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Mibanco: Meeting the Mainstreaming of Microfinance, Teaching Note
Chu, MichaelTeaching Note HBS-312019-ETeaching Note for 309-095.Starting at €0.00
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GENTERA: Facing the Digital Age
Chu, Michael; Larangeira, CarlaCase HBS-319092-EStrategyAfter 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 April 2007, when it was valued at $1.5 billion and became the first bank wholly dedicated to microfinance to be quoted in a major stock exchange. Since th...Starting at €8.20
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Mibanco: Meeting the Mainstreaming of Microfinance
Chu, Michael; Herrero, Gustavo A.Case HBS-309095-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Mibanco, Peru's leading microfinance bank, faces intense competition as the banking industry rushes into low income segments. Companion video clips bring into the classroom the contemporary reality of a world-class microfinance institution, where the unpaved streets and cluttered markets of the loan officer coexist with the sophistication of technical financial analysis and ...Starting at €8.20
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Dia Dia Practimercados: Meeting the Daily Needs at the Base of the Pyramid (A)
Chu, Michael; Garcia-Cuellar, Regina; Gonzalez, Rosa AmeliaCase HBS-313071-EStarting at €8.20
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Edyficar and Mibanco: The Emergence of M&A in Microfinance
Chu, MichaelCase HBS-315030-EMibanco, 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 examines why Mibanco is on the block, while also relating the evolution of Edyficar and its own acquisition by BCP (Banco del Credito) several years ...Starting at €8.20
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Farmacias Similares: Private and Public Health Care for the Base of the Pyramid in Mexico
Chu, Michael; Garcia-Cuellar, ReginaCase HBS-307092-EThis case should be printed in color. 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 the growth of the chain, examines the reasons for its success, and projects a pro forma of the company's financia...Starting at €8.20
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Aaron's: Household Goods for the U.S. Base of the Pyramid
Chu, Michael; Smithgall, CharlesCase HBS-311047-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. With $2.5 billion system-wide revenues, Aaron's, a major rent-to-own supplier to the US base of the pyramid, continues to grow in the recession, but CEO R.C. Loudermilk, Jr. wonders how long the company can sustain the fast growth rate of its past. Founded in 1955, and publicly-listed since 1982, Aaron's success has paralleled the emergence of the rent-to-own industry as a m...Starting at €8.20
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Nehemiah Mfg. Co.: Providing a Second Chance
Chu, Michael; Trelstad, Brian; Masko, JohnCase HBS-320008-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn 2009, Dan Meyer and Richard Palmer, two veterans of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, founded Nehemiah Manufacturing to build FMCG brands while providing jobs to Cincinnati, Ohio's beleaguered urban core. Two years later, the pair made thStarting at €8.20
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Nubank: Democratizing Financial Services
Chu, Michael; Larangeira, Carla; Levindo, PedroCase HBS-321068-EEntrepreneurship"Nubank, a wholly-digital solution created to disrupt Brazilian banking, with 6 million clients and a $4 billion valuation after five years, must decide whether to expand to Mexico. The company was founded in S o Paulo in 2013 by Colombian-born David VStarting at €8.20
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Algramo
Chu, Michael; Silva, Monica; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-321079-EFounded in 2013 by Jos Manuel Moller in Chile, Algramo first became known for addressing the "poverty tax" (the surcharge paid by lower income families for staples sold in smaller sizes) through specially-designed dispensers in low-income neighborhood gStarting at €8.20