Articles by Rob Katz
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Tuesday
November 22
2005HealthStore Case Study Details Franchise Approach to Healthcare
WRI’s latest What Works case study, HealthStore’s Franchise Approach to Healthcare - Harnessing the profit motive to deliver public health in Kenya, is now available at the NextBillion.net Resources page. The 43-page case study, written by Columbia University MBA students, outlines how a...
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Wednesday
November 16
2005How Important is Scaling Up? Debate from TBLI
WorldChanging’s Nicole Anne Boyer was able to attend the 7th Triple Bottom Line Investment (TBLI) conference in Frankfurt a few weeks back. Her thorough reporting from the event is a must-read for folks interested in socially responsible investment and its associated spin-offs (including...
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Wednesday
November 9
2005Healthcare Delivery at the BOP: The HealthStore Interview
In conjunction with NextBillion.net?s series on Healthcare Delivery at the BOP, Rob Katz recently spoke to Michelle Fertig and Herc Tzaras, authors of the forthcoming What Works case study: ?Franchising Healthcare for Kenya: The HealthStore Model.?Michelle Fertig and Herc Tzaras will...
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Tuesday
November 8
2005Research Competition: The Private Path to Prosperity
The International Finance Corporation and the Financial Times are sponsoring a research paper competition for 2005-2006. Top prize is US $30,000; all told, $90,000 will be awarded. Your 4,000 word (max) research paper should “add to the global discussion on private sector development...
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Monday
November 7
2005Cap it off with the right MBA program
OK, so you want to change the world ? from the inside. Not a bad idea, considering that some corporations? annual gross revenues are larger than the yearly GDPs of most developing countries. With that kind of cash, business can make a difference ? hey, you?re reading NextBillion.net,...
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Thursday
November 3
2005What Works: First Mile Solutions’ DakNet Takes Rural Communities Online
What Works: First Mile Solutions’ DakNet Takes Rural Communities Online, the latest of WRI’s What Works case study series, is being released today. The full-length business case study, written by two Harvard University graduate students under WRI supervision, highlights how the innovative...
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Tuesday
November 1
2005The Prahalad Interview: Brazil’s Valor
The Brazilian economic journal Valor recently interviewed University of Michigan professor and The Next Practice founder C.K. Prahalad about business strategies for the base of the pyramid. The full interview, translated from the Portugese, follows below. (Translation credit: Alex...
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Friday
October 28
2005NextBillion.net selected as “Best of the New Web” by BusinessWeek editors
NextBillion.net has been selected as an “editor’s pick” in BusinessWeek’s Best of the New Web feature. Under the category “Giving Back,” NextBillion.net shares space with DonorsChoose.org, Omidyar.net, OneWorld.net, and WorldChanging. Talk about good company!I just want...
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