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Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Background Note on the Philippines and Financial Inclusion
Warnock, Veronica Cacdac; Warnock, Francis E.;Technical Note DARDEN-GEM-0149-EEconomicsThis note provides context regarding financial inclusion in the Philippines. It discusses the nature of poverty in the country; provides details on the financial system, especially the financial organizations that serve the poor; and presents some initiatives to broaden access to finance.Starting at €8.20
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All You Need is Love: Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment (A)
Beckenstein, Alan R.; Prowitt, Peter D.; Gunn, Christopher; Polen, DouglasCase DARDEN-GEM-0116-EEconomicsThe first of a three-case series, this is a classic business-government relations (BGR) challenge for Southwest Airlines. The A case takes the student from the problems SWA had with competitors and the Civil Aviation Board in the early years of attempting to fly through the passage of the Wright Amendment in the late 1970s. House Majority Leader Jim Wright championed the cause for the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Authority and the big DFW airlines, ...Starting at €8.20
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All You Need is Love: Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment (B)
Beckenstein, Alan R.; Prowitt, Peter D.; Gunn, Christopher; Polen, DouglasCase DARDEN-GEM-0117-EEconomicsThe second of a three-case series, this is a classic business-government relations (BGR) challenge for Southwest Airlines. The A case took the student from the problems SWA had with competitors and the Civil Aviation Board in the early years of attempting to fly through the passage of the Wright Amendment in the late 1970s. It then updated the situation 25 years into the future when SWA was a big airline, and the events of September 11, 2001, hur...Starting at €5.74
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BPI Globe BanKO and Inclusive Banking in the Philippines
Warnock, Veronica Cacdac; Warnock, Francis E.Case DARDEN-GEM-0137-EEconomicsIn early 2014, John Rubio became CEO of BPI Globe BanKO, the three-year-old mobile-based savings bank that was far from accomplishing its mission to bring banking to the majority of Filipinos who did not have access to basic financial services, and to do so profitably. Rubio formulated a three-pillar strategy to increase customer acquisition and financial product offerings. His goals were to reach 1 million customers by year-end 2014 and supplant...Starting at €8.20
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Lifting the Poor: A Microfinance NGO Approach in the Philippines
Warnock, Veronica Cacdac; Warnock, Francis E.;Case DARDEN-GEM-0148-EEconomicsUPLiFT, a microfinance NGO in the Philippines that provided microfinance and social services for the urban poor, was deciding whether to try to attain fast growth (tripling its clients in just a few years) or concentrate on serving the community in the philanthropic way it always had. The case presents UPLiFT's mission and operations, as well as the opportunities and challenges it faced in 2014.Starting at €8.20