In 2011 oikos and Greenleaf Publishing launched the second volume of oikos winning cases - Case Studies in Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability. This book expands the collection with award-winning cases in the rapidly growing field of social entrepreneurship and sustainability.

 

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Book Contents

Foreword

Marina Kim, Director, Ashoka U

Part 1: Introduction

1.1 Cases in Social Entrepreneurship: What Makes an Excellent Case?

1.2 Teaching Notes

1.3 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 (Inspection copy)

Michael Gordon, University of Michigan, USA

 

Case 2: Gram Vikas A/B: Social Entrepreneurship in Rural India

Filipe Santos, INSEAD Fontainebleau, France, and Imran Chowdhry, ESSEC Business School, 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! (Inspection copy)

Helen Tregidga and Kate Kearins, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, and Eva Collins, University of Waikato Management School, New Zealand

Part 3: Identifying Opportunities: Inclusive Markets

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, IMD, Switzerland

 

Case 7: Altis: A Microfinance Startup in Nepal (Inspection copy)

Jacen Greene and Scott Marshall, Portland State University, USA

 

Case 8: VisionSpring: A Lens for Growth at the Base of the Pyramid

Ted London and Mary Christiansen, University of Michigan, USA

Part 4: Developing Opportunities: Mastering Global Water Challenges

Case 9: Procter and Gamble’s PuR Water Purifier: The Hunt for a Sustainable Business Model (Inspection copy)

Lisa Jones Christensen and Jessica Thomas, Kenan Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, USA

 

Case 10: Trevor Field and the PlayPumps of Africa (Inspection copy)

Debapratim Purkayastha, IBS Hyderabad, India

 

Case 11: WaterHealth International: Providing Safe Drinking Water to the Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Consumers (Inspection copy)

Hadiya Faheem and Debapratim Purkayastha, IBS Hyderabad, India

Part 5: Scaling-Up, 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 (Inspection copy)

Ramalingam Meenakshisundaram and Besta Shankar, IBS Center for Management Research, India

 

Case 13: Noir/Illumninati II (A) & (B): Defining Socially Responsible Affordable Luxury Clothing (Inspection copy)

Benoit Leleux, IMD Lausanne, Switxerland

 

Case 14: The ReUse of PEOPLE: Scrap to Sales (Inspection copy)

Charles J. Corbett and William G. Powell, UCLA Anderson School of Management, USA

 

Case 15: Living Homes (Inspection copy)

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