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Fair Trade USA: Innovating for Impact ? Teaching note
Aubry R; Drabkin DTeaching Note SGSB-SI39TN-EInnovation and ChangePaul Rice knew that Fair Trade could do more, much more. While the model had benefited approximately 10 million people in developing countries, they were a small percentage of the 2 billion people worldwide who lived on less than $2 day. Fair Trade was not charity. It was a certification model that had started around coffee and ensured that money flowed back to the people who grew the coffee, giving them a ?Fair Trade? price. As president and...Starting at €0.00
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The Rockefeller Foundation: Innovation in Social Finance
Arrillaga-Andreessen, L; Murray, SCase SGSB-SI142-EInnovation and ChangeWhen Judith Rodin became president of The Rockefeller Foundation in 2005, she identified a pressing need to re-organize the foundation to meet the challenges in an increasingly complex world. Rodin also recognized that for philanthropy to make meaningful progress in solving the world?s biggest problems, it could not act alone. Innovation at Rockefeller: Innovation at Rockefeller dates back to its earliest years, when the foundation funded innova...Starting at €6.75
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Pay For Success and Social Innovation Financing: Serving Santa Clara County's Mentally Ill Residents
Brest, P; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-SI133-EInnovation and ChangeIn 2016, Santa Clara County was launching a six-year project aimed at reducing the enormous costs of treating its most acute mental health care patients ? $45 million a year ? while improving their treatment and quality of life. For the project, the county chose a new model called "Pay for Success" (PFS), in which governments only pay service providers if their efforts are successful. By contrast, in the traditional payment model, providers bill...Starting at €6.75
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GuideStar
Meehan, W; Drabkin, DCase SGSB-SI121-EInnovation and ChangeWhen Jacob Harold became head of the Hewlett Foundation?s Philanthropy Program, he began to see GuideStar as much more than just a website. GuideStar was the result of founder Arthur ?Buzz? Schmidt?s vision of bringing transparency and accountability to the world of nonprofits. At its core, the organization compiled information that U.S. nonprofits submitted on their IRS filings into an easy to use database. It supplemented that information wi...Starting at €6.75
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Frontier Services Group: Building a Pan African Logistics Provider (A)
Lee, H; De, Clara, LCase SGSB-IDE11-EInnovation and ChangeIn June 2015, Peter Phillips, Chief Operating Officer of Frontier Services Group (FSG), was preparing an update for the board on how operations would support the company?s new strategy. Given the ongoing decline in the price of oil and the extractive industries, the outlook had changed for FSG. His aim was to steer a new course to becoming the leading pan-African logistics provider. Founded in March 2014 by Erik Prince, a former U.S. Navy Seal a...Starting at €6.75
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BlueSkies: Connecting African Farmers to Global Markets
Ferguson, JP; de, Clara, LCase SGSB-IDE08-EInnovation and ChangeAvenues the World School, an international private school with around 20 campuses in cities around the world, was designed to be the ?learning community of the future? that used technology to connect students, professionals, and curriculum. In just 18 months, the school had attracted thousands of teacher applications and a class of 750 students by sharing its vision and building interest in this new education venture through a strategic communica...Starting at €6.75
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Mekelle Farms: Poultry Entrepreneurship in Ethiopia
Lee, H; Kennedy, M; Elist, JCase SGSB-IDE05-EInnovation and ChangeStarting at €6.75
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Beneficial State Bank (B): Evaluating Financial and Social Returns for Investors
Charles Ewald, Heidi Krauel, Jaclyn ForoughiCase SGSB-SI134B-EInnovation and ChangeIn the fall of 2015, Beneficial State Bank was set to mark its third successive year of normalized profitability while continuing to fulfill its mission to promote social justice and environmental sustainability. At the same time, husband and wife creators of the bank, Tom Steyer (MBA ?83) and Kat Taylor (JD/MBA ?86), found themselves at a crossroads. As the sole providers of capital to the bank during formation and, as a result of the bank?s u...Starting at €6.75