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bKash: Financial Technology Innovation for Emerging Markets
Ishtiaq P Mahmood; Marleen Dieleman; Narmin TartilaCase IVEY-9B17M097-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founder of bKash Limited (bKash), a successful mobile financial services (MFS) model pioneered in Bangladesh, built the company from scratch, targeting services at the lower socioeconomic segment of society and eventually acquiring 26 million customers. bKash has had a positive impact on the lives of countless poor people and has gained worldwide recognition for its innovative business model. The model required close collaboration with teleco...Starting at €8.20
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Brummer and the bracNet Investment
Ebrahim, Alnoor; Pirson, Michael; Mangas, PatriciaCase HBS-309065-EbracNet, a for-profit/nonprofit partnership, aims to establish Internet connectivity throughout Bangladesh. Venture capitalist Patrik Brummer invested in a first round of funding to connect major cities. Should he invest again, this time in a rural roll-out, which may have lower financial returns but greater social returns?Starting at €8.20
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Doodlage: Toward a Sustainable Future
Swati Singh; Kartikeya SinghCase IVEY-W27322-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingDoodlage Retail LLP (Doodlage), a sustainable fashion brand based in India, was based on an idea that had come to the co-founder while she was interning with export houses. There, she witnessed large-scale discarding of fabric waste, which found its way to landfills and became a major source of pollution. Doodlage utilized the practices of circularity—repairing, reusing, refurbishing, and recycling—to transform industrial waste into women’s appar...Starting at €8.20
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Muhammad Yunus, un liderazgo real
Sánchez, M. J.; Alvarez de Mon, SantiagoCase DPO-59Leadership and People ManagementEl caso recoge la trayectoria vital de Muhammad Yunus, fundador y presidente del Grameen Bank, desde su infancia, años de estudio, estancia en Estados Unidos, primeras iniciativas, etc. El caso analiza la personalidad, proyectos y motivaciones del profesor Yunus, hombre clave en el diseño, desarrollo y consolidación del Grameen Bank.Starting at €8.20
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BRAC: Shasthya Shebikas’ Role in Delivering Health Care Service to Rural Markets
Sanal Kumar Velayudhan; Sayeda Shabukta Malik; Kaosar AfsanaCase IVEY-9B17A065-EMarketing, StrategyBRAC was the largest non-governmental organization in the world, reaching out to 138 million people. It made a significant contribution to reducing poverty in Bangladesh by employing more than 117,000 community workers (Shasthya Shebikas) to improve the health and nutrition of the rural poor. The manager of BRAC's Health, Nutrition and Population program was faced with two significant challenges. First, she had to find a way to encourage more peo...Starting at €8.20
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Gone Rural
Perold, Andre F.Case HBS-211016-EFinanceGone Rural employs 750 women in rural communities across Swaziland to produce handwoven baskets and other hand-crafted items. The women are mostly grandmothers caring for children orphaned as a result of the country's high AIDS-related death rate. The company has a strong social mission to improve the economic situation of these women and wants to grow rapidly. It has been very successful designing, making, and selling its products in the high-en...Starting at €8.20
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Iqbal Quadir, Gonofone, and the Creation of GrameenPhone (Bangladesh)
Isenberg, Daniel J.; Lane, David; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-807099-EEntrepreneurshipAs the smallest of 4 partners in a unique wireless telephony venture in Bangladesh that he initiated and helped grow, Iqbal Quadir is trying to acquire a larger stake in the venture when one of the partners wants to sell his shares. However, Quadir faces stiff resistance from the other two partners, who also want to acquire the shares.Starting at €8.20
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BRAC in 2014
Khanna, Tarun; Tahilyani, Rachna; Roy, Reeti; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-715414-EStrategyIn the early 1970s BRAC was a startup nongovernmental organization (NGO) working in Bangladesh. By 2014, it was the world's largest NGO. It had a strong presence in Bangladesh and had begun to deliver social development programs in nine other countries. Its founder and chairperson Fazle Hasan Abed was knighted in 2010 by the British Crown for his service in reducing poverty. The organization took a holistic approach to alleviating poverty, which ...Starting at €8.20
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Looking for Opportunity in Adversity: Iqbal Quadir and Grameenphone (B)
Chakravorti, Bhaskar; Lane, DavidCase HBS-810101-EEntrepreneurshipSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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Incentives at the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)
Ashraf, Nava; Johnson, KristinCase HBS-914036-EStarting at €8.20