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MobiVi: Establishing Credit Lending In Vietnam Using Telecom Technologies

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

MobiVi: Establishing Credit Lending In Vietnam Using Telecom Technologies By Hau Lee (Stanford), Jawad Masood (UCLA), and Christopher Tang (UCLA). Like many developing countries, access to credit for middle and lower classes through formal banking channels is limited in Vietnam. Only time will tell!

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Unethical Sourcing Practices in Procurement and How to Avoid Them

EC Sourcing Group

For example, employees at Smith & Wesson entered into a series of unethical practices with foreign countries between 2007 and 2010. Also, in 2016, Nike’s ties with Georgetown University were affected when reports of extremely poor working conditions were reported from a Nike factory in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

With items sold by over 15,000 UK based designers , Folksy provides 2 selling packages: Basic and Plus. Basic package listings are charged as £0.15 + VAT. The annual cost of selling on the marketplace starts from $1,399 for a Gold Supplier Basic Package. AliExpress.