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Quimera: Making Sustainability Happen
Rosenberg, Mike; Moreno, Victoria C.Case SM-1588-EEntrepreneurshipQuimera is a Spanish start-up firm that was founded in 2009 by Javier De Rocafort. It aims to overcome the financial constraints associated with the development of sustainable projects in the areas of mobility and energy. Within the relatively new category of the "environmental goods and services sector," Quimera uses a business model where fixed assets are nearly irrelevant and networks are at its core. This case gives students the opportunity t...Starting at €8.20
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Peepoople Kibera: Providing Sanitation Through Social Business
Obst, Nicole; Moreno, Victoria; Rosenberg, MikeCase SM-1606-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn Nairobi's Kibera slum, a small Swedish company with a social mission and a business mindset is attempting nothing less than solving one of the biggest problems worldwide: insufficient sanitation. Their proposal is simple yet genius, and possibly too radical in terms of classic NGO thinking: a self-sanitizing and biodegradable personal toilet. The solution includes its own sales and waste-collection systems, providing slum dwellers with much-ne...Starting at €8.20
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The Blue Economy
Rosenberg, Mike; de Harenne, Jean-BaptisteCase SM-1693-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, StrategyBlue Economy is a concept developed by Gunter Pauli over the last 30 years and is also the title of his book which offer a way of re-imagining capitalism and industrial society. The case study is an account of a family office in Europe and the decision to invest or not in three of Pauli's revolutionary business ideas. Pauli draws on a network of 3,000 scientists to find ideas that might change the game in a wide variety of industries including wi...Starting at €8.20
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Quimera: Making Sustainability Happen - Teaching Note
Rosenberg, Mike; Moreno, VictoriaTeaching Note SMT-100-EEntrepreneurshipQuimera is a Spanish start-up firm founded in 2009. It aims to overcome the financial constraints associated with the development of sustainable projects in the areas of mobility and energy. Within the relatively new category of the "environmental goods and services sector," Quimera uses a business model where fixed assets are nearly irrelevant and networks are at the core. This note describes how to use the case SM-1588-E in a 75-minute lecture ...Starting at €0.00