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Entrepreneurial Strategies for Social Impact
Authors: Mair, Johanna; Seelos, Christian
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2007
Progress requires innovation in technologies, products and services but mostly also in the process of how to engage the poor and how to build business models able to satisfy the needs of the poor while being financially sustainable. These solutions are not limited to the non-profit sector or to social entrepreneurs but provide a viable concept for profit oriented firms as well...
Waste Concern: Turning a Problem into a Resource
Authors: Mair, Johanna; Mitchell, Jordan
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Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2007
Since its inception in 1995, Waste Concern in Bangladesh has followed a decentralized composting model whereby each composting site is a small-scale operation processing 3 tons of organic waste per day. They have several options for moving forward, and in their considerations, they need to weigh the financial and social aspects and determine an appropriate structure for their organization.
List of IESE Published Social Entrepreneurship Teaching Materials
Author: Mair, Johanna
Product Type: Reading Collections
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2007
A collection of Johanna Mair's social entrepreneurship teaching materials published at IESE.
Waste Concern: Turning a Problem into a Resource
Authors: Mair, Johanna; Mitchell, Jordan
Product Type: Cases
Source: European Academy of Business in Society
Publication Year: 2007
In late September 2005, co-founders of Waste Concern, Iftekhar Enayetullah and Abu Hasnat Md. Maqsood Sinha, were looking at a pile of waste at the Matuail landfill site on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
A New Model for the Pharmaceutical Industry: The Institute of OneWorld Health
Authors: Schoen, Oliver; Mair, Johanna
Product Type: Cases
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2006
This case introduces the Institute of OneWorld Health, a company dedicated to producing drugs for neglected diseases and the first non-profit pharmaceutical company in the world...
Sustainable Development, Sustainable Profit
Authors: Mair, Johanna; Seelos, Christian
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: European Business Forum. Issue 20. Winter 2005
Publication Year: 2005
No wonder managers are irritated. The promise of growth is already built into today's share prices, as a reminder of investors expectations of future cash flows. This poses a dilemma...
Social Entrepreneurship
Authors: Mair, Johanna; Seelos, Christian
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Mair, Johanna
Publication Year: 2005
Social Entrepreneurship is about using entrepreneurial skills to craft innovative responses to social problems. It aims at social impact, but does not exclude economic wealth creation. Thus it is not limited to the non-profit sector. Social Entrepreneurship involves recognizing opportunities, combining and mobilizing resources, triggering positive change in various domains, and building sustainability.
Project Impact: The Affordable Hearing Aid Project
Authors: Cordes, Erika; Mair, Johanna
Product Type: Cases
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2005
This case introduces David Green, a social entrepreneur with the mission of making advanced medical technology affordable and available to those in the third world...
The Sekem Initiative
Authors: Seelos, Christian; Mair, Johanna
Product Type: Cases
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2004
"The Sekem Initiative" portrays a complex set of circumstances that frames Sekem's decisions to further grow and develop the initiative along its historical path of holistic development in the social, economic and cultural spheres...
The Freeplay Energy Group and Foundation (A, B)
Authors: Coles, Emma; Mair, Johanna
Product Type: Cases
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2004
The Freeplay Energy Group was founded in 1995 to produce wind up radios. The company produced its first radios in 1996. It took its social responsibilities seriously from the beginning and in 1998 founded the Freeplay Foundation to enable the sustained delivery of radio information and education to the most vulnerable populations via self-powered radios...
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