Category Archives: Global Perspective

Motorcycles, Africa and Healthcare

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Erin Worsham

This post was written by Nicole Hawkins, a rising second year student at Fuqua and a CASE Fellow. What do motorcycles, Africa and healthcare have in common?  The 2013 CASE Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI) Award winners, Riders for Health! Riders … Continue reading →

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2013 ESI Award: Riders for Health

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Erin Worsham

CASE is proud to announce the winner of our 2012 Enterprising Social Innovation Award: Riders for Health! Riders for Health is an international social enterprise that manages and maintains vehicles for health-focused partners in sub-Saharan Africa which enables health workers … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke!

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Erin Worsham

We are excited to officially announce that Duke has been awarded $10M by the US Agency for International Development to launch the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke! This award is part of a new initiative of USAID, the Higher Education … Continue reading →

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Duke MBAs Consulting in Developing Economies

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Erin Worsham

We recently completed another exciting year of CASE’s Global Consulting Practicum in Social Entrepreneurship (GCP). The GCP is a field study course in which teams of Duke MBA students complete projects with social enterprises serving base-of-the-pyramid markets in developing economies. … Continue reading →

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KickStarting the End of Poverty

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Erin Worsham

This post was written by first year MBA student and CASE Fellow Greg Payne. Greg reflects on a recent visit from Martin Fisher, Co-Founder and CEO of KickStart International. CASE was honored to recently host Martin at Fuqua and award … Continue reading →

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2012 Award Winner!

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Erin Worsham

CASE is proud to announce the winner of our 2012 Enterprising Social Innovation Award: KickStart International!KickStart develops and promotes technologies that can be used by entrepreneurs to establish and run profitable small scale enterprises and help families improve their economic … Continue reading →

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The Gift of Shelter

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Erin Worsham

This blog was written by CASE Fellow Beth Bafford.  She was joined on the trip by CASE Fellow (and frequent CASE blogger) Dan Baum, CASE Scholar Meredith Driscoll, and other CASE enthusiasts. Over winter break, I had the great honor … Continue reading →

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Chinese Growth Not Just For Private Sector

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Erin Worsham

This post was written by Ben Thomas who is pursuing a joint MBA/MPP degree at Duke. With Shanghai’s dazzling skyline and acres of LED lights, its hum of commerce and activity, and its myriad manifestations of wealth and modernity, it’s … Continue reading →

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Social Impact as Competitive Advantage in China

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Erin Worsham

This post was written by Dan Baum, a rising second year at Fuqua and a CASE Fellow. Immediately after wrapping up my first year at Fuqua, I went with about 30 of my classmates on a Global Academic Travel Experience … Continue reading →

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Learning the Power of “And”

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Erin Worsham

This post was written by first year MBA student Dan Baum, a CASE Fellow and Co-President of Fuqua’s Net Impact Club.  Before coming to Fuqua, Dan worked at The Redwoods Group (a North Carolina based B Corporation). The word “and” … Continue reading →

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