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bKash: Financial technology innovation for emerging markets

The founder of bKash Limited (bKash), a successful mobile financial services (MFS) model pioneered in Bangladesh, built the company from scratch, targeting services at the lower socioeconomic segment of society and eventually acquiring 26 million customers. bKash has had a positive impact on the lives of countless poor people and has gained worl…

Innovation Finance Technology Management Emerging Market
2023-2024 Ivey Publishing Best Seller Award (11th among 25 expert cases)
By Ishtiaq Pasha Mahmood, Marleen Dieleman and Narmin Tartila
© 2017
bKash: Financial technology innovation for emerging markets
By Ishtiaq Pasha Mahmood Marleen Dieleman and Narmin Tartila
©2017
Summary
The founder of bKash Limited (bKash), a successful mobile financial services (MFS) model pioneered in Bangladesh, built the company from scratch, targeting services at the lower socioeconomic segment of society and eventually acquiring 26 million customers. bKash has had a positive impact on the lives of countless poor people and has gained worl…
2023-2024 Ivey Publishing Best Seller Award (11th among 25 expert cases)
Copyright ©2017
Copyright owner External Copyright
Organization bKash
Industry Finance and Insurance
Available Languages English
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Case Study
National Payments Corporation of India: Cutting-edge Fintech ecosystem innovation in India

In recent years, India had experienced a digital revolution, emerging as a forerunner in cashless payments and, in the process, dramatically raising the level of financial inclusion in the country. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), established in 2008 with the mandate to improve national payment systems, became a global gold sta…

Finance Economics
2023-2024 Ivey Publishing Best Seller Award (11th among 25 expert cases)
By Marleen Dieleman, Ishtiaq Pasha Mahmood and Sadat Reza
© 2021
National Payments Corporation of India: Cutting-edge Fintech ecosystem innovation in India
By Marleen Dieleman Ishtiaq Pasha Mahmood and Sadat Reza
©2021
Summary
In recent years, India had experienced a digital revolution, emerging as a forerunner in cashless payments and, in the process, dramatically raising the level of financial inclusion in the country. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), established in 2008 with the mandate to improve national payment systems, became a global gold sta…
2023-2024 Ivey Publishing Best Seller Award (11th among 25 expert cases)
Copyright ©2021
Copyright owner External Copyright
Organization National Payments Corporation of India
Industry Finance and Insurance, Financial Services
Available Languages English
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Professors honored by The Case Centre among the top 50 best-selling case authors (2022/2023)
Kamran Kashani
Kamran Kashani
Emeritus Professor
Peter Killing
Peter Killing
Emeritus Professor
Dominique Turpin
Dominique Turpin
Emeritus Professor
Stefan Michel
Stefan Michel
Professor
Article
Employee incentives and family firm innovation: A configurational approach

According to family business theory and practice, family firms often face a paradoxical tension between their anchorage to the past and the need to renew and innovate to remain competitive, which often hampers innovation. Given that innovation is inherently a social process that depends on the knowledge and creativity of an organization’s people…

Family Business Innovation Human Resources Competitiveness
18th EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht Best Paper Award on Innovation, Transformation and Corporate Entrepreneurship
By Elisa Villani, Christian Linder, Alfredo De Massis and Kimberly A. Eddleston
in Journal of Management
May 2024, vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 1797-1835, https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063231157323
Employee incentives and family firm innovation: A configurational approach
By Elisa Villani Christian Linder Alfredo De Massis and Kimberly A. Eddleston
in Journal of Management May 2024, vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 1797-1835, https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063231157323
Summary
According to family business theory and practice, family firms often face a paradoxical tension between their anchorage to the past and the need to renew and innovate to remain competitive, which often hampers innovation. Given that innovation is inherently a social process that depends on the knowledge and creativity of an organization’s people…
18th EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht Best Paper Award on Innovation, Transformation and Corporate Entrepreneurship
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Article
Stakeholder governance for responsible innovation: A theory of value creation, appropriation, and distribution

In the face of intractable societal grand challenges, organizations increasingly resort to responsible innovation – that is, they pledge to create value for multiple stakeholders through developing new products or services that avoid doing harm and improve conditions for people and the planet. While the link between responsible innovation and so…

Social Innovation
Journal of Management Studies 2022 Best Paper Award
By Sophie Bacq and Ruth V. Aguilera
in Journal of Management Studies
July 2021, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 29-60, https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12746
Stakeholder governance for responsible innovation: A theory of value creation, appropriation, and distribution
By Sophie Bacq and Ruth V. Aguilera
in Journal of Management Studies July 2021, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 29-60, https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12746
Summary
In the face of intractable societal grand challenges, organizations increasingly resort to responsible innovation – that is, they pledge to create value for multiple stakeholders through developing new products or services that avoid doing harm and improve conditions for people and the planet. While the link between responsible innovation and so…
Journal of Management Studies 2022 Best Paper Award
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Article
Women can help family firms innovate – but socioemotional factors matter

Around Europe and elsewhere, the number of women in leadership roles is going up, and they are having a measurable impact on innovation and profits. Many researchers have found that having more women in top management, such as boards of directors, can increase innovation. Women can offer different perspectives than men and contribute to top mana…

Family Business Sustainability Leadership
2023 Schulze Publication Award
By Jonathan Bauweraerts, Emanuela Rondi, Paola Rovelli, Alfredo De Massis and Salvatore Sciascia
in FamilyBusiness.org
8 September 2022
Women can help family firms innovate – but socioemotional factors matter
By Jonathan Bauweraerts Emanuela Rondi Paola Rovelli Alfredo De Massis and Salvatore Sciascia
in FamilyBusiness.org 8 September 2022
Summary
Around Europe and elsewhere, the number of women in leadership roles is going up, and they are having a measurable impact on innovation and profits. Many researchers have found that having more women in top management, such as boards of directors, can increase innovation. Women can offer different perspectives than men and contribute to top mana…
2023 Schulze Publication Award
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