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Why WeWork Didn’t Work as Planned: 4 Lessons on Corporate Governance

UVA Darden

So entranced was SoftBank founder, Masayoshi Son, with Neumann’s grandiose ambitions and infectious optimism, that in 2017 he made an initial outlay of $4.4 Assistant Professor of Business Administration. Wellesley College; DBA, Harvard Business School. billion in a deal that valued WeWork at $20 billion. Yo-Jud Cheng.

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SAMRIDH: Using Blended Finance Toward Quality Health Care in India

UVA Darden

multiple challenges limit their ability to scale up, including lack of capital, market access, regulatory roadblocks and market inefficiencies. Identify and support sustainable, innovative business models by providing access to affordable capital. Macfarlane Family Chair and Associate Professor of Business Administration.

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P3 Accelerated Learning Program Ethiopia

UVA Darden

In Ethiopia, the Luminos-MOE partnership began in 2017 when the government invited Luminos to train teachers to deliver a pilot of the Luminos model in 35 primary school classrooms in vulnerable communities. In the 2022–23 school year alone, the government reached over 30,000 children through Luminos-supported government adoption.