Guillermo Jaime—An Endeavor Entrepreneur

Lynda M. Applegate; Sarah  Mehta; Aldo  Sesia

Case | HBS Case Collection | June 2017

Guillermo Jaime—An Endeavor Entrepreneur

by Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Mehta and Aldo Sesia

Abstract

Guillermo Jaime was the founder and CEO of Mejoramiento Integral Asistido (MIA), a for-profit company providing affordable housing to low-income Mexicans living at the base of the pyramid (BOP). This case tells the story of Jaime and Endeavor, a nonprofit dedicated to leading the high impact entrepreneurship movement as a tool for economic development in countries around the world. In 2010, Jaime was named an Endeavor Entrepreneur. This case can accompany HBS Case No. 817-073, “MIA: Profit at the Base of the Pyramid.”

Keywords: base of the pyramid; social capitalism; social entrepreneurship; Housing; Emerging Markets; Social Enterprise; Society; Wealth and Poverty; Social Entrepreneurship; Construction Industry; Mexico;

Language: English

Format: Print

6 pages

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Applegate, Lynda M., Sarah Mehta, and Aldo Sesia. "Guillermo Jaime—An Endeavor Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 817-084, June 2017.

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