Development economics; finance and business at the bottom of the pyramid in emerging markets; social enterprise and public policy in emerging markets
Annette Krauss is a Senior Lecturer at the Kellogg School of Management’s Social Enterprise at Kellogg (SEEK) program, where she teaches a social entrepreneurship in developing countries course.
Dr. Krauss came to the Kellogg school with considerable experience as a professional in international development. From 2000 to 2005, she served as the microfinance training specialist and manager at the United Nations Capital Development Fund in New York. She was responsible for training development practitioners around the world in sound funding practices for microfinance. She started her career in 1996 at North-South-Dialogue, a not-for profit in Germany specializing in development policy and education through exposure and dialogue programs.
Dr. Krauss’s holds a PhD from Bochum University in International Trade and Development and a Master in Economics from Trier University. Her current research and teaching interests include how businesses and social entrepreneurs can serve poor and low-income customers in developing countries, with a focus on industries as diverse as microfinance, global health and consumer goods.
Emerging Markets
Microfinance
Public Policy
Dr. Krauss came to the Kellogg school with considerable experience as a professional in international development. From 2000 to 2005, she served as the microfinance training specialist and manager at the United Nations Capital Development Fund in New York. She was responsible for training development practitioners around the world in sound funding practices for microfinance. She started her career in 1996 at North-South-Dialogue, a not-for profit in Germany specializing in development policy and education through exposure and dialogue programs.
Dr. Krauss’s holds a PhD from Bochum University in International Trade and Development and a Master in Economics from Trier University. Her current research and teaching interests include how businesses and social entrepreneurs can serve poor and low-income customers in developing countries, with a focus on industries as diverse as microfinance, global health and consumer goods.
Areas of Expertise
Development EconomicsEmerging Markets
Microfinance
Public Policy
Education
PhD, 1999, International Economics, Ruhr-University Bochum, GermanyMS, 1995, Business Administration, Economics, University of Trier, Germany, Highest Honors
Research Interests
Working Papers
Palamountain, Kara, Kearsley A. Stewart, Daniel Diermeier, Annette Krauss and David Kelso. 2009. Triangulation: A new model for innovation in Global Health and HIV/AIDS Diagnostics.
Teaching Interests
Social enterprise in emerging markets; development economics; microfinance-
Teaching Materials
SEEK-956 Syllabus, Winter 2009
