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Do Teams Work Best When The Stakes Are High?

The Horizons Tracker

Much of modern work revolves around teams, so it stands to reason that an enormous amount of time and energy is spent on ensuring that teams work effectively together. New research from Binghamton University suggests that raising the stakes might be the most effective way of securing team cohesion. Gradual success. ”

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I'm a bank - well, with the help of Kiva.org!

Jason Womack

Intercontinental Ballistic Microfinance from Kiva Microfunds on Vimeo. What happens when 620,000 lenders fund 615,000 entrepreneurs, students, and other microfinance borrowers around the world? Thanks to all the lenders, borrowers, partners, and team members who brightened this map - and helped to change lives in the process.

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The Microfinance Contagion Scenario

Harvard Business Review

So far, the Andhra Pradesh (AP) microfinance crisis has largely been viewed as a local issue, with relatively little impact beyond AP or India's borders. Other microfinance crises, in Bolivia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, and Bosnia, have not spread beyond the borders of a particular country. That could likely have consequences.

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Guest Post: An Entrepreneur's Thoughts on Market Incentives & Foreign Aid

Mills Scofield

The time away from work has granted me some valuable space to think, notwithstanding the guilt I feel about abandoning the rest of the team who are working hard in Zanzibar. I think that microfinance is one of those rare game changing social initiatives that manages to use market forces to drive social change.

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Servant Leadership Observer ? November 2010

Modern Servant Leader

Team Growth Responsibilities. Peer-to-Peer Microfinance: A Sustainable Solution to Poverty. Leading Global Teams. Supporting Your Team. Team Building. Servant Leadership Profile: Harriet Jacobs – Black History Month. Servant Leadership Profile: Sojourner Truth – Black History Month. Virtual Mentors.

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Global Entrepreneurs Need New Funding Models

Harvard Business Review

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. Further research is underway now. But times have changed.

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The Innovation Mindset in Action: Shantha Ragunathan

Harvard Business Review

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. Undeterred, Shantha persisted until she persuaded the required number of people to sign up for the microfinance project.