Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

Some seek stricter accounting of ROI based on objectively measurable goals and achievements. Six years ago, David and Donna Allman approached Opportunity with an idea that fell outside our traditional microfinance model: to build a Community Economic Development (CED) program in Nicaragua.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Bank marketing materials focus on the dreams, anxieties and goals of consumers. Yet unlike in finance, where distributing risk across institutions is the goal, in drug development the focus is on isolating risk. Risk management processes don't — but they should.

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Banking Pharmaceuticals Microfinance Risk Management 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Those agenda add-ons that most conferences offer — morning fun runs, afternoon factory tours, evening cocktails — are great places to meet people, in part because different environments and activities help us to relax and to behave and think more openly. And, don’t worry, you won’t be the only who shows up.

Conference 8

Conference Microfinance Creativity Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

Yet, if scaling impact is the goal, these skills are essential. The organization must build a model that is intuitive, easy to recreate in other environments, and easy to measure using a standard approach; otherwise the original impact will be hard to reproduce. to prove the goal is much more than size: it's about impact.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Mentor Microfinance NGO 8