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Author:   Jost Hamschmidt ,  Michael Pirson ,  Marina Kim
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Greenleaf Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.750kg
ISBN:  

9781906093471

ISBN 10:   1906093474
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   01 June 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Marina Kim, Director, Ashoka U Preface Part 1: Introduction 1.1 Preface 1.2 Cases in Social Entrepreneurship: What Makes an Excellent Case? 1.3 Teaching Notes 1.4 Introduction to the Cases Part 2: Understanding the Nature of the Social Entrepreneur The Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship J. Gregory Dees, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA Case 1. So you want to be a social entrepreneur: Starting out, scaling up, staying committed Michael Gordon, University of Michigan, USA Case 2. Gram Vikas Imran Chowdhury, ESSEC Business School, FranceFilipe Santos, INSEAD, France Case 3. Kickstart: A business model to tackle poverty Saji Sam GeorgeV. Namratha Prasad, IBS Center for Management Research, IndiaCase 4. Kapai New Zealand: Eat Your greens! Helen Tregidga and Kate Kearins, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Eva Collins, University of Waikato Management School, New Zealand Part 3: Entrepreneurial action for developing inclusive markets Case 5. Fabio Rosa: Bridging the electricity divide in Brazil Aytha Harish Vivek Gupta, IBS Center for Management Research, India Case 6. Dr. Reddy's: Medicine is for people, profits follow Bala Chakravarthy and Sophie Coughlan, IMD, Switzerland Case 7. Altis: A microfinance startup in Nepal Jacen Greene and Scott Marshall, Portland State University, USA Case 8. VisionSpring: A lens for growth at the base of the pyramid Molly Christiansen Ted London, William Davidson Institute/Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, USA Part 4: Topic spotlight: SE approaches for tackling water challenges Case 9. Procter & Gamble's PuR Water Purifier: The hunt for a sustainable business model Lisa Jones Christensen and Jessica Thomas, Kenan Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, USA Case 10. Trevor Field and the PlayPumps of Africa Debapratim Purkayastha, IBS Center for Management Research, India Case 11. WaterHealth International: providing safe drinking water to the bottom-of-the-pyramid consumers Hadiya Faheem and Debapratim Purkayastha, IBS Center for Management Research, India Part 5. Scaling, legitimacy and profit challenges for mission-driven Organizations Case 12. Business model innovation by Better Place: A green ecosystem for the mass adoption of electric cars Ramalingam Meenakshisundaram and Besta Shankar, IBS Center for Management Research, India Case 13. Noir/Illumninati II Benoit Leleux, IMD Lausanne, Switzerland Case 14. The ReUse PEOPLE: Turning scrap into sales William G. Powell and Charles J. Corbett, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA Case 15. Living homes Rebecca Henn and Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan, USA Part 6: Resources 6.1 Guidelines for case writing 6.2 International case writing competitions 6.3 Case Collections and journals 6.4 About the oikos Global Case Writing Competition 6.5 About oikos 6.6 Literature

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Award-winning global cases in the rapidly growing field of social entrepreneurship and sustainability. These cases have been highly praised because they provide excellent learning opportunities, tell engaging stories, deal with recent situations, include quotations from key actors, are thought-provoking and controversial, require decision-making, provide clear take-aways and are all supported by teaching guidance and comprehensive teaching notes available to faculty.

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Jost Hamschmidt is the Managing Director of the oikos Foundation, an international reference point for sustainability research and teaching in Business and Economics education. He is also a Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Jost received a master in Business Administration from the University of Kassel (Germany), a BA in Technology Management from the University of St. Etienne (France) and holds a Ph.D. in Management from the University of St Gallen. He has been a visiting fellow at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (2001/2) and Harvard Business School (2007/8). In 2007 he edited the Volume 'Case Studies on Sustainability and Strategy: The oikos collection' (Greenleaf Publishing) and in 2008 he co-edited the volume 'Sustainability Entrepreneurship and Innovation' (Edward Elgar). At oikos he is responsible for fundraising and leading the oikos academic programs. In his teaching, he focuses on action-oriented learning methods for creating sustainability-driven transformation processes in small and large organizations. He has worked with social entrepreneurial ventures such as Myclimate, South Pole Carbon Asset Management, and Traktor AG. In 2010 he became founding member of The Hub Association Zurich, a Social Entrepreneurship incubator. Michael Pirson is Assistant Professor at Fordham University, New York, and a Research Fellow at Harvard University. He is also the track chair of the oikos Global Case Writing Competition - Social Entrepreneurship track. Michael received his PhD in Organizational Behavior from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. His research focuses on the conditions of stakeholder trust in organizational contexts. He is also examining the impact of organizational design on stakeholder well-being and looks at social enterprises as humanistic alternatives to traditional business design. In his teaching, he focuses on the management dilemmas in the 21st century, such as ecological and social sustainability, stakeholder trust, employee engagement, and individual happiness. He also uses activity-based learning techniques to teach social entrepreneurship. Before receiving his doctorate, Michael worked in international management consulting for several years. He also gained experience in the political arena while working on Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign. Michael has started several social enterprises in the area of economic development and currently serves on the board of three social enterprises based in the U.S.

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