Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

The microfinance industry is a rare D and E success story. Microfinance banks, which provide desperately needed loans to low-income consumers, draw mainstream investors because of their attractive returns. The result has been explosive growth. And in D and E markets, the environment demands a very high contribution per transaction.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2013

Sasikala, a Block Development Officer (BDO), talked to the Kodapattinam villagers about microfinance , only Shantha, of all the villagers, saw the opportunity and took action. For example, a member could propose to use the money to buy an income-producing asset, such as a cow. She went door to door, pleading and pitching.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Another example is FunKidz, an upmarket Kenyan furniture brand that relies on Disney-like animal characters with an African twist. Serena Hotels, for example, through leases that are from 25 to 63 years long, enjoys a quasi-monopolistic situation in some of Kenya and Tanzania’s building-restricted national parks.

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Microfinance Hotels Entrepreneur Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Take, for example, the issue of economic development. The most striking pattern we found in the data is the recent growth of "hybrid" organizations that integrate aspects of business to address long-standing social problems. Frogtek and many other hybrids sell goods and services, and rely on revenues to sustain and scale their operations.

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Entrepreneur Microfinance Market Segmentation Incubator 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

Or consider Kwabena Darko of Ghana, who helped found that country’s microfinance sector by forging a collaboration between global NGO Opportunity International , his national startup Sinapi Aba , and a myriad of village- and town-based trust groups.

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Entrepreneur Microfinance NGO Mission Statement 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Over time, many Wii users, for example, tried the activities they enjoyed in their living rooms in the real world. 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).

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Banking Pharmaceuticals Microfinance Risk Management 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

Let's take the example of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. For example, mothers2mothers now directly operates some sites as centers of excellence while also assisting ministries of health in launching, implementing and monitoring their own national mentor mother programs. It All Begins with Evidence.

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Venture Capitalist Mentor Microfinance NGO 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2015

People meeting for the first time in C2’s “brain dating lounge” were encouraged to pick up a question card — example: “What was your favorite ice cream growing up?” Kick off conversation with a fun topic. ” — and talk about that before any business they might do together. And it worked.

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Conference Microfinance Creativity Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2012

Makers of solar-powered lights — for example, D.Light and Duron — provide both light and other needed functionality, such as a capacity for recharging cell phones, in their products. Peer groups also drive up the size of sales transactions: A single sale aggregates the demand of many customers.

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Bottom-up Microfinance Price Banking 10

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. Faced with this uncertainty, most investors have chosen one of three options.

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Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2018

For example, by tracking her own reactions, the nurse-midwife realized that her insecurities came to the fore most often during her shifts with a doctor who she perceived as conventional and hierarchical. For example, in one of our studies we talked to people participating in athletic events that raise money for a charitable cause (e.g.,

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2016

And if you need access to money, crowdfunding platforms and microfinance options make that easier than ever. Various alternatives to the limited liability company have been invented over the years (for example, S and B corporations), and further creativity would be welcome to help latent entrepreneurs rather than frustrate them.

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Drucker Microfinance Licensing Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Could this organization directly, or by example, change a big system? We are proud to have made early investments in the work of Andrew Youn, who founded One Acre Fund; Wendy Kopp, who founded Teach for America; and Vikram Akula, who founded SKS Microfinance. His work matters. Potential for Big, Bold Impact.

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