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Scale without Growth: INFONAVIT's Expansion in the Mexican Mortgage Market
Campos, Paulina; Lopez, Marco; Stuart, GuyCase HBS-HKS101-EFinanceAccording to a World Bank report written in 2001, "in a modern, globally integrated Mexican economy, it is hard to argue for the continued existence of an institution such as INFONAVIT." The report went on to argue that the first-best option was "closing INFONAVIT." In the same year Victor Borras and a new team of managers took control of INFONAVIT under the new PAN government of Vicente Fox. In 2005 the fund issued 376,444 mortgage loans, one an...Starting at €8.20
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NGO Microfinance in the Tibet Autonomous Region, Epilogue
Campbell, Robert; Saich, Anthony; Stuart, GuyCase HBS-HKS446-EIn 1998, the Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund (TPAF), a small, US-based non-governmental organization, launched an initiative to bring the benefits of microfinance to the impoverished people of rural Tibet. Based on the lending model pioneered by the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, TPAF's microfinance program would make small loans to individuals and families to help them start up small-scale enterprises that would, it was hoped, raise their incomes a...Starting at €8.20
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NGO Microfinance in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Stuart, Guy; Campbell, Robert; Saich, AnthonyCase HBS-HKS447-EIn 1998, the Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund (TPAF), a small, US-based non-governmental organization, launched an initiative to bring the benefits of microfinance to the impoverished people of rural Tibet. Based on the lending model pioneered by the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, TPAF's microfinance program would make small loans to individuals and families to help them start up small-scale enterprises that would, it was hoped, raise their incomes a...Starting at €8.20
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Improving the Flow of People: The Victoria Station Redesign
Fagan, Mark; Stuart, GuyCase HBS-KS1244-EService and Operations ManagementTransport for London is in charge of an extensive network of Underground (metro) stations, some of which are more congested than others. This case looks at capacity planning, with the heavy-traffic Victoria Station as its primary focus. The case provides an overview of the main activities an Underground rider must carry out to either enter the station and eventually board the train, or else alight from the train and exit the station. The case pro...Starting at €8.20
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BlueOrchard Finance: Connecting Microfinance to Capital Markets: Sequel
Schrevel, Jean-Philippe de; Labie, Marc; Stuart, GuyCase HBS-HKS088-EMicrofinance is a field that has received increasing attention over the years in the development community. It consists of the delivery of financial services to people excluded from traditional banking institutions. For many years, most work was done on issues like credit and saving methodologies. However, the emphasis has switched in recent years to institutional sustainability to maximize impact through the commercialization of microfinance. A ...Starting at €8.20