Books and reports

December 2011

1. 

   Making Microfinance Work: Managing Product Diversification

   05 December 2011

   This textbook, designed for middle and senior managers in microfinance institutions, is relevant for institutions that have already diversified and are looking for ways to manage their diversification more effectively as well as those that have not yet done so and are looking for guidance on where and how to begin. This second volume builds on the highly acclaimed "Making Microfinance Work: Managing for Improved Performance".

April 1994

1. Lean production and beyond. Forum series 2

   28 April 1994

   This contains seven papers which examine "lean production" as a composite management concept geared to avoiding waste in the inputs and outputs of production and as an integrated process, from the stage of conception of a product to its marketing. The case studies cover Japanese direct investment in the US automobile industry, the UK automobile industry, German electronics and automobile industry and the Brazilian manufacturing industry.