WDI News & Announcements

Multi-Disciplinary Research Project Wins U-M Grant — by Dan Shine — last modified 05/21/13 16:32

WDI Director of Healthcare Research Prashant Yadav, along with colleagues from the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering and Medical School, have been awarded a grant to build a prototype of a bench top portable diagnostic system that is affordable and easy to use in various resource-limited settings.

WDI BoP Researchers In Mexico For Danone Project — by Dan Shine — last modified 05/17/13 14:27

WDI’s Base of the Pyramid Research Implementation team is in Mexico City for an impact assessment project in partnership with the Danone Ecosystem Fund.

10-Day Riga Mini MBA Program Starts — by Dan Shine — last modified 05/14/13 11:28

Fourteen managers and directors from corporations, non-governmental organizations and small businesses from Latvia and neighboring countries are among those attending WDI’s Strategic Management Program (SMP) in Riga.

Jordan Woman Finds Her Entrepreneurial Spirit In WDI Program — by Dan Shine — last modified 05/09/13 14:24

WDI Director of Development Consulting Services Khalid Al-Naif recently traveled to Jordan for a mid-project evaluation of the Community College Entrepreneurship: Integration to Incubation program. While there, Al-Naif spoke with program participant Nadia Kashour, who has taken what she has learned to start not one but two successful businesses.

USAID Hosts Twitter Chat on Mobile Money — by Dan Shine — last modified 05/08/13 12:35

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will host a Twitter chat at noon EDT on Thursday, May 9 on mobile money and e-payments. WDI and partner FHI360 are working with USAID on its mSTAR: Mobile Solutions Technical Assistance and Research project.

Second Impact Assessment To Be Held In S. Africa — by Dan Shine — last modified 05/06/13 12:01

WDI’s Impact Assessment Program, with support from the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE)’s Capacity Development Fund, will deliver its second workshop on collecting impact data, May 7-9 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The first workshop occurred in April in New York City.

WDI Student Assistants, Interns Part Of U-M Commencement Ceremonies — by Dan Shine — last modified 05/03/13 14:32

Commencement exercises at the University of Michigan on May 4 included several undergraduate and graduate students who have worked at WDI as assistants or as summer interns.

Successful SHRNE Workshop Gives Attendees Useful Tools — by Dan Shine — last modified 05/01/13 09:32

Participants in WDI’s recent Strategic HR Network Europe (SHRNE) workshop in Prague called it “extremely useful” and “interactive and practical.”

Kennedy To Leave WDI Post — by Dan Shine — last modified 05/02/13 14:31

WDI Executive Director Robert Kennedy announced April 25 that he is leaving the Institute to become the new dean of the Ivey Business School at Western University in London, Ontario. His last day at WDI will be Aug. 31.

Case Competition Winners Participate In Google Hangout — by Dan Shine — last modified 04/24/13 16:00

NextBillion.net, the enterprise through development website managed by WDI, hosted a Google Hangout April 24 with several of the winning teams from the recent NextBillion Case Writing Competition.

London Joins Project Advisory Board — by Dan Shine — last modified 04/22/13 13:59

WDI Senior Fellow Ted London has accepted an advisory board appointment to the Sasakawa Peace Foundation “BoP Technology Innovation and Products Incubation” project.

Ross Associate Dean Leads WDI HR Workshop — by Dan Shine — last modified 04/18/13 16:41

Ross School of Business Associate Dean Kim Cameron will lead the upcoming WDI Strategic HR Network Europe (SHRNE) workshop in Prague on April 18-19.

WDI Consultant Returns To Pakistan Mission — by Dan Shine — last modified 04/16/13 12:11

For the second year in a row, WDI’s Development Consulting Services’ (DCS) Paul Sullivan will lead a three-day training workshop for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Pakistan Mission.

HR Program For Brazilian Execs Features UM Faculty — by Dan Shine — last modified 04/11/13 14:24

An upcoming WDI program in Miami for Brazilian HR executives will feature four University of Michigan (U-M) faculty, including Dave Ulrich, named the most influential person in HR the past three years by HR Magazine.

Teaching BoP Subject Of GlobaLens Webinar — by Dan Shine — last modified 04/10/13 13:58

GlobaLens, WDI’s case study publishing division, will host a free, hour-long webinar April 11 on how to teach base of the pyramid (BoP) strategies in the classroom.