- How Businesses Can Support Refugee Food Entrepreneurship
How Businesses Can Support Refugee Food Entrepreneurship
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Note: This article was originally published in Business Fights Poverty. By Kristin Babbie Kelterborn and Amy Gillett at WDI, and Johanna Mendelson Forman, The Stimson Center The global refugee population is at the highest level on record and there is no sign of the crisis abating. The most common private… - WDI Speaker: ‘Come For the Food, Stay for the People’
WDI Speaker: ‘Come For the Food, Stay for the People’
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Culinary-focused travel has become a hot trend within the tourism sector in recent years. Tourists increasingly prefer to let their taste buds decide how and where they travel. For cities and countries looking to market themselves, culinary tourism has become an essential and powerful branding element. But can this kind… - Perspective: Firms Adopting ‘Lean’ Research Can Expect Wide Impacts
Perspective: Firms Adopting ‘Lean’ Research Can Expect Wide Impacts
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
WDI has teamed up with MIT D-Lab on a new case study By Rebecca Baylor For over 10 years, the Performance Measurement and Improvement (PMI) team at the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan has been using robust monitoring and evaluation approaches to measure results and generate… - Entrepreneurship Leader Featured as Next Global Impact Speaker
Entrepreneurship Leader Featured as Next Global Impact Speaker
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Juan Carlos Thomas, Director of Entrepreneurship at TechnoServe, a nonprofit organization focused on harnessing the power of the private sector to help people lift themselves out of poverty, will be the next WDI Global Impact Speaker. TechnoServe was recently rated the No. 1 nonprofit for reducing poverty by ImpactMatters.… - WDI Faculty Affiliate Driven to Strengthen Entrepreneurship Ed.
WDI Faculty Affiliate Driven to Strengthen Entrepreneurship Ed.
Monday, January 20, 2020
Julie Felker is a WDI faculty affiliate and senior consultant. She has worked with WDI in Papua New Guinea to assess entrepreneurship education at four universities in order to understand their needs and priorities in the context of local economic conditions. - Perspective: Is Vertical Integration Good or Bad for Off-Grid Energy Access?
Perspective: Is Vertical Integration Good or Bad for Off-Grid Energy Access?
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
By Paul Clyde and Colm Fay Pay as you go (PAYG) off-grid energy access business models are often vertically integrated, in that they include elements of manufacturing, distribution, consumer financing, payment collection and after-sales service. A topic of some debate within the PAYG sector is whether unbundling these business models,… - WDI’s 2019 Year In Review
WDI’s 2019 Year In Review
Friday, December 20, 2019
WDI collaborated with global partners and faculty and students from across the U-M campus on dozens of projects around the world. Read our 2019 Year in Review. - Q&A: Faculty Affiliate Looks for Real World Applications
Q&A: Faculty Affiliate Looks for Real World Applications
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
WDI Research Fellow Andy Grogan-Kaylor sits down for a Q&A on his work and why he likes collaborating with WDI's PMI team. - In Photos and Words: Refugee Food Entrepreneurs in Turkey
In Photos and Words: Refugee Food Entrepreneurs in Turkey
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
There are currently about 26 million refugees globally, the highest number on record. Turkey hosts more refugees than any country in the world, including 3.6 million Syrian refugees. Like refugees in other countries, Syrians in Turkey must find work in order to support themselves and their families in a new… - WDI Debuts Unique Cross-Cultural Course
WDI Debuts Unique Cross-Cultural Course
Friday, November 15, 2019
Virtual Exchange Class Pairs U-M Students with Peers in three Middle East Countries Cross-cultural relationships in business can be challenging, but students adept at navigating them are far more likely to excel in business— not to mention a host of other global professions and fields. A unique course, offered at…
