Case Studies in Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability. The oikos case collection Volume 2.
Edited by: Jost Hamschmidt and Michael Pirson
Published by : Sheffield UK: Greenleaf Publishing
Published in: 2011;
452 pages
Book Reviewed By: Dr. Susan Mueller,
University of St. Gallen
Case Studies List
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, France, and Filipe Santos, INSEAD, France
Case 3
Kickstart: A Business Model to Tackle Poverty
Saji Sam George and V. Namratha Prasad, IBS Center for Management Research, India
Case 4
Kapai New Zealand: Eat Your Greens!
Helen Tregidga and Kate Kearins, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, and Eva Collins, University of Waikato Management School, New Zealand
Case 5
Fabio Rosa: Bridging the Electricity Divide in Brazil
Aytha Harish and 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 and Ted London, William Davidson Institute/Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, USA
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
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