Jake S. Tate, State Farm’s national liaison for state regulatory affairs, confronts the company’s challenges in California’s volatile insurance market. State Farm must determine whether additional rate increases will be…
This case examines the sustainability challenges facing Microsoft as it scales its AI-driven operations, focusing on the tensions between business growth and environmental responsibility. The company’s fictional vice president of…
This conceptual note defines the concept of energy justice and discusses the idea in the context of energy burden and energy insecurity, transportation, residential and utility-scale renewable development, energy sacrifice…
Co-founded by Jesse and Emily Cole, the Savannah Bananas delighted fans with their unique brand of baseball. The barnstorming team delivered its high-octane entertainment in sold-out ballparks across the country,…
First Place Winner in the 2026 Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets Global Case Writing Competition.
Founded in New Delhi in 2013, Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters grew from a home-kitchen roasting experiment…
Third Place Winner in the 2026 Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets Global Case Writing Competition.
Riders for Health, an organization active in several African nations, aims to systematically bridge the transportation…
Second Place Winner in the 2026 Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets Global Case Writing Competition.
Thailand faced a pressing challenge: Each year, after serving their terms, 200,000 people were released from…
This case explores the debate over which sustainability philosophy should drive a corporation’s strategy: circular economy, green growth, or degrowth. The case uses IKEA and its enormously successful “fast furniture”…
In 2019, Nike and other brands were accused by the media, human rights advocates and organizations, and members of the U.S. government of potentially having supply chain ties to human…
Whether you are constructing a new building, installing a new computer, or introducing a new product to the market, you are using project management strategies to get from A to…
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Professor of Technology and Operations, University of Michigan's Ross School of Business
Hyun-soo Ahn's research has been funded by multiple government and private agencies, including the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. He has received multiple research awards at Ross, including the 2019 Ross Researcher of the Year award.
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Entrepreneurship Unleashed : Winners of 2026 Global Case Writing Competition
09/23/2026
Authors submitted a competition record of 57 final cases, beating the previous high of 52. A total of 109 authors representing 24 countries participated, also breaking past records.
The WDI Board of Directors has named Jagadeesh Sivadasan, professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business, to succeed Wendy Taylor, who recently announced her departure, as interim President.
Moving Forward in a Post-USAID World: Why Women Must Be at the Center of Financial Inclusion
05/19/2026
The post-USAID era is being shaped in real time, with profound implications for the ongoing progress toward gender equality in financial inclusion and other global development priorities.
