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Mobility as a Driver for Economic Development: Tanzania Case Study
Author: World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: World Business Council for Development
Publication Year: 2007
As economic growth and industrialization accelerate and livelihoods and incomes improve, so the demand for mobility increases, particularly in the developing world...
Steep fuel increases protested in Myanmar
Author:
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Los Angeles Times
Publication Year: 2007
Hundreds of people marched Wednesday to protest steep increases in fuel prices, taking their challenge to Myanmar's military junta to the streets for a second time this week despite the arrest of 13 democracy activists who organized the rally...
Putting a Different Face on Africa: Hope for an Economic Turnaround
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Publication Year: 2007
With the world pushing for alternative sources of energy such as windmills or geothermal power, it will be easier to develop and implement these new technologies from scratch in Africa than to impose them on the entrenched power grid in the West. There are numerous opportunities for new technologies to flourish among 900 million Africans who have steadily lagged behind the rest of the developed world so far.
Podcast: Philanthropy Today
Author: Arrillaga, Laura
Product Type: Multimedia; Interviews
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2008
Philanthropy expert Peter Hero interviews Laura Arrillaga, the founder and chairman of Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund, about developments that are now making philanthropy a powerhouse for social change.
Microfinance in China: A Growing Footprint in the Wake of New Guidelines
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Publication Year: 2009
The notion that banks are built to serve those who are relatively well off has been challenged by Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Grameen Bank.
Danimal in South Africa: Management Innovation at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Authors: Hawarden, Verity; Barnard, Helena
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
The case focuses on management innovation in the South African dairy industry, describing how an innovative new yoghurt product, Danimal, was created specifically for the market at the base of the pyramid. It explains how management of the product line embodied the various innovation opportunities and challenges presented.
HIV/AIDS in South Africa--2001, Background Note
Authors: Podolny, Joel; Bahl, Kanika; Newsome, John
Product Type: Notes
Source: Stanford University
Publication Year: 2002
Provides a background for cases that deal with the issue of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, creates a context for understanding the impact of the disease at the business and macroeconomic level, and examines the various strategies that companies can employ in dealing with the issue.
A Challenge for India
Author: Prasso, Sheridan
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: strategy+business
Publication Year: 2008
N.R. Narayana Murthy, chief mentor and cofounder of Infosys Technologies, sees a bright future for developing countries — if they can use their success to address the problems of poverty.
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild and Bidwell Training Center
Authors: Heskett, James L.; Ramgolam, Roopchand; Wallack, Joshua
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2000
A super board is created to oversee activities of the boards of Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (an arts organization dedicated to serving "at risk" youth) and Bidwell Training Center (a job retraining venture) in Pittsburgh.
Scojo Foundation: A Vision for Growth at the Base of the Pyramid
Authors: London, Ted; Christiansen, Molly
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Michigan
Publication Year: 2007
Through the third quarter of 2006, Scojo Foundation had trained 371 local entrepreneurs in India who collectively had sold over 29,000 pairs of glasses.
Rosia Montana: Political and Social Risk Management in the Land of Dracula (A, B, C)
Authors: Henisz, Witold J.; Dorobantu, Sinziana; Gray, Tim
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Publication Year: 2009
Gabriel Resources sought to excavate gold that lay directly below the town of Rosia Montana, embedded in the rock like sugar in a cake. To unearth its golden bounty, Gabriel Resources had proposed relocating 974 households, including about 2,000 people, as well as local churches and cemeteries, but not everyone wanted to leave. Now Gabriel Resources’ executives had to decide how to proceed.
Nothing Ventures, Nothing Gained
Authors: Fruchterman, Jim; Freundlich, Tim; Emerson, Jed
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Oxford: The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Saïd Business School
Publication Year: 2008
The worldwide growth of social enterprise is threatened by a dearth of capital. Social enterprises need investment to grow and to innovate - investment that takes on the risk of the enterprise. This kind of capital cannot easily be pieced together from limited grants, conventional equity and ill-fitted debt. As increasing numbers of social entrepreneurs and mission-based financiers seek to enter the field, a question arises: Can the sector develop new instruments and stakeholder relationships to meet this challenge?
Web-Conference: Access
Authors: Margaritis, William G.; Teegen, Hildy; Scully, Maureen
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
On November 12, 2009, Aspen CBE hosted a web-conference on "Access" in collaboration with FedEx.
Microfinance’s Success Sets Off a Debate in Mexico
Author: Malkin, Elisabeth
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2008
Carlos Danel and Carlos Labarthe turned a nonprofit that lent money to Mexico’s poor into one of the country’s most profitable banks.
Procter & Gamble to Benefit in All but Name from Water Purifier
Author: Deutsch, Claudia
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: International Herald Tribune
Publication Year: 2007
How often does a company develop a product expressly for philanthropy, and then discover there is a market for it at home?
Pepsi-BASIX Partnership
Authors: Bajaj, Gita; Bhullar, Neelu
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
BASIX was a microfinance company with livelihood promotion as its key agenda. In 2005, PepsiCo entered an agreement with BASIX for promoting contract farming of potatoes in Jharkhand. The collaboration was successful in the first year and the project witnessed a very high growth in the second year. The second year results, however, were not as encouraging as the first year. The case is poised at this juncture...
The Whistle Had Blown
Authors: Ho, Emily; Tao, Zhigang
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2005
The Chinese government proposed a new antitrust law in late 2005. The government will closely scrutinize companies operating in China, especially foreign market leaders; these companies should guard against possible lawsuits.
International Field Study: Sustainability in Brazil
Author: Drobny, Neil L.
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Fisher College of Business
Publication Year: 2010
This course will reinforce global perspective of business in Brazil and of Brazil as a major player on the international business scene. Course content will include sustainable business practices and culture and language of Brazil.
Moving Mountains (A, B)
Authors: Portocarrero, Felipe; Sanborn, Cynthia; Del Castillo, Elsa; Chavez, Martha
Product Type: Cases
Source: Social Enterprise Knowledge Network
Publication Year: 2007
The Antamina Mining Company (Compania Minera Antamina, or CMA) is the world's 3rd largest producer of zinc, 7th of copper, and the largest combined operation for both minerals. Although CMA was a fairly new company, it had to face a series of complex challenges in order to become an economically viable organization that was both socially and environmentally responsible. Shows some of the typical challenges that managers must face when engaging in large-scale initiatives.
Taking Jobs to Bangladesh's Poor
Author: Dummett, Mark
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: BBC
Publication Year: 2009
Every year the island floods and the 100 families living on it know that it is only a matter of time before Ratankandi is washed entirely away. They are among the poorest people in the country.
International Place (A, B)
Authors: Goetzmann, William; Tarsis, Irina
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2006
First International Place, one of Boston's premier office buildings, was the subject of a control contest in 2005, as the New York real estate firm Tishman Speyer purchased the mortgage on the property through a sealed bid auction process and then sought to foreclose on the property...
A Closer Look at Business Education: Bottom of the Pyramid
Author: Goldbach, Justin F.
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
Publication Year: 2007
Global poverty exists today at a startling scale; while the exact numbers are debated, some estimate that four billion people worldwide live on less than two dollars a day. According to C.K. Prahalad and Stuart Hart, both Aspen Institute Faculty Pioneer Award recipients, companies should not ignore these traditionally overlooked people, collectively dubbed the “Bottom of the Pyramid,” because of their considerable combined purchasing power.
Revenue Flow and Human Rights
Authors: Steger, U.; Ionescu-Somers, Aileen
Product Type: Cases
Source: IMD - International Institute for Management Development
Publication Year: 2006
The case describes Shell's evolution within the context of sensitive human rights issues related to oil exploration and exploitation in Nigeria. Given that much of the revenue from Nigerian oil resources was being ‘siphoned' off by corrupt state governors, the case focuses on issues relevant to government transparency and corruption.
Business Creation in the Developing World: A Haitian Bakery
Authors: Tellis, W; Tucker, M
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Case Research Journal
Publication Year: 2002
Initially drawn by a desire to provide assistance to the people of Haiti, a Jesuit university in the United States sent a fact-finding team to the country in 1997. A relationship developed between the university and the people of Fondwa, a village several hours from Port-au-Prince with a progressive peasant organization-Assosasyon Paysan Fondwa.
Business-First Economic Development Benefits the Inner City: A Partnership of the Eaton Corporation Navy Controls Division and The Northwest Side Community Development Corporation
Authors: Stegman, Michael A. M.; Lobenhofer, Jennifer S.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Center for Community Capitalism, in the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, UNC-Chapel Hill
Publication Year: 2001
The case illustrates the way in which real, significant engagement with community-based organizations and public officials has played a critical role in helping one branch of a major employer remain competitive in the context of the declining defense industry...
Distributed Solar Energy in Brazil
Authors: Mugica, Yerina; London, Ted
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of North Carolina
Publication Year: 2004
Approximately 25 million people in Brazil do not have access to electricity. Fabio Rosa, a local social entrepreneur, is aiming to fill this need through innovative distributed solar energy systems.
Integrated Packaging Corp. (A, B, C)
Authors: Leonard, Herman B.; Watson, Orson
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2006
Using his understanding of inner-city life, Fuller employed discipline-based strategies to empower his employees and turn the failing plants into engines of community revitalization. Examines entrepreneurial company revitalization strategies in a difficult community setting, with a double bottom line.
Follow the Renminbi
Author: Yaghmaian, Behzad
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2010
Beijing is using currency revaluation as a part of a larger strategy to change from being a producer of low-value-added exports to a leader in high-tech, green production.
Interview with Prof. Mark Finster, School of Business, University of Wisconsin Madison
Author: Shattuck, Rachel
Product Type: Interviews
Source:
Publication Year: 2009
DVD: The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
Author:
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: The Power of Community
Publication Year: 2007
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil is a project of The Community Solution, a non-profit organization that designs and teaches low-energy solutions to the current unsustainable, fossil fuel based, industrialized, and centralized way of living. ..
Deposita - Whether to Dominate the Value Chain or Not
Author: Barnard, Helena
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2008
Cash is the preferred method of payment for new entrants into an economy, but it is also an attractive target for criminals. In post-Apartheid South Africa, Deposita has seized the business opportunity presented by this tension, and developed an automated banking machine, basically an 'ATM in reverse.'
The Conference Board
Author: The Conference Board
Product Type: Web Sites
Source: The Conference Board
Publication Year: 2010
The Conference Board is a global, independent business membership and research association working in the public interest. Our mission is unique: To provide the world's leading organizations with the practical knowledge they need to improve their performance and better serve society.
Levi Strauss & Company
Author: Rarick, Charles
Product Type: Cases
Source: Barry University
Publication Year: 2003
Levi Strauss and Company proudly maintains an image of social responsibility. This case explores the change in strategic direction for the firm and the ethical questions raised with the closure of the North American manufacturing operations.
Costa Rica's Reputation as Ecotourism Destination at Stake?
Authors: Thadamalla, J.; Makwana, B.; Suresh, K.; Shah, R.
Product Type: Cases
Source: IBS Research Center
Publication Year: 2008
The case tries to highlight the challenges faced by Costa Rica in sustaining its reputation as a top ecotourism destination. The pedagogical objectives are: (1) the emergence of Costa Rica as an ecotourism destination; (2) growth of its ecotourism; and (3) future challenges for Costa Rica's ecotourism.
How Private Health Care Can Help Africa
Authors: Ghatak, Arnab; Lee, Tony M.; Hazlewood, Judith G.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2008
Although much of the attention on health care in sub-Saharan Africa centers on government activity, the private sector plays a surprisingly significant and growing role in meeting the region’s health care needs.
Corporate Culture and Environmental Practice
Author: Howard-Grenville, Jennifer
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication Year: 2007
This innovative book explores from an insider's perspective a company's environmental decisions and actions. Based on close observation at a major semiconductor manufacturer, Jennifer Howard-Grenville details how the company's culture - revealed through its internal practices, decisions, and norms - guided action on environmental issues...
Corporate Social Responsibility: A Change in Climate
Author: The Economist
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Economist Special Report
Publication Year: 2008
For some companies the gains to be had from cutting waste and improving energy use are very large.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation and Ghana
Authors: Ebrahim, Alnoor; Rangan, V. Kasturi
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
As the U.S. government agency, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), and Ghana finalize a $547 million grant for agriculture and transportation infrastructure, they come up against an accountability and measurement problem: how to address an urgent request from Ghana to fund community services--such as schools and drinking water--for which the results will be more difficult to measure.
The European Business Ethics Network (EBEN)
Author:
Product Type: Web Sites
Source: European Business Ethics Network
Publication Year: 2006
The European Business Ethics Network, EBEN, is the only international network dedicated wholly to the promotion of business ethics in European private industry, public sector, voluntary organizations and academia.
Control Data Corporation and the Urban Crisis
Authors: Nicholas, Tom; Singleton, Laura G.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2007
Control Data Corporation considers its response to the assassination of renowned civil rights activist Martin Luther King.
Hardest Hit
Author:
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Web Sites
Source: The Washington Post
Publication Year: 2009
The Washington Post is examining the plight of low-wage workers, who have been hardest hit by both the ongoing economic downturn and the larger forces of the new economy.
The Competitive Advantage of the Inner City
Author: Porter, Michael E.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Harvard Business Review Article, #95310
Publication Year: 1995
The author argues that a sustainable economic base can be created in the inner city, through private, for-profit initiatives and investment based on economic self-interest and genuine competitive advantage...
Scorched Earth
Authors: Economy, Elizabeth; Lieberthal, Kenneth
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2007
Of all the risks of doing business in China, the greatest is the threat posed by environmental degradation. And yet it's barely discussed in corporate boardrooms. This is a serious mistake. In factoring environmental issues into their China strategies, foreign firms need to be both defensive, taking steps to reduce harm, and proactive, investing in environmental protection efforts.
New Markets, New Opportunities?: Economic and Social Mobility in a Changing World
Author: Birdsall, Nancy
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Brookings Institution Press
Publication Year: 1999
Many of the countries that have recently converted to a market-based economic system have also experienced an alarming increase in income inequality a widening gap between the haves and have nots. But to what extent is the increase in inequality also increasing the opportunities for economic advancement particularly for those at the bottom of the economic ladder?
Mining companies' role in sustainable development: the 'why' and 'how' of corporate social responsibility from a business perspective
Author: Hamann, Ralph
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Development Southern Africa, Volume 20, Issue 2 June 2003 , pages 237 - 254
Publication Year: 2003
This article - the first in a pair of articles on corporate social responsibility (CSR) - provides an overview of mining companies' role in sustainable development, from a business perspective and in the South African context.
ACCION International
Authors: Quelch, John A.; Laidler, Nathalie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2003
ACCION International is a major nonprofit player in microfinance. Reviews the organization's history and evolution, details current activities and relationships within its network, and assesses the organization's challenges moving forward.
Brummer and the bracNet Investment
Authors: Ebrahim, Alnoor; Pirson, Michael; Mangas, Patricia
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
bracNet, a for-profit/nonprofit partnership, aims to establish Internet connectivity throughout Bangladesh. Should Patrik Brummer invest again, this time in a rural roll-out, which may have lower financial returns but greater social returns?
Video: Cynthia Carroll Responds on the Role of Business in Africa
Author: Carroll, Cynthia
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: World Economic Forum
Publication Year: 2007
Speaking at the World Economic Forum on Africa, Cynthia Carroll, Chief Executive of Anglo American, emphasizes that the company plays an important part in developing countries not only from a perspective of capital investments in infrastructure, growth and development, but also in terms of developing long-term partnerships with governments that address health-related issues, education and training, as well as small and medium enterprise development...
Louder Than Words: Lawyers, Communities and the Struggle for Justice
Author: Hair, Penda
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Rockefeller Foundation
Publication Year: 2003
This interesting report of the Rockefeller Foundation looks at stunning cases of civil rights abuse of workers, voters, and students in different states.
St. Louis
Authors: Porter, Michael E.; Habiby, Anne S.; LaSala, Joanna
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2006
Describes the history and challenges of the economically distressed inner city areas of St. Louis, a major U.S. metropolitan area...
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