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  • June 2017
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Guillermo Jaime—An Endeavor Entrepreneur

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Mehta and Aldo Sesia
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:6
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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; Housing; Emerging Markets; Social Enterprise; Society; Wealth and Poverty; Social Entrepreneurship; Construction Industry; Mexico

Citation

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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Lynda M. Applegate

Entrepreneurial Management
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