- Second STRIDE Case Writing Workshop Begins
Second STRIDE Case Writing Workshop Begins
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Thirty five faculty members from around the Philippines gathered in Manila April 21 for the start of a three-day case writing workshop that is part of the STRIDE project. WDI case writing expert John Branch, professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, began the workshop by first… - Yadav Joins Biotech Supply Chain Advisory Board
Yadav Joins Biotech Supply Chain Advisory Board
Thursday, April 9, 2015
WDI Director of Healthcare Research Prashant Yadav was one of six people from academia and the biotech industry named to the board of advisors for the Bio Supply Management Alliance (BSMA), whose mission it is to advance a holistic end-to-end supply chain management for biotech. Yadav joins Jayant Aphale (Sarepta… - London Speaks At G20 Event In Turkey
London Speaks At G20 Event In Turkey
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
WDI Senior Fellow Ted London delivered a keynote address on April 8 at the G20-B20 Workshop on Inclusive Business in Ankara, Turkey. The workshop precedes the April 9-10 G20 Development Working Group (DWG) meeting, also in Ankara. London spoke to attendees from government, business, international organizations, and civil society groups… - NextBillion Case Competition Winners Announced
NextBillion Case Competition Winners Announced
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Two Yale University students have won the 2015 NextBillion Case Writing Competition for their business case that chronicled the mobile money startup venture MPESO in Nicaragua. Students Julian Chernyk and Rodrigo Cuestas followed the founder of MPESO, Haroldo Montealegre, as he pondered whether to expand his mobile money efforts in… - Yadav Talks About Healthcare Staffing In India
Yadav Talks About Healthcare Staffing In India
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
WDI Director of Healthcare Research Prashant Yadav was recently interviewed by the Economic Times in India, that country's largest circulation financial newspaper, about the shortage of skilled health care workers in India. In the article, Yadav said the shortage of workers is not a problem the country's on-the-job training efforts… - Winter 2015 Davidson Review Published
Winter 2015 Davidson Review Published
Monday, March 23, 2015
The winter 2015 issue of the Davidson Review, featuring a cover story on the Institute's entrepreneurship project in Jordan and the launch of the BoP Roadmap, is now ready to view online. The Review profiles five young Jordanians who have benefited from WDI’s work to build an entrepreneurial mindset at… - WDI Seminar In The Philippines Focuses On Career Services
WDI Seminar In The Philippines Focuses On Career Services
Monday, February 23, 2015
Development Consulting Services (DCS) Career Services experts Tom Devlin and Farouk Dey were recently deployed to Manila, Philippines to assist the Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP) in career center development and industry outreach. Dey and Devlin evaluated the current status of student career services and partnerships with business and… - New USAID Guide For Healthcare Innovations Unveiled
New USAID Guide For Healthcare Innovations Unveiled
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
WDI’s Healthcare Research Initiative hosted a special preview Jan. 28 of a new USAID guide and toolkit designed to help people develop, introduce and scale global health innovations. David Milestone of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact led the WDI seminar. The center developed, “IDEA… - London Sits Down For Q&A With Global Envision
London Sits Down For Q&A With Global Envision
Monday, January 26, 2015
WDI Senior Research Fellow Ted London recently sat down for a question and answer session with the blog site Global Envision to talk about the base of the pyramid and WDI's recently-released BoP Roadmap. You can read the Q&A session with London here. To learn more about the BoP Roadmap,… - Philippines Case Collection Debuts On GlobaLens
Philippines Case Collection Debuts On GlobaLens
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Following a successful Development Consulting Services (DCS) workshop in the Philippines and editorial assistance from GlobaLens case writers, the William Davidson Institute (WDI) is proud to announce the publication of the Philippines Case Collection on the GlobaLens website. The cases are some of the first to be written by Filipino…