Congratulations to Erb student Mikaela Rodkin and her U-M Fresh Fare student team members on winning 2nd place at the SPH Innovation in Action competition! Fresh Fare strives to increase access to healthy food through a transportation collaboration between grocery...
Results for research on: Human Development
Sustainability Cases Attract Global Audience
Sustainability Cases Attract Global Audience Students at U-M and other top universities, including Northwestern University, University of Virginia and University of California, Berkeley, are benefiting from a substantial and growing catalog of Erb branded case studies...
Vodafone Egypt and the Arab Spring: When Government and Business Collide
Vodafone Egypt and the Arab Spring: When Government and Business Collide (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on GlobaLens (Case study #1-429-417) - published 02/2015, 12 pages By: Andrew Hoffman Description: This case centers around Vodafone Egypt and its role in...
Theo Chocolate: How Far Should Fair Trade Go?
Theo Chocolate: How Far Should Fair Trade Go? (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report at WDI Publishing - published 02/2015, 12 pages By: Andrew Hoffman Description: Joe Whinney, founder and CEO of Seattle, Washington-based Theo Chocolate, has spent his entire...
What is Water Worth?: Nestlé Walks a Fine Line
What Is Water Worth?: Nestlé Walks a Fine Line (pdf abstract available) Purchase the full report on (Case study #1-429-415) - published 02/2015, 12 pages By: Andrew Hoffman Description: Paul Bulcke, CEO of Nestlé S.A., is confronted with an Internet firestorm after a...
Intel: Undermining the Conflict Mineral Industry
Intel: Undermining the Conflict Mineral Industry (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on GlobaLens (Case study #1-429-411) - published 02/2015, 20 pages By: Andrew Hoffman Description: Intel Corporation is a leading manufacturer of components found in nearly all...
Chevron and Chad: A Pipeline Dream?
Chevron and Chad: A Pipeline Dream? (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on GlobaLens (Case study #1-429-416) - published 02/2015, 20 pages By: Andrew Hoffman Description: Chevron Corporation invested in a Chadian-Cameroon oil pipeline consortium in the early...
Nicaraguan Co-ops Help Farmers Maximize the Value of their Coffee
David and I stood in a small room in front of a special machine used to visually sort coffee beans after they are harvested and dried. We listened carefully as the machine’s operator explained (through our translator) that this machine ensures only the highest quality...
Driving Innovation to Improve Global Health
Topics within this report include: Promoting Sustainability in Health Practices and Delivery Bringing Lessons-learned from Eastern Africa to the William Davidson Institute Building Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Global Health Outcomes Promoting Healthcare...
10 Weeks of Cows: A Sustainable Future in the Brazilian Cattle Sector
A country of vast natural wealth, a roller-coaster economy and one of the most romanticized cultures on Earth, Brazil has assumed a significant role in the complex arena of global finance and politics. It is home to over 203 million human residents, but they are...