Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

This year my organization decided to give an award for "excellence in leadership," and among the elements of excellence we expect to see in the winner, we're putting one criterion front and center: the nominees' commitment to gender diversity in their leadership ranks.

Microfinance 14

Microfinance Diversity Banking Trends 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Career paths are not one-size-fits-all, yet in emerging markets, it's often assumed that microfinance — the use of small loans to foster self-reliant small businesses in a community setting — is the only path for women seeking economic opportunity. Microfinance was one issue that we considered.

Microfinance 9

Microfinance Flextime Globalization Telecommunications 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2013

Following Abed's twist on Schumacher — "small may be beautiful, but big is necessary" — it now touches the lives of an estimated 126 million people with healthcare, education, enterprise development, microfinance and a slew of other programs. Today it runs a sprawl of surplus-generating businesses across diverse sectors.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Follow-up Bureaucracy Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Commercial microfinance organizations are perhaps the best-known hybrid organizations, but social entrepreneurs now use hybrid models to address a diverse set of social issues that includes hunger, healthcare, economic development, environment, education, housing, culture, law, and politics.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Microfinance Market Segmentation Incubator 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2014

Second, in addition to time, the sector needs a framework to measure success, one that makes sense of the sector’s inherent diversity. We allowed microfinance and the venture capital industry the time and space to develop over a few decades. Impact Investing in the Future: Developed clusters across the spectrum.

Development 9

Development Microfinance Biotechnology Exit Strategy 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Currently, impact can mean anything from venture investments in new health technologies to microfinance loans in Peru; from affordable housing in the US to renewable energy in India; from social impact bonds to private equity funds that create jobs.

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2018

She described being raised in a family that was “incredibly diverse in every single way, socioeconomically, ethnically, educationally” — an experience that helped her “understand people for who they are and not any sort of label which might precede them.”

How To 11

How To Learning-by-Doing Examples Participative 11