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  • July 2019
  • Supplement

Omidyar Network's Investment Decisions: MicroEnsure and Lenddo

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; Decision Choices and Conditions; India; Philippines
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  • 30 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

Course MaterialsBASIX Harvard Business School Case 207-099 BASIX, an Indian microfinance corporation, must decide whether to continue to sell weather insurance to its clients. A brand-new financial product, weather insurance pays if... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2025
  • Case

Untapped Global: Financing Africa's Missing Middle

By: Raymond Kluender and Emanuele Colonnelli
In November 2024, Jim Chu, founder and CEO of Untapped Global, faced mounting internal tensions over the company’s strategic direction. Untapped had developed a data-driven revenue-based financing (RBF) model to address the “missing middle” problem—the $5.2 trillion... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Working Capital; Private Equity; Financial Strategy; Microfinance; International Finance; Currency Exchange Rate; Profit Sharing; Revenue; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Emerging Markets; Mission and Purpose; Small Business; Entrepreneurial Finance; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; Nigeria; South Africa; Kenya; Uganda; California; San Francisco
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  • 17 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 17

School Case 510-104 Founded as a for-profit microfinance company, Equitas had acquired nearly a million clients in the short two years since it was founded. The founder, Vasu, and his management team wished to accelerate the already... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Dec 2017
  • Research & Ideas

What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets

understanding the factors that govern business growth in emerging markets. Leaders interviewed in 20 countries include Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chair, of Bangladesh’s BRAC microfinance company; Rosario Bazan, founder and CEO of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 24

interviewing hundreds of microfinance clients around the globe, the authors were able to identify five tools drawn from management accounting where improved knowledge would have a substantial impact including cost management, throughput... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 May 2013
  • First Look

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
  • March 2018
  • Case

Chaudhary Group: Rebuilding Nepal

By: Christopher J. Malloy, Lauren H. Cohen and Inakshi Sobti
After the 2015 Nepal earthquake, the Chaudhary Group, a billion-dollar conglomerate in Nepal, decides to play a pivotal role in rebuilding the country. The Group's philanthropic arm (Chaudhary Foundation) works with stakeholders and develops a blue print for short- and... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Family Business; Decision Choices and Conditions; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Venture Capital; Microfinance; Geographic Location; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Management; Crisis Management; Management Teams; Resource Allocation; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Natural Disasters; Social and Collaborative Networks; Social Issues; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Banking Industry; Auto Industry; Real Estate Industry; Travel Industry; Nepal
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  • 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
  • First Look

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
  • 02 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

remaining four years at the IITA’s helm. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/518034-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 213-035 "BASIX (Abridged) BASIX, an Indian microfinance corporation, must decide whether to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 19

enterprise for the provision of affordable housing in India. After India's microfinance industry collapses, mHS needs to reposition itself for continued operations and long-term growth. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jul 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?

through the crowd to lesser-known microfinance borrowers in developing countries. Nanda puts most current crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo in the equivalent of the donation or lending category. Kickstarter began as... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009

Microfinance in particular has often been argued, but not without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, using a randomized controlled trial, we examine whether access to, and marketing of, an individually held commitment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23

http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409113 Who Killed Bhavani Manjula?—A Story of Microfinance in Andhra Pradesh Harvard Business School Case 508-021 Abstract unavailable at this time. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

Much of the success of microfinance has been attributed to attempts to overcome the challenges of information asymmetries in uncollateralized lending. However, very little is known about the optimal contract structure of these loans, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 18 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

subsidiary is Compartamos Banco, has been a fantastically successful endeavor since it started in the 1990s. But in 2014, Gentera faces challenges in expanding beyond group-lending and micro-credit into microfinance and beyond in order to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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