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  • 2014
  • Discussion Paper

The Promise of Microfinance and Women's Empowerment: What Does the Evidence Say?

By: Dina D. Pomeranz
The microfinance revolution has transformed access to financial services for low-income populations worldwide. As a result, it has become one of the most talked-about innovations in global development in recent decades. However, its expansion has not been without... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Women's Empowerment; Entrepreneurs; Saving; Savings; Credit; Credit Supply; Insurance; Development Economics; Development Finance; Behavioral Economics; Gender; Microfinance; Social Entrepreneurship; Developing Countries and Economies; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Latin America; Kenya; Chile; India; Asia; Africa
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  • 26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/819038-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-005 BancoSol and Microfinance in Bolivia BancoSol, a microfinance bank headquartered in La Paz, Bolivia, was forced to adjust its lending strategy and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12

system rather than a government-controlled system. Book: http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/ItemDetailServletCr?region=9&imprint=070&titleCode=GCCL&cf=p&type=3&id=254645 Corporate Ownership Structure and Bank View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8

Almandoz Abstract—A case study is presented on business ethics and bank management. The situation facing the president of a community bank established to operate as a green business and to consider ethical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Business of Global Poverty

Bank he founded in Bangladesh more than two decades ago. With interest rates ranging from zero to 20 percent, Grameen's average loan (no collateral required) is $200. Its repayment rate is about 98 percent.... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53888 Marketplace Lending: A New Banking Paradigm? By: Vallée, Boris, and Yao Zeng Abstract—Marketplace lending relies on large-scale loan screening by... View Details
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Esty's book, Green to Gold), such as General Electric's push into wind and solar power. JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Bank of America are among those adding environmental criteria to loan analyses. Venture... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities
  • 01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1

repatriated earnings from foreign affiliates exceeded net capital investments by $1.1 trillion in 2010 dollars; and from 1950 to 2010, repatriated earnings and net interest from foreign affiliates exceeded net equity investments and loans... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

tool to alleviate capital constraints in scarce credit markets and unlock productive investments, others see those banks as conduits of cheap loans to politically connected firms that could obtain capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 27

proceeds were used to repay CPP receipts without jeopardizing loan growth. Banks that received CPP funds prior to the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2000 (Revised October 2000)
  • Case

Kendle International Inc.

By: Dwight B. Crane, Paul W. Marshall and Indra Reinbergs
Candace Kendle and Christopher Bergen, the CEO and COO of Kendle International, Inc., are reviewing ways to finance the growth of their privately-owned company. Kendle is a contract research organization that conducts clinical drug trials for pharmaceutical and... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Financing and Loans; Venture Capital; Stock Options; Banks and Banking; Debt Securities; International Finance; Financial Strategy; Management Skills; Private Ownership; Initial Public Offering; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • July 2009 (Revised July 2009)
  • Case

Blue Ocean or Stormy Waters? Buying Nix Check Cashing

By: Peter Tufano
Kinecta Federal Credit Union has the opportunity to purchase Nix Check Cashing as part of their "blue ocean" strategy to reach the financially underserved and increase credit union membership and deposits. But they face financial as well as reputational risk. Check... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Credit; Financing and Loans; Personal Finance; Strategic Planning; Partners and Partnerships; Reputation; Banking Industry; Banking Industry
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  • 13 Dec 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Public Health for the Poor

response people had with microfinance. The concept of giving a loan that could start as low as $125 to someone who is poor and then think of that as a viable business was once inconceivable. But today in Latin America, the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health
  • 02 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

shocks to borrowers' collateral, which affect firms' ability to raise capital if agency and information problems are significant (Ben S. Bernanke and Mark Gertler, 1989). Or it can stem from shocks to bank capital, which affects the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

such as certificates of deposit and consumer loans, but it will not be allowed to inspect most banks, since they are already examined by the banking agencies. At the same time, the CFPC's jurisdiction was narrowed to exclude many... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710020-PDF-ENG YES BANK: Mainstreaming Development into Indian Banking Michael Chu and Namrata AroraHarvard Business School Case 311-063 YES BANK, founded in 2003 and highly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009

Capital Management was evaluating the purchase of a pool of U.S. residential mortgages. The firm had formed an investment vehicle to acquire troubled residential mortgages from banks and other motivated sellers. The idea was to purchase... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 30

options, and the banker has turned the loan over to the workout division. He feels that his suppliers are willing to work with him, and his employees depend on him for their livelihood. At the bank's request, an outside consultant has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709488 Investing in Early Learning as Economic Development at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank Harvard Business School Case 309-090 In his role as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought

research by Harvard Business School Professors Robin Greenwood and Samuel G. Hanson begs to differ. Financial crises, even ones as calamitous as the 2007-2008 banking meltdown, are surprisingly predictable to those who know the warning... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

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