Learning and Research Agenda

25 Feb 2004
Other Presentation

Competitiveness in Rural U.S. Regions: Learning and Research Agenda

By: Michael E. Porter, Christian H.M. Ketels, Kaia K. Miller and Richard Bryden

Competitiveness in Rural U.S. Regions: Learning and Research Agenda View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; United States

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October 2020
Case

PraDigi Open Learning: Transforming Rural India

By: John J-H Kim and Malini Sen

Pratham is a non-governmental organization, focusing on high-quality, low-cost and replicable interventions to address gaps in the Indian education system. Co-founder Madhav Chavan is interested in using technology for education but differed in the way it is used in... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Social Entrepreneurship; Education; Information Technology; Learning; Growth and Development Strategy; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues; Education Industry; India; Asia

January 2000
Teaching Note

Mexican Foundation For Rural Development

By: James E. Austin

Teaching Note for (9-300-082). View Details

Keywords: Mexico

18 May 2015
News

Providing broadband to rural communities

As president of the Fiber to the Home Council Americas, Heather Gold (GMP 8, 2010) represents companies that build and operate fiber to the home networks, which will enhance the well-being of rural communities in North and South America.... View Details

September 2010
Teaching Note

China Mobile's Rural Communications Strategy (TN)

By: William C. Kirby and F. Warren McFarlan

Teaching Note for 309034. View Details

Keywords: Rural Scope; Investment; Communication Strategy; Information Management; Government and Politics; Governance Controls; China

March 2016 (Revised January 2017)
Case

CunCunLe: Empowering China's Rural Villages

By: Michael Chu, John S. Ji and Nancy Hua Dai

April 1981
Case

Mexican Rural Development: SAM and PIDER

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Development Economics; Food; Rural Scope; Mexico

March 1991 (Revised May 1991)
Case

TBIRD: The Thai Business Initiative in Rural Development

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

During the period of 1987 to 1990, while Thailand had one of the fastest growing economies in the world (average growth rate of 12%), the income disparity between its rural and urban population (especially Bangkok City) was growing increasingly worse. Mechai... View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Management Skills; Programs; Wealth and Poverty; Thailand

05 Sep 2004
News

Clusters can, do transform rural economies

07 Jul 2016
News

Creating a Viable Future in Rural Africa

Louise Fenn Ruhr (MBA 1977) is helping empower poor and displaced communities in the developing world—particularly women—cope with the impact of climate change through sustainable food, water, energy, and income-generation programs. As chief operating officer for the... View Details

April 2009
Case

Invest Early: Early Childhood Development in a Rural Community

By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta

Invest Early was an early childhood development partnership in rural northern Minnesota between 14 different organizations, which worked together through an advisory board, governing board, and leadership team in order to deliver coordinated early childhood services to... View Details

Keywords: Early Childhood Education; Rural Scope; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks