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Edyficar and Mibanco: The Emergence of M&A in Microfinance
by Michael ChuMibanco, a microfinance icon, is for sale and Edyficar, owned by BCP, Peru's largest bank, is evaluating its acquisition. Until recently, such a transaction would have been fanciful given Mibanco's pre-eminent role in Peruvian microfinance which has made it the country's fifth largest bank. The case... More
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Play It Safe at Home, or Take a Risk Abroad? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
by Michael ChuHBR Case Study... More
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Praava Health: A New Model for Bangladesh
by Michael ChuLaunched in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2015, Praava Health ('Praava') delivered high-quality in-clinic primary and specialist care, backed by its own high quality diagnostic laboratories, imaging and pharmacy. Praava was founder Sylvana Sinha's response to what she saw as a broken healthcare system in on... More
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YES BANK: Mainstreaming Development into Indian Banking
by Namrata Arora • Michael ChuYES BANK, founded in 2003 and highly successful, has consistently been profitable meeting the Indian government's Priority Sector Lending (PSL) requirements, unlike virtually all other private sector banks, which view PSL activity as a necessary but loss-making part of their portfolio. To do this, Y... More
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BIM: Finding New Ways to Grow
BIM, Turkey's giant retailer with a hard-discount model for the popular segments, must decide whether to launch a brand-new format challenging the modern supermarkets. Since its founding in 1995, BIM has adhered to a business model based on a relentless focus on costs and operational efficiency, bui... More
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BIM: Finding New Ways to Grow
BIM, Turkey's giant retailer with a hard-discount model for the popular segments, must decide whether to launch a brand-new format challenging the modern supermarkets. Since its founding in 1995, BIM has adhered to a business model based on a relentless focus on costs and operational efficiency, bui... More
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GENTERA: Facing the Digital Age
After long dominating Mexican microfinance, Compartamos Banco faces the emergence of fintech, just as for the first time its loan portfolio and clients have declined. Enrique Maj s, CEO of GENTERA, the bank s parent company, is keenly aware of the profound changes since the Compartamos IPO in Apri... More
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Dream: Impact through Real Estate
by Michael Chu • John MaskoThe Canadian city of Toronto had one of the largest housing affordability problems of any city in the developed world. One company trying to address this problem was Dream, one of the largest real estate groups in Canada. In 2021, Dream had just launched a new system for impact investing, along with... More
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PhonePe: Democratizing Payments in India
The co-founders of PhonePe, India's leading digital payment platform are considering pursuing various growth opportunities in a huge country just entering the digital age. In a highly competitive industry, the founders are keenly aware that making the right choices is not only a matter of opportunit... More
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Micro Insurance Agency: Helping the Poor Manage Risk
The notable success of insurance products for low-income clients of its microfinance network leads Opportunity International to launch the first global specialized microinsurance company, the Micro Insurance Agency (MIA). Building on the experience in 10 countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin Amer... More
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Farmacias Similares: Private and Public Health Care for the Base of the Pyramid in Mexico
Farmacias Similares, serving Mexico's low-income sector, grew to $600 million sales and 3,400 drugstores while deep reforms to help the poor swept the public health system. Adjacent to each store, for $2 per visit, medical clinics provided access to doctors for 2.3 million people a month. Narrates t... More
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Banco Compartamos: Life after the IPO
After an international IPO yielding extraordinary returns to original investors, Banco Compartamos, Mexico's leading microfinance institution, contemplates its future strategic and competing priorities: maintaining growth, defending industry, leadership, preserving social mission and meeting the exp... More
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Tata Consultancy Services Iberoamerica
To launch its Latin American operations, the Indian IT giant Tata Consultancy Services recruits a seasoned executive who becomes the only non-Indian member of senior management. Reviews the start-up operations, from the site selection to staffing and training, the challenges of operating in a Latin ... More
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Pearson Affordable Learning Fund
An in-house venture capital fund for affordable private schools at the base of the pyramid established by Pearson, the world's largest education company, PALF sought to invest in business models providing superior educational outcomes in emerging markets on a profitable and scalable basis. With Pear... More
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Segmenting the Base of the Pyramid
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GreenLight BioSciences: In Search of Impact Investment
Greenlight Biosciences, a biotech company is in search of impact investment for its next round of financing.... More
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