This post appeared in Next Billion on April 5, 2012 Rye Barcott coined the phrase "talent is universal; opportunity is not" in his 2011 book It Happened on the Way to War, which described his experience living in the Kibera slum of Nairobi prior to beginning his...
This post appeared in GreenBiz on February 27, 2012 Editor's Note: This is the final article in a seven-week series by Nathan Springer that will chronicle in-depth the lessons from a course at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business on how to become a...
This post appeared in GreenBiz on January 9, 2012 Editor's Note: This article kicks off a planned seven-week series by Nathan Springer that will chronicle in-depth the lessons from a course at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business on how to become a...
Cynthia's company, Wello, based in Rajasthan, India, is aimed at people — most of them women — who must walk long distances to bring drinking water to the home. Her cylinder-shaped product allows women to roll water home from the source rather than carry it on their...
Erb alum, Jackie Pitera, discusses corporate sustainability in employee engagement in Environmental Leader "Aligned Incentives and Engaged Employees Improve Triple Bottom Line Performance."
"Taking On Climate Skepticism as a Field of Study."
Erb students partner with Ford Motor to bring innovative financial model to poorest cities: "Erb Institute Students to Help Michigan's 'Cities of Promise' Save Money, Gain Energy Efficiency With Grant from Ford Motor Company."
"A Cultural Barrier to Action on Climate Change."
Breaking the conventional MBA model, Adam Carver and Rosemary Lapka, both Erb ’12, co-founded Ross Responds to provide volunteer expertise for organizations with social corporate missions. Like many MBA students preparing to enter Ross, dualdegree candidates Adam...
Erb Entrepreneurs Cynthia Koenig, Erb '11 and Colm Fay, Erb '12 launch award winning social venture helping people to transport safe drinking water in areas where it is not readily available. "There’s beauty in simplicity. Just ask entrepreneur Cynthia Koenig, MBA/MS...