Results for research on: Global Change

Daphne Medina

Daphne Medina

MBA/MS, Class of 2014 Daphne manages NBCUniversal's Sustainable Production Program, working with over 80 global productions annually to ensure that the film & television industry creates as lasting positive impact. In this role she works on a variety of...

Micaela Battiste

Micaela Battiste

MBA/MS, Class of 2017 Micaela's professional and academic experiences are centered on creating access and value for underserved markets through transformative opportunities. Her past work includes customer relationship management with a certified fair trade exporter...

Driving Change – A summer internship with SVP Fast Pitch

Driving Change – A summer internship with SVP Fast Pitch

In early May I packed up my car and drove West from Ann Arbor to Seattle for a summer opportunity with Social Venture Partners Seattle (SVP) to help them to develop a strategic planning process. SVP is a nonprofit network whose mission is to, “cultivate effective...

Andy Hoffman Receives 2016 Aspen Institute Faculty Pioneer Award

Andy Hoffman Receives 2016 Aspen Institute Faculty Pioneer Award

At the Erb Institute, we teach about the power of business to create sustainable change, so we are excited to announce that Erb Faculty Member, Andy Hoffman, has been recognized for his innovative teaching on Market Transformation as a 2016 Aspen Institute Faculty...

An Erb Institute Dispatch from Cuba

An Erb Institute Dispatch from Cuba

Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai and Managing Director, Terry Nelidov, were recently invited to Cuba to explore ways in which the Erb Institute might be a factor in helping to manage Cuba’s transition to a sustainable market economy. I’d never been to Cuba before this...

Lessons Outside the Classroom and in the Amazon

Lessons Outside the Classroom and in the Amazon

Since September 2015, students from the Ross School of Business and Erb Institute have worked on consulting projects for Shared-X, an agricultural social-venture startup supporting increased prosperity for smallholder farmers. As part of this action-based education,...

Leveraging the Power of Sports to Promote Sustainability

Leveraging the Power of Sports to Promote Sustainability

Sports organizations are increasingly leveraging their cultural and market influence to promote sustainable communities. Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the 2016 Green Sports Alliance Summit at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas where I heard stories on...

Chinese Logging in Gabon: Neocolonialism or a New Way Forward?

Chinese Logging in Gabon: Neocolonialism or a New Way Forward?

I lived in China for several years, and by the time I left in 2014, I had witnessed astounding economic growth. As a student at the Erb Institute, I was eager to understand the impact of China’s rapid expansion and consequent search for natural resources from the...