Doodh Bhandar (DB), a plan focused on revolutionizing milk production in rural India, has reached the finals of the Harvard Business School (HBS) Business Plan Contest in the Social Enterprise track. Cattle are one of the most important assets for rural…
Looking for interesting conferences to attend over the course of the next two months? Well, look no further! Below are three upcoming conferences that we recommend you attend – The Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Conference (March 1, 2009), The…
Walk into any of Fab India’s high end retail outlets in major cities across India, and around the world – you
would be tempted by their unique clothing and furnishing collection, surprised by the store’s relentless focus on the customer and…
Are you the senior executive of a “retail microfinance institution, banking institution, or other organization interested in microfinance”? Are you an “industry-related policy-maker or investor”? Are you looking for ways to:
While the work of microfinance institutions such as Grameen Bank and Unitus have done wonders to empower women in developing countries, these budding entrepreneurs continue to lack any formal business training. To address this dearth in education, Goldman Sachs announced…
This was my second year at the Harvard Social Enterprise Conference – an annual gathering of the social enterprise enthusiasts from the US and around the world. The conference is jointly hosted by the Harvard Business School and the Kennedy School…
Abhijit Banerjee and Lakshmi Iyer have published yesterday a paper that attempts to explain
“the impact of a specific historical institution on long-term development, specifically the land tenure systems instituted during British colonial rule. The paper compares the long-term development outcomes between…
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