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Greetings Colleagues,

I wanted to share with you a new resource from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a case writing opportunity from the William Davidson Institute:

Sustainable Finance Course Online Resource:

Gautam Kaul, the John C. and Sally S. Morley Professor of Finance at the Ross School of Business, and Moses Lee, Instructor and Associate at the William Davidson Institute, have created an online resource for faculty on Professor Kaul's course entitled, "Finance and the Sustainable Enterprise." The course is unique in that it looks at the issue of environmental and social sustainability through an economics and finance perspective. The course has already been taught five times at Michigan and has received rave reviews.  

The online resource will include access to teaching cases and notes, the course syllabus, commentary on class sessions, a community forum, and video (forthcoming).  Lee will work with Professor Kaul to keep a blog on the course and develop new knowledge pieces to further advance the field.

Professor Kaul has been at the Ross School of Business since 1984 and received his Ph.D in economics from the University of Chicago. He recently won the MBA Teaching Excellent Award at the Ross School of Business.  

Note: To access the website, go to: www.globalens.com/sustfin

NextBillion Case Writing Competition:

Acumen Fund, the William Davidson Institute, and the World Resources Institute have launched The Next: 2010 Case Writing Competition on NextBillion.net.

The purpose of this competition is to engage students and faculty all over the world in writing high-impact case studies with their professors on a social venture or relevant topic. Cases will be used to better inform the three organizations on their work.  Judges include Brian Trelstad, CIO of Acumen Fund,  Bob Kennedy, Executive Director of the William Davidson Institute, and Virginia Barreiro, Director of New Ventures at the World Resources Institute.  Winner receives $1,000, publication, and a signed copy of Jacqueline Novogratz's new book, The Blue Sweater. 

For more information, please visit: www.nextbillion.net/thenext.

If you have any question, please do not hesitate to email me.

-Moses Lee

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Moses K Lee
The William Davidson Institute
At the University of Michigan

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