Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2012

In low-income countries, according to World Bank data in a recent paper by the consultancy Dalberg, 43% of businesses with between 20 and 99 employees say that access to finance is a major constraint. The White House has called this gap between the demand and supply of finance for small and medium enterprises a "market failure.[and]

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Globalization Microfinance Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

In India, where the number of digital payments is growing over 30% annually , the central bank has ruled that digital payment enablers must ensure that all payments data be stored only on servers within India. These solutions lie at the intersection of technology development by companies and policy formulation by governments.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Globalization GAAP Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2018

Across African markets, information and communication technology (ICT) is facilitating the process of socioeconomic developments. We have seen that redesign in Kenya, where MPESA, a mobile money solution , has emerged as the most important banking institution without a bank license.

Globalization 8

Globalization Banking Entrepreneur Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

The choice of who will lead the World Bank has been made. Earlier this week, on April 16, the US nominee Jim Yong Kim was selected over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. With the decision now made, will we go back to business as usual?

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

This sweeping development known as “common ownership” – the same firms owning the competing firms in the same industry – is relatively new. On average, common ownership concentration has almost doubled in the last 20 years in the construction, manufacturing, finance, and services sectors.

CEO 8

CEO Asset Management Cooper Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Of all the generations alive today, millennials are the most willing to trade financial return for greater social impact, according to “ Millennials and Money ,” a 2014 study from Merrill Lynch’s Private Banking and Investment Group. Third, growing impact investing will take collaboration and cooperation.

Commitment 8

Commitment Banking Class Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Morgan projected up to $1T in investment would be deployed this decade — which would make impact investing twice the size of official development aid to the world’s less develop countries (as defined by the United Nations) , presuming historic levels of aid stayed constant since 2010. In 2010, J.P

Microfinance 8

Microfinance IPO Real Estate Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

But the advent of Big Data, sophisticated modeling techniques, and robust algorithms are opening a door to cooperation and opportunities that have never been possible before. Both practices have long developed insights into their customers based on data and analytics. The finance team brought its scenario modeling tools to bear.

Credit Scoring 8

Credit Scoring Risk Management Finance Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

cooperation on global trade will be compromised for some time if the tariffs go into effect. SOEs receive preferential access to land, finance, telecom, hydrocarbons, and electricity. have been quietly working to develop another agreement containing rules to restrain Chinese subsidies. negotiators. In recent years, U.S.

GDP 8

GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 8