Mills Scofield

AUGUST 27, 2012

Thoughts on Charity, Foreign Aid and Market Incentives - Tanzania. He worked in a firm that supported fixed income investments in emerging markets. One of his main tasks was to structure a hedging derivative that negated foreign exchange risks so that Microfinance institutions could take safer loans from the developed world.

Incentives 171

Incentives Marketing Microfinance Entrepreneur 171

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

While meeting this challenge is a clear priority for policy makers and donors, it is also a major profit opportunity for commercial players who can solve market failures and create real value. Expanded access to microloans did lead some entrepreneurs to increase business investments , but rarely to increased profits.

Microfinance 10

Microfinance Insurance Banking Bottom-up 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

When social entrepreneurs say that they want to "work themselves out of a job" they are not making a glib statement to sound cool. Commercial entrepreneurs are different. That is why social entrepreneurs were among the most enthusiastic popularizers of concepts like C.K. They're out to standardize a business model.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Microfinance Supply Chain Prahalad 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

For the last two years, we have studied this evolution with our partners at Echoing Green , a fellowship-granting organization that provides seed funding to emerging social entrepreneurs. However, our research reveals that hybrid entrepreneurs are fighting an uphill battle to launch and scale their ventures.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Microfinance Market Segmentation Incubator 14