This website uses technical, customisation and analytical cookies, both first-party and third-party, to anonymously facilitate browsing and analyse statistics on use of the website. Learn more
Search results
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Sekem: liberando una visión - un enfoque artístico de la iniciativa emprendedora - Nota del instructor
Seelos, Christian; Mair, JohannaTeaching Note DGT-34StrategyNota preparada para ayudar al instructor en el uso en clase de DG-1466-E, La iniciativa Sekem.Starting at €0.00
-
Project Impact: The Affordable Hearing Aid Project
Cordes E.; Mair, JohannaCase DG-1472-EStrategyThis case introduces David Green, a social entrepreneur with the mission of making advanced medical technology affordable and available to those in the third world. It describes the growth and success of projects to develop, manufacture and distribute low-cost hearing aids and other basic medical technology in India, and presents a direct contrast to the traditional maximum profit model of the medical industry. After achieving success with Aurola...Starting at €8.20
-
Cuando vender activos es una estrategia
Mair, Johanna; Moschieri, CaterinaArticle ART-1970StrategyLa enajenación de parte de una empresa suele malinterpretarse. Se ve como un instrumento al que recurren las grandes empresas para ¿sacar la basura¿, pero lo cierto es que puede ser el resultado de una decisión estratégica rentable tanto para la matriz como para la unidad de negocio de la que se desprende. Las empresas enajenan por razones legales o estratégicas. A su vez, la enajenación puede adoptar muchas formas, entre ellas la creación de una...Starting at €8.20