Ross School of Business

The Ross School of Business mission is to build a better world through business. Through thought and action, members of the Ross community drive change and innovation that improves business and society.

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New Human Capability Framework Offers Groundbreaking Approach to Creating Value Through HR

Ross School of Business management expert Dave Ulrich and his colleagues have developed a game-changing approach to human resources that focuses on achieving results for all stakeholders of an organization.

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Avoiding Discriminatory Information Improves Personnel Decisions, New Research Finds

New Ross School of Business research concludes that not using information about a person’s race or gender can result in more accurate hiring decisions on hiring.

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The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan is a diverse learning community grounded in the principle that business can be an extraordinary vehicle for positive change in today’s dynamic global economy. The Ross School of Business mission is to build a better world through business. Through thought and action, members of the Ross community drive change and innovation that improves business and society.

Michigan Ross is consistently ranked among the world’s leading business schools. Academic degree programs include the Bachelor of Business Administration, Full-Time MBA, Part-Time MBA (Online and Weekend formats), Executive MBA, Global MBA, Master of Accounting, Master of Business Analytics, Master of Management, Master of Supply Chain Management, and PhD. In addition, the school delivers programs for individuals and custom executive education programs targeting general management, leadership development, and strategic human resource management. For more information, visit MichiganRoss.umich.edu.

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Unilever Ethiopia’s Shakti Initiative: Building a Rural Sales Channel
In 2017, Tim Kleinebenne, managing director of Unilever Ethiopia, and Buks Akinseye, senior global sustainability manager in Unilever’s Rotterdam headquarters, had collaborated to develop and launch a Shakti initiative, creating…
Publication Date: 04/20/2022 Product ID: 2-870-142
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When is Pricing Unethical? Pharmaceuticals, Rideshares, Soft Drinks, and Travel
This case provides many different examples of pricing with ethical concerns that are spread across two common pricing contexts—value pricing and dynamic pricing. The examples include pharmaceutical pricing, ridesharing, dynamically…
Publication Date: 04/19/2022 Product ID: 4-367-485
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Michigan Academy for Developing Entrepreneurs: A Profile of a Student-run Consulting and Training Organization
It is now standard for business schools to include action-based learning projects—projects that address live problems of companies—in their core offering. As this trend continues, it creates unusual opportunities to…
Publication Date: 03/09/2022 Product ID: 7-714-321
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Using Influence Strategies to Promote Gender Equality
This case study focuses on how Ruth Bader Ginsburg (“RBG”)—when she was a professor and attorney early in her career, before becoming an appellate judge and Supreme Court Justice—used influence…
Publication Date: 02/22/2022 Product ID: 7-866-854
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Increasing COVID-19 Testing Capability through Pooled Testing
One of the most significant challenges in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States was the shortage of test capability. At the beginning of April 2020, fewer than 200,000…
Publication Date: 08/10/2021 Product ID: 6-671-361
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SkySpecs: A New Horizon for Wind Energy
SkySpecs is a company that helps the wind energy industry optimize performance of wind farms to improve productivity and efficiency and minimize downtime. It has developed a proprietary drone system…
Publication Date: 07/15/2021 Product ID: 1-816-287
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Eye in the Sky: A Study of the Commercial Drone Ecosystem
With military drones on one end of the spectrum and consumer drones on the other, a sector is evolving in the middle as drones are increasingly adopted for commercial use.…
Publication Date: 06/17/2021 Product ID: 4-585-136
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Distribution of a COVID Vaccine: Whose Interests Take Priority?
Late in 2020, ImmunVX, a fictional, multinational vaccine company, was among the leaders in developing a vaccine against the COVID-19 virus. It had accepted several government grants to help with…
Publication Date: 01/11/2021 Product ID: 5-975-263
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Investing in Leveraging Technology to Provide High-Quality K-12 Education Access
In late 2011, the Social Venture Fund (SVF) at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business issued a call for social enterprise business plans. It received one from LearnZillion,…
Publication Date: 11/25/2020 Product ID: 3-795-586
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Assessing the Social and Financial Impact of an Investment
In 2011, a due diligence team, made up of members of the Social Venture Fund (SVF) at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, had completed its assessment of…
Publication Date: 11/25/2020 Product ID: 1-383-543
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