The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This process, which they refer to as gradualism, is commonly used in team building and training initiatives, and are also common in the field of microfinance. The results suggest that the team who had gradually higher stakes seemed to outperform the other two groups, and managed to coordinate successfully in 2/3 of the tasks they were set.

Microfinance 95

Microfinance Team Finance Reference 95

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2012

In January, Oxfam announced it would team with the asset manager Symbiotics to launch the Small Enterprise Impact Investment Fund (SEIFF), based in Luxembourg. Some microfinance organizations are also moving out of the purely micro and toward larger lending. But times have changed.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Globalization Microfinance Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Risk management processes don't — but they should. Popular games also tend to spawn communities who share information and strategies about how to overcome hurdles, suggesting that peer to peer education is also possible (this has been seen in microfinance). The gamers are credited in the paper for their role.

Banking 10

Banking Pharmaceuticals Microfinance Risk Management 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Ventures should compete and cooperate with ventures, regardless of their nationalities. Microfinance (Bangladesh), securitization of revenues (Saudi Arabia), and royalty-pay-back funding (Israel) were all invented overseas. Do we really want to beat India at developing clean tech, cheap medical devices, and affordable housing?

Venture Capitalist 15

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Microfinance Finance 15