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Napo Pharmaceuticals
Authors: Chess, Robert; Spitzer, Joshua
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2006
Chronicles entrepreneur Lisa Conte's ventures, formed to make drug discovery and development more efficient by studying traditional, indigenous healers in the tropics. At the time of the case study, Napo was developing the compound for sale in large western markets while arranging an innovative public-private partnership to develop and distribute crofelemer in the developing world.
Building a Sustainable Venture: The Mountain Institute's Earth Brick Machine
Authors: Buffington, John; London, Ted
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC-Chapel Hill
Publication Year: 2005
This case exposes a number of unique and complex challenges that will be facing the business and non-profit leaders of tomorrow, particularly with regards to the increasing overlap between the business and non-profit sectors...
Madam C.J. Walker
Authors: Koehn, Nancy F.; Dwojeski, Anne E.; Grundy, William; Helms, Erica; Miller, Katherine
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2007
Madam C. J. Walker, the first self-made African-American woman millionaire, was active in the social and political causes of her day, and used her position as a successful entrepreneur to promote philanthropy. Analyzes the evolution of business leadership, from entrepreneurial origins to market pre-eminence and social impact.
Committee for Democracy in Information Technology
Authors: Mair, Johanna; Verges, Serges
Product Type: Cases
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2004
Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. The Comite para Democratizacao da Informatica (CDI) was a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded by Rodrigo Baggio in Brazil in 1995. Its mission was to set up schools to teach computer skills to low-income communities so that slum residents could begin to move into the mainstream of society and improve their prospects...
Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid
Author: Hart, Stuart L.
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: BA 256B Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid, Johnson School of Management, Cornell University
Publication Year: 2004
As corporations search for new avenues of profitable growth and innovation, they are increasingly targeting a unique, counter intuitive opportunity--the 4 billion poor that are at the base of the economic pyramid in emerging economies.
Access: Microfinance
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Scully, Maureen
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
In contrast to the downside of globalization, access to capital and other resources is one way in which increased connectivity helps the poor.
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...
Mid-Missouri Energy
Authors: Reinhardt, Forest; Weber, James; Shelman, Mary
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
Mid-Missouri Energy is a farmer-owned cooperative created to take advantage of the growing interest in ethanol as an automotive fuel.
Biocon Ltd.: Building a Biotech Powerhouse
Authors: Konrad, Alison M.; Nicholls-Nixon, Charlene L.; Chandrasekhar, Ramasastry
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2006
In order for Biocon to grow, the chairman believes that the company must enter the riskier business of drug discovery and development. Without making large investments into new capabilities, the company cannot become a top 10 biotech firm.
Honey Care Africa: A Tripartite Model for Sustainable Beekeeping
Authors: Branzei, Oana; Valente, Michael
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2009
The director and co-founder of Honey Care Africa (Honey Care) looks back over the six years of operations and describes the original business model. Increasing international recognition highlights the potential impact of the model on inspiring sustainable grassroots ventures in the agriculture sector in Kenya.
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