Technology
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Intelligence is Key in Information revolution Era
By Bruce Meraviglia, Technology & Marketing Editor The 18th Century was considered the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, in which new forms of mechanical devices and machines were introduced to improve productivity, lower cost, and ...1 comment
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How Does IT Defend its Value?
By Bruce Meraviglia, Technology & Marketing Editor, Microfinance Focus In the early 1990’s, Robert Kaplan, a PhD-level professor of accounting at Harvard University, wrote a series of papers on how business should (could) consider the value ...0 comments
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Creating a Sense of Trust
Bruce Meraviglia , Technology & Marketing Editor The theme for this month’s issue is Social Performance Management (SPM), as highlighted in several of our articles. In our first Marketing Reflections column (February 2009), I mentioned that one of the primary roles of the marketing department was the creation of a brand image for its organization; in our context, the MFI it is a part of. A key to the creation of any brand, especially one that you would like to have enduring value, is the sense of being able to trust the company the brand represents. 1 comment
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THEY ARE BANKABLE : Reaching out to People with Disabilities
Ms. Vardhani Ratnala, knowledge manager, Leonard Cheshire International --- It is a well-known fact in South Asia that Microfinance is an effective way to reach out to the poorest. Even formal financial institutions like banks are competing ...0 comments
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Blue Orchard Beats Blue Chips
Editor’s Note: Garrett Wyse co-authored a feature story in the December issue of Microfinance Focus Magazine titled: Microfinance & Philanthropy, the New Realities. The author’s (Garrett Wyse and Jerome Peloquin) predicted that, as a result of the financial crisis, an investment in a developing country would be more secure and more profitable than a traditional “blue chip,” stock. In this follow up piece, “Blue Orchard Beats Blue Chips” Mr. Wyse demonstrates proof positive of his predictions. The report for the fund’s performance dropped into my mail box on Jan 13th. With all the news in the media about various funds performance, the meltdown of various financial instruments markets and the imminent recession in most of the world, I was far from confident about my portfolios performance. 0 comments