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• The Business of Biowaste: Developing a Profitable Model for Off-grid Energy

  The Business of Biowaste: Developing a Profitable Model for Off-grid Energy

  Wednesday, March 31, 2021

  U-Michigan Prof Jose Alfaro has pioneered new ways to harness sustainable energy from "biowaste." Alfaro is rolling it out as a new business that will serve other small businesses such as farming cooperatives, with the help of the WDI.
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• Student Perspective: Pioneering Investments in India

  Student Perspective: Pioneering Investments in India

  Thursday, January 28, 2021

  Lawrence Chen, a former Davidson Field Scholar who earned his MBA from the Ross Business School at the University of Michigan in 2020, shares his experiences developing the International Investment Fund (IIF). In this blog, he explains how he and fellow students evaluated India-based businesses for investment.
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• WDI Leads Research in Gender Equity Impact Investment Effort

  WDI Leads Research in Gender Equity Impact Investment Effort

  Wednesday, December 16, 2020

  WDI's Performance Measurement & Improvement team is leading the research for the Gender-Smart Enterprise Assistance Research Coalition (G-SEARCh) which includes six impact investors. The group came together with a shared goal of supporting small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets to incorporate gender across their respective business models.
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• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Global Case Writing Competition Launches

  Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Global Case Writing Competition Launches

  Thursday, October 29, 2020

  WDI Publishing and the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, and its Sanger Leadership Center are joining together to address this important movement by launching the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Global Case Writing Competition.
  
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