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Social Entrepreneurial Initiatives Within the Sustainable Development Landscape
Borwankar, Anjaney; Mair, Johanna; Seelos, ChristianTechnical Note DGN-638-EStrategyIn 1987, the need for a more sustainable form of development and growth was proposed by Gro Harlem Brundtland in her landmark report titled "Our Common Future" prepared for the United Nation's World Commission on Environment and Development. The term "Sustainable Development" has since then permeated public policy to address social, environmental and economic development in ways that "meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability...Starting at €8.20
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The Freeplay Energy Group and Foundation - Teaching Note
Mair, Johanna; Ganly, KateTeaching Note DGT-56-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyNote prepared as an aid to instructors in the classroom use of case DG-1467-E: The Freeplay Energy Group and Foundation.Starting at €0.00
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International Expansion of Escuela Nueva: A Transformative Pedagogy on a Global Scale - Teaching Note
Hehenberger, Lisa; Moral, Nathalie; Mair, JohannaTeaching Note SMT-88-EStrategyThe case study presents the challenging task of expanding the widely successful Escuela Nueva pedagogy on a global scale. Escuela Nueva provides a cost-effective, replicable and scalable solution for improving the quality of basic education in low-income schools. It started in rural Colombia, but has since expanded, principally to a large number of Latin American countries. Evidence shows that wherever Escuela Nueva is implemented, children becom...Starting at €0.00
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Committee for Democracy in Information Technology (CDI)
Vergés S.; Mair, JohannaCase DG-1453-EStrategyThis is the first of a case series on Social Entrepreneurship written in collaboration with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. The Comite para Democratizaçao da Informática (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...Starting at €8.20
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Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) India Programme: Creating value through corporate community involvement
Farmer M.; Mair, JohannaCase DG-1447-EStrategyThis case describes the evolution of a community affairs initiative called the India Programme, run by the Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Community Trust. ZFS (UKISA) is UK-based and specialises in general insurance and life assurance. It is part of the Zurich Financial Services group of companies, headquartered in Switzerland, and was formed in 2000 after the completion of the merger between Zurich Insurance of Switzerland and the UK-based in...Starting at €8.20
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The Bertelsmann Reinhard Mohn Fellowship: CSR as Cultural Exchange - Teaching Note
Ganly, Kate; Mair, JohannaTeaching Note DGT-55-ELeadership and People ManagementNote prepared as an aid to instructors in the classroom use of case DG-1491-E: The Bertelsmann Reinhard Mohn Fellowship: CSR as Cultural Exchange.Starting at €0.00
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Microfinance
Blahnik, Heather; Mair, JohannaTechnical Note DGN-647-EFinanceMicrofinance is the provision of financial services to poor households that do not have access to formal financial institutions. The range of services includes loans, savings facilities, insurance, transfer payments and micro-pensions. Evidence from the millions of microfinance clients around the world demonstrates that access to financial services enables poor people to increase their household incomes, build assets and reduce vulnerability to t...Starting at €8.20
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Project Impact: The Affordable Hearing Aid Project - Teaching Note
Mair, JohannaTeaching Note DGT-48-EStrategyNote prepared as an aid to instructors in the classroom use of case DG-1472-E: Project Impact: The Affordable Hearing Aid Project.Starting at €0.00
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Entropy International. Enabling Businesses to Make a Contribution to Sustainable Development - Teaching Note
Seelos, Christian; Mair, JohannaTeaching Note DGT-33-EStrategyNote prepared as an aid to instructors in the classroom use of case DG-1454-E Entropy International. Enabling Businesses to Make a Contribution to Sustainable Development.Starting at €0.00
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A New Model for the Pharmaceutical Industry: The Institute of OneWorld Health
Schoen, Oliver; Mair, JohannaCase DG-1480-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis 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. Founded in 2000 by Dr. Victoria Hale, IOWH took expired and donated patent compounds and developed them through all the stages of clinical testing and approval into drugs to fight the world's most destructive diseases, usually occurring in Third World countries where per...Starting at €8.20