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  • 05 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

have several great examples of that. First of all, Nestlé. Since World War II, Nestlé's milk has by and large been produced by thousands of small farmers in developing countries. View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Aug 2012
  • News

Big Business Does Best In Washington When It Plays the Underdog

  • July 2015 (Revised October 2015)
  • Case

Building Strong Partnerships at the Inter-American Development Bank

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Erin L. Henry, Andreas Georgoulias and Natalie Bartlett
Building Strong Partnerships at the Inter-American Development Bank details the development of the bank's new Office of Outreach Partnerships to sustain a culture of innovation through maintaining and generating partnerships in order to fulfill the bank's greater... View Details
Keywords: Business Organization; Business And Community; Well-being; Wealth and Poverty; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Technology Adoption; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Government Relations; Change Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Expansion; Partners and Partnerships; Restructuring; Welfare or Wellbeing; Business and Community Relations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Banking Industry; Latin America
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  • 2013
  • Case

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Junko Yoda and Her Collaboration to Address Sex Trafficking in Asia

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Juliane Calingo Schwetz and Patricia Bissett Higgins
n 2011, Junko Yoda with Pam McCambridge launched CLinked, a venture aimed to reduce human trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation. Since incorporation, they launched several different pilot programs in partnership with local non-governmental... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise; Crime and Corruption; Gender; Social Issues; Business and Community Relations; Leadership; Change Management; Public Administration Industry; Indonesia; Asia
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  • February 2008 (Revised February 2009)
  • Case

The International Finance Corporation's Grassroots Business Initiative

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee
Grassroots Business Initiative was set up to financially assist small enterprises engaged in creating social value. Three years later, Harold Rosen, its creator, wished to explore an alternative funding model to provide it with scale and sustainability. View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Microfinance; Investment Funds; Social Enterprise
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  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

With cross-sector collaborations on the rise, a new book exploring partnerships between business and social organizations in the Americas comes at just the right time. Social Partnering in Latin America: Lessons Drawn from Collaborations... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team
  • September 2013
  • Case

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Junko Yoda and Her Collaboration to Address Sex Trafficking in Asia

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Juliane Calingo Schwetz and Patricia Bissett Higgins
In 2011, Junko Yoda with Pam McCambridge launched CLinked, a venture aimed to reduce human trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation. Since incorporation, they launched several different pilot programs in partnership with local non-governmental... View Details
Keywords: Expansion; Social Issues; Non-Governmental Organizations; Public Administration Industry; Indonesia
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    Mark43

    The founders of Mark43, an early-stage startup that provides software for law enforcement agencies, must decide whether to bid on a request for proposals (RFP) from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). On the one hand, LAPD would be a second large and... View Details
    • September 2014
    • Teaching Note

    Entrepreneurial Finance Lab: Scaling an Innovative Start-up Financing Venture

    By: Joan Farre-Mensa
    The Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL) is a financial technology start-up that has developed a new tool that uses psychometric tests to aid banks in developing markets with credit scoring of business loan applicants. EFL's ultimate goal is to solve the financing gap... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry
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    • 02 Mar 2023
    • Blog Post

    Women, Work, and the "M" Word

    from their employer (62%) and health insurance carriers (73%). Yet, most US workplaces—unlike their British counterparts—do not offer benefits specifically geared towards menopause. This is exactly the gap that Elektra Health is filling... View Details
    • Web

    Turnarounds and Transformation - Course Catalog

    including small and large companies, family-owned ventures, private and public firms, and US and international... View Details
    • 25 Feb 2020
    • News

    Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller

    global opportunities and avenues is going to favor the Microsofts of the world, which have the size, strength, and presence to navigate these environments. How do the small... View Details
    • 16 Jun 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

    their artificial reality (AR) annotation products on mobile phones. AT&T, Cisco, and Zoom have enhanced their network capabilities for increased demand in bandwidth. In addition, numerous small... View Details
    Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim; Retail; Service
    • 25 Mar 2020
    • News

    The US is preparing $2 trillion to stimulate its economy. Will it be enough?

    • 22 Feb 2022
    • News

    March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

    don’t make it past five years. Stacey Abrams and Lara Hodgson want to help today’s entrepreneurs beat the odds by revealing the unseen tethers that keep small businesses from growing View Details
    • November 2009
    • Article

    Finding Missing Markets (and a Disturbing Epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya

    By: Nava Ashraf, Xavier Gine and Dean Karlan
    Farmers may grow crops for local consumption despite more profitable export options. DrumNet, a Kenyan NGO that helps small farmers adopt and market export crops, conducted a randomized trial to evaluate its impact. DrumNet services increased production of export crops... View Details
    Keywords: Export Crop; Field Experiment; Food Safety Standards; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Trade; Profit; Marketing; Standards; Failure; Non-Governmental Organizations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Kenya; European Union
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    • 09 Apr 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

    Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/719437-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 619-019 Lexoo: Building a Long-Lasting Platform Daniel van Binsbergen, Lexoo’s CEO, and web developer Chris O’Sullivan, CTO, had set up Lexoo,... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 19 Dec 2017
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

    manager at Facebook, founded the start-up Propel to build software for low-income Americans. After conducting in-depth behavioral research, Chen and his small team in New York City began to develop... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 06 Feb 2013
    • News

    Want to Use Business to Make a Difference? Get Experience (But Not Too Much)

    • 05 Feb 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

    equalize the distribution of small (or large) tokens rather than equalizing total earnings. When payoffs are comprised of time and money, subjects similarly equalize the distribution of time (or money)... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman