Mills Scofield

AUGUST 27, 2012

This is a guest blog by Chia Han Sheng, Brown University '14, co-founder of MedInternational. Thoughts on Charity, Foreign Aid and Market Incentives - Tanzania. He worked in a firm that supported fixed income investments in emerging markets. Reading about these market driven social endeavors is always exciting.

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Incentives Marketing Microfinance Entrepreneur 171

Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Blogging is a Mirror of Yourself and Your Organization. Book Says Servant Leadership Critical for Marketing Leaders. Peer-to-Peer Microfinance: A Sustainable Solution to Poverty. Viterbo University SL Blog. Do You Have a “Seagull Manager”? Strengthen Your Boss’s Weakness. The Answer May Surprise You.

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Servant Leader Leadership Microfinance Discount 150

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2011

Yesterday was International Women's Day and there were many articles and blog posts championing the idea that anti-poverty philanthropy should focus on women and girls (see, for instance, Mary Ellen Iskendarian's post for The Conversation ). Consider the undeniable costs of a caricatured bias toward women.

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Microfinance Globalization Long-term Class 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2012

However, as I discussed in my last post , the model has a fatal flaw: It inevitably requires an impractical penetration rate of the target market — often 30% or more of all consumers in an area. This blog post was excerpted from Erik Simanis' article " Reality Check at the Bottom of the Pyramid " in the June issue of the magazine.

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Bottom-up Microfinance Price Banking 10