On Friday, November 7th, a Ross team consisting of first year Ross student Thiago Gdikian, and second year Erb students Nate Underwood, Pavel Azgaldov, and John Serron won the 2014 GE Experienced Commercial Leadership Program Midwest Case Competition. The case...
Erb alumna Nina Henning is heading up innovative solutions to reduce the threat of malaria infections through SC Johnson's WOW™ product bundle. The bundle is focuses on serving at-risk populations at the base of the pyramid (BoP). Read more through Nina Henning's...
By Kelsea Ballantyne When I joined the U of M Presidents Committee for Labor Standards and Human Rights last year, I had no idea how much it would open my mind to the power universities have to transform global supply-chains. Helping to organize the Symposium on...
Watch the Nespresso MBA Challenge finalist's from Michigan Ross “ground truth” their winning Nespresso recommendations in Costa Rica. Special thanks to Terry Nelidov, Erb Institute Managing Director for advising the team and Emma Wendt, Erb Institute Student Affairs...
by Therese Miranda How will it be possible to meet the needs of the 1.4 billion people who lack access to electricity? One of the most common arguments is that developing countries will leap-frog developed countries to implement cutting edge technology just as they...
This summary report includes the following feature stories: Leading the way toward food sustainability through: Exploring the benefits of buying locally grown food Taking the waste out of takeout Sowing the seeds for food system sustainability Breaking new ground in...
U-M Students Mike Bianco and Michelle Fournier and Erb student Jenny Cooper published their research on the interconnected relationship between industrial agriculture and the decline of honey bee colonies: Honey Bee Population Decline in Michigan: Causes,...
by Terry Nelidov and Dominique Abed, with Michelle Lin Terry and Dom met with Laura Flanigan (Erb ‘06), Rosemary Lapka and Michelle Lin (both Erb ‘12) on a Monday night in August at the “Little Goat Diner” (Thanks Michelle, for the recommendation!)--a bustling...
Congratulations to Marianna Kerppola on her Mondry Scholarship and to Brian Rassel and Will Kletter on their Zell Scholarships from the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies. These scholarships are available to "MBA students [who have] achieved a...
Innovations in Biodiversity Management Global biodiversity loss and ecosystem services The science of biodiversity and ecosystem services Biodiversity management strategies Open considerations about how companies can make the business case for biodiversity management,...