Iqbal Quadir
(WG'87)
Founder, GrameenPhone
In this issue, a look at Iqbal Quadir, who defines the credo of "doing well by doing good." In his case doing good works, providing phone service where none existed in his native Bangladesh, has created nearly 100,000 jobs and significant profits concurrently.
To read the candid print interview see He's Got Connections.
For the Alumni Impact video segments, click here.

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TEACHING & LEARNING
The Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Programs

Inspired by Tragedy
Wharton's VIP program nurtures de-mining firm and other aspiring entrepreneurs. > MORE

Profits Please
A new Wharton class points to profit-making as the path to social progress. > MORE

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OUTREACH

He's Got Connections
Iqbal Quadir brings mobile-phone connectivity and to fellow Bangladeshis, turning more than 40,000 of them into entrepreneurs in the process. > MORE

PLUS:
Watch a candid video interview with Quadir, in which he explains he "created a real company for which people should pay real money" even in the poorest of countries. > MORE

Biotech Buddies
Wharton grads parlay friendship into fast-growing medical-test company. > MORE

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RESEARCH
Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center

Cross-border Capitalism
Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs' Prof. Raffi Amit, in a book chapter he co-authored with INSEAD's Christoph Zott, shows that companies consider foreign markets quite friendly to stock sales. > MORE

Lenovo Chairman Liu Chuanzhi: "We Have Decided to Refocus on the PC Business"
Lenovo Group - or Legend Group, as it used to be called has long been considered one of China's best-known business success stories. As strong economic growth in the past two decades spurred demand for computers in China, the company grew into the country's (and Asia's) largest PC maker. Lately, though, Lenovo Group has stumbled a little as domestic market share has declined and efforts at diversification have failed to pay off. Lenovo's chairman Liu Chuanzhi recently spoke to Wharton's Michael Useem and other experts about the company's challenges, past experiences and future plans. > MORE

For more research from Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center access Knowledge@Wharton, the Wharton School's online research and business analysis journal.

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