Tag Archives: North Carolina

5 Ecosystem Issues Affecting Education Innovation in North Carolina

“Tension.” “Blended.” “Experimental.” These are the words our practitioners chose when asked to describe North Carolina’s education ecosystem at the recent Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference.  More importantly, these words quickly came to life as Darrell Alison ,  Dawn …

Working with Grameen America

This post was written by first year Duke MBA student Michael Ferguson. The Grameen Banking Model Comes to America For over thirty years, the Grameen Bank has earned worldwide acclaim for its service to the poor of Bangladesh.  Founder and …

Starting Up: Business Models for Social Impact

Dees and Clark’s next post on the Social Edge is live! The first set of posts will be focused on Start-Ups.  We often talk about Social Entrepreneurs’ passion, their stories and their unique ideas.  But what happens when they take …

CASE Goes Global: Dees in China

From our location in Durham, North Carolina, CASE has the best of both worlds. On a daily basis we get to engage with our local community – an incredibly active and vibrant group of social innovators.  The Research Triangle area …