Faculty from Portland State University, Rotterdam School of Management and IBS Hyderabad win first prizes in oikos Case Writing Competition

We are proud to announce the winners of this year’s oikos Case Writing Competition: the first prize in the Corporate Sustainability track is awarded to Madeleine Pullman, Jacen Greene, Devin Liebmann, Nga Ho and Xan Pedisich from Portland State University (US) for their case “Hopworks Urban Brewery: A Case of Sustainable Beer”. In the Social Entrepreneurship track, the first prize goes to “Fairphone: Organising for Sustained Social Impact” by Onajomo Akemu and Gail Whiteman from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (Netherlands). The first winners of the recently launched Sustainable Finance track are Debapratim Purkayastha and Manish Agarwal from IBS Hyderabad, IFHE University (India) for their case: “Dr. Jim Yong Kim’s Dilemma: International Finance Corporation and the Tata Mundra Power Plant”. You find the second and third prizes as well as the runner-up below. Congratulations!

Many authors have already announced to publish their cases in our oikos free case collection very soon. We will keep you posted.

After the 2015 competition is before the 2016 competition and you are invited to participate: the oikos Case Writing Competition supports the writing of new high quality teaching cases on Corporate Sustainability, Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Finance. The submission deadline will be in December 2015. Details will be published here in due course. Submitted case studies should be suitable for use in management, entrepreneurship or finance education and should be related to real issues faced by organisations and individuals. An international panel of more than 30 leading faculty members evaluates the cases in a double-blind, two-stage review process and gives written feedback to all authors. The first prize in each track is 5000 Swiss Francs, the second prize 2000 and the 3rd 1000.

Winners of 2015 Competition

Corporate Sustainability Track
1st Prize
Hopworks Urban Brewery: A Case of Sustainable Beer by Madeleine Pullman, Jacen Greene, Devin Liebmann, Nga Ho and Xan Pedisich (Portland State University)

2nd Prize
Apple and Conflict Minerals: Ethical Sourcing for Sustainability by Debapratim Purkayastha and Adapa Srinivasa Rao (IBS Hyderabad, IFHE University)

3rd Prize
The German ‘Energiewende’: RWE’s Strategic Choice by Timo Busch and Marcel Richert (University of Hamburg)

Runner-up
Planned Succession at Berrett-Koehler Publishers: Institutionalizing the “BK Way” and Protecting BK Values for Future Success by Murray Silverman and Sally Baack (San Francisco State University)

Runner-up
From Sweatshops to Sustainability: Wal-Mart’s Journey in Bangladesh by Surojit Mahato and Indu Perepu (IBS Hyderabad, IFHE University)

Social Entrepreneurship Track
1st Prize
Fairphone: Organising for sustained social impact by Onajomo Akemu and Gail Whiteman (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University)

2nd Prize
Sistema Ser: Scaling Private Health Care for the Base of the Pyramid by Silke Bucher (HEC Montréal), Urs Jäger (INCAE Business School) and Andrea M. Prado (INCAE Business School)

3rd Prize
Arunachalam Muruganantham: A Social Entrepreneur Innovating in a Woman’s World by Doris Rajakumari John (Amity Research Center)

Runner-up
Building a Sustainable Enterprise with the Power of Local Communities – The Journey of Neev Herbal Handmade Soaps by Saurav Kumar Das and Sanjana Grover (Xavier School of Management)

Runner-up
Roba Amiga: Social Entrepreneurship in Textile Waste Management by Daniel Arenas, Pablo Sánchez and Solange Hai (ESADE Business School)

Sustainable Finance Track
Winner
Dr. Jim Yong Kim’s Dilemma: International Finance Corporation and the Tata Mundra Power Plant by Debapratim Purkayastha and Manish Agarwal (IBS Hyderabad, IFHE University)

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posted May 28, 2015

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oikos Board of Trustees Member Publishes Book on the Creation of Money

Mathias Binswanger is a Professor of Economics at the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz in Olten. Mathias has been an oikos Trustee for many years and just published a new book to add to his collection.

“Money out of Nothing” sheds light on the often invisible banking system and its creation of money through lending. Professor Binswanger, further, highlights that most of the money created by banks today results in the purchase of securities, or other assets, which consequently generates speculative bubbles and financial crises. The book is currently only available in German. You can read about it or order the book here.

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posted May 26, 2015

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Addressing Sustainability with ARTE

https://youtu.be/ADnIpqaRaoA

oikos is partnering with ARTE to gather sequences from all European countries to combat Climate Change. This will result in a video that will be broadcasted on ARTE and during the COP21 in Paris later this year!

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posted May 26, 2015

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Mark Wade Becomes a Member of the oikos Board of Trustees

Mark is a renowned expert in sustainability and sought after facilitator of senior executive teams and multi-stakeholder events. Mark offers a unique range of experiences and competencies to bring sustainability thinking into the mainstream of major corporations and institutions. His groundbreaking work encompasses both the ‘hard-wiring’ (reporting, governance, key performance indicators, systems and processes) and the ‘soft-wiring’ (winning the hearts and minds of leaders) to generate the ‘will, thrill, skill of sustainability’. He brings extensive multicultural experience and varied engagement techniques including scenario planning, risk and issues management, stakeholder engagement and experiential learning. Welcome Mark!

Read more about what the Board of Trustees is here.

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posted May 11, 2015

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oikos Newsletter May 2015

May started with an exciting Global Action Day for Pluralism in Economics. As the serenity of the spring gives way to a shimmering summer, we present to you a newsletter where we dive deep into the topic of sustainable urbanization through the experiences shared at the Asia Meet 2015. We also take a sneak peek into how, the much awaited, FutureLab 2015 is shaping up. In our 30 seconds segment we have Oliver Lysaght sharing his experiences of organizing the oikos Spring Meeting 2015. We also take the opportunity to share the success story of the oikos and ISIPE campaign on Pluralism in Economics and call on management enthusiasts to join the PRME Forum for responsible management education. Let’s read on and move into making actions mattter!

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posted May 11, 2015

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