Rural Business Solutions

Embrace the One-Percent Solution for Saving Lives
BusinessWeek
The founders came up with the idea for Embrace's frugal business model while they were all attending Stanford University's Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability program. After producing an initial prototype — a stripped-down version of ...

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Book Review: Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance - Microfinance Focus

Thu, 17 May 2012 16:04:08 GMT

Book Review: Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance
Microfinance Focus
Only months prior to beginning with the Foundation, Steve had completed his two years of service in the Peace Corps working with rural Guatemalan farmers implementing business solutions in an effort to improve their livelihoods.

FirstCarbon Selected by Mahindra Satyam for Sustainability Monitoring - MarketWatch (press release)

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:11:39 GMT

FirstCarbon Selected by Mahindra Satyam for Sustainability Monitoring
MarketWatch (press release)
HYDERABAD, India and LONDON, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- FirstCarbon Solutions, a pioneer and industry leader in environmental sustainability solutions for business, today announced a services agreement with Mahindra Satyam, ...

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Franklin Financial Solutions Follow-up - WWBT

Fri, 18 May 2012 03:27:30 GMT

Franklin Financial Solutions Follow-up
WWBT
By Gray Hall - email A rural Hanover road is closed in both directions after a school bus collides with a pickup truck. The accident happened on Ashland Rd. near the Rt. 33 intersection around 7:20 Friday morning. ThankfullyMore >> Family members and ...

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HarVa: Creating Value within Rural India - Knowledge@Wharton

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:09:50 GMT

HarVa: Creating Value within Rural India
Knowledge@Wharton
For 32-year-old Suman Mehra, the HarVa BPO (business process outsourcing) center at the junction of Tikli and Aklimpur village is a window to the outside world. Mehra came to know about HarVa through a public announcement in the village and has been ...

Small Town Rules for Big Success in Business - Business Insider

Sun, 06 May 2012 13:11:41 GMT

Small Town Rules for Big Success in Business
Business Insider
McCray, a Hopeton, Oklahoma cattle rancher and small business owner, is best known for Small Biz Survival, an top small business online resource for rural businesses, and Tourism Currents, a social media resource site for the tourism industry she ...

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Business Must Co-exist Peacefully With Host Communities For Mutual Prosperity - Ghana

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:01:15 GMT

Business Must Co-exist Peacefully With Host Communities For Mutual Prosperity
Ghana
“county farm4-H (Head, Heart, Hands, Health)” for rural youth in America. Their attempt at reforming the American society through the activities of their businesses, according to a school of thought, gave birth to the concept of social responsibility.

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The Last Mile: Reaching Women Farmers - Huffington Post (blog)

Fri, 18 May 2012 13:32:51 GMT

The Last Mile: Reaching Women Farmers
Huffington Post (blog)
"The solutions need to be in sync with women farmers." "Giving them what they need, not what we think is right," Paul agreed. He pointed to a rural education center that Pioneer built on the advice of the farmers; the company then turned over the ...

FirstCarbon Selected by Mahindra Satyam for Sustainability Monitoring - PR Newswire (press release)

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:10:32 GMT

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FirstCarbon Selected by Mahindra Satyam for Sustainability Monitoring
PR Newswire (press release)
HYDERABAD, India and LONDON, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstCarbon Solutions, a pioneer and industry leader in environmental sustainability solutions for business, today announced a services agreement with Mahindra Satyam, a leading technology ...
SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED : Mahindra Satyam delivers Industry growth Q4 ...4-traders

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NextGen Healthcare Selected by Norton Sound Health Corporation to Enhance ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Tue, 15 May 2012 09:01:37 GMT

NextGen Healthcare Selected by Norton Sound Health Corporation to Enhance ...
MarketWatch (press release)
HORSHAM, Pa., May 15, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, ...

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