Garanti Bank SA : Combining SME Banking Excellence with a Proposition for Women Entrepreneurs in Turkey
Garanti Bankasi (Garanti) is a regional pioneer in offering products and services specifically targeted towards women entrepreneurs as a specific market segment. In 2006, Garanti created a women's entrepreneur support package specifically desi...
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC
2015
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/23214917/garanti-bank-sa-combining-sme-banking-excellence-proposition-women-entrepreneurs-turkey-case-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21332 |
Summary: | Garanti Bankasi (Garanti) is a regional
pioneer in offering products and services specifically
targeted towards women entrepreneurs as a specific market
segment. In 2006, Garanti created a women's entrepreneur
support package specifically designed to help Turkey s women
entrepreneurs to establish and grow their businesses. This
was followed up with the creation of Women Entrepreneur
Gatherings, in 2007, which provided additional training and
educational tools and new networking opportunities. And in
2013, Garanti began collaborating with Bogazici University,
a top university in Turkey, to offer an intensive mini-MBA
training program for women entrepreneurs. Garanti also
launched Turkey s first Woman Entrepreneur of the Year
award, an initiative that showcases women who have
successfully grown their business, encouraging more women
entrepreneurship in the country. This case study (the
study ) explores how Garanti leaders decided to focus on
women entrepreneurs. It also documents and analyzes the
bank s efforts to build a profitable and sustainable women
in business franchise, through its three-pillar approach,
including financial support, client education, and the
encouragement of entrepreneurship. The case study also
provides insights into how Garanti tapped into, and
integrated with its highly innovative, market leading Small
and Medium Enterprise, or SME banking franchise to more
effectively target women in business. The study concludes
with an objective assessment of the results of the program
to date, offering suggestions from IFC specialists on how
Garanti may further scale up its women in business
initiative in the next phase of development. |
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