oikos Case Writing Competition

Results 2008

Please find here the winning cases and runner-ups from the oikos Case Writing Competition 2008, or learn more about the competition.

1st Prize (CHF 5,000)
Scojo Foundation: A vision for Growth at the Base of the Pyramid

Ted London and Mary Christiansen, University of Michigan, USA
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2nd Prize (CHF 2,000)
Procter and 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
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3rd Prize (CHF 1,000)
Living homes

Rebecca Henn, Andrew J. Hoffman
University of Michigan, USA
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Honorary Mention
Coastwide Laboratories

Mike Russo, Derek Reiber
University of Oregon, USA
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Honorary Mention
Greenpeace

Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Jordan Mitchell
Harvard Business School, USA
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Honorary Mention
Exiting in a state of Grace: Can Death be Sustainable?

Eva Collins, University of Waikato
Kate Kearins, Helen Tregidga, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
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The 2008 Final Judging Committee

Prof. Pratima Bansal, Ivey School of Business, Canada

Prof. Frank M. Belz, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Prof. Magali Delmas, University of California, USA

Prof. Thomas Dyllick, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Prof. Minna Halme, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland

Prof. Steven J. Kobrin, The Wharton School, USA

Prof.  Bala Krishnamoorthy, NMIMS University, Mumbai, India

Prof. Michael Lenox, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA

Prof. Esben Rahbek Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Prof. Stefano Pogutz, Bocconi University, Milano, Italy

Prof. Forest Reinhardt, Harvard Business School, USA 

Prof. Juan Enric Ricart, IESE Barcelona, Spain

Prof. Carlos Romero-Uscanga, EGADE Monterrey, Mexico

Prof. Claude P. Siegenthaler, HOSEI University Tokyo, Japan

Prof. David Vogel, Haas School of Business, Berkeley, USA

Prof. Michael Yaziji, IMD Lausanne, Switzerland

Prof. Friedrich M. Zimmermann, Karl Franzens University Graz, Austria


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