The Power of Unreasonable People: Case Studies and Examples of Social Entrepreneurs
I’m facinated with the stories and case studies of social entrepreneurs in “The Power of Unreasonable People” (and “Design for the Other 90 Percent”) Here are some of the examples Pamela Hartigan and John Elkington discuss in the “Power of Unreasonable People.”
Transparency
• Global Reporting Initiative
• Social Accountability International
• AccountAbility
Certification
Emissions Trading
• Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia
PoUP Resources:
• First Book and First Book Marketplace
• Grameemphone
• Recycla Chile for recycling e-waste
• Bangladesh Rural Investment Committee (BRAC)
• Aravid Eye Care System
• Social Stock Exchange in Brazil
• Parque Soft in Columbia
• Capitalism 3.0 at Blended Value.
• Rob Katz at Next Billion has a short review with quotes from “The Power of Unreasonable People.”
• Or learn more about “The Power of Unreasonable People” at Social Edge.
• Or check out how Prahalad discusses transparency and accountability accomplishments of implementing computer kiosks via the e-chupal business model for social enterprise for the base of the pyramid in Inda.
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Also, since you love case studies, you might be interested in some of the links to recommended reading for social entrepreneurs here:
http://tinyurl.com/b5y4h6
“most of the schools offering social entrepreneurship courses make their case studies and curriculum materials open source. Check out: University Network, Caseplace.org, Harvard Business School for educators, ECCH the european clearing house for case studies, and every school has its own portal, e.g. http://www.iesep.com.”
Cheers,
Jill
Thanks Jill those resources are fantastic. Thanks for stopping by.
Does anyone know if there an english version of http://www.iesep.com/ or should I just use Google translate?