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Learn more Published Research Social Entrepreneurship New Case - Takeout 25: A Community-Driven Entrepreneurial Initiative in Oak Park, Illinois Authors: Bala Mulloth, Ariel Watt In this case, Batten Assistant Professor Bala Mulloth and MPP student Ariel Watt study the growth, evolution, and innovation of Takeout 25, a socially minded initiative that helped revitalize Oak Park’s restaurant industry and local economy in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The brainchild of Ravi Parakkat, an Oak Park citizen and village trustee, Takeout 25’s mission was to orchestrate a movement championing the need for financially viable, community-oriented solutions to keep residents safe while allowing restaurants to prosper. Learn more Published Research Social Entrepreneurship New Case - Culinary Concepts AB and the Employment Crisis in Food and Beverage in Charlottesville Authors: Bala Mulloth, Antwon Brinson Antwon Brinson believes in the power of culinary arts to bring about systemic social change. This case study addresses how Antwon’s social venture, Culinary Concepts AB (CCAB), approached the employment crisis felt throughout the food and beverage industry, by teaching life skills through culinary arts. Learn more Published Research Education New Case - ReadWrite Digital: Improving Student Outcomes Through Educational Innovation Authors: Bala Mulloth, William Carden, Elizabeth Carden ReadWrite Digital is an education technology startup that offers software to K–12 schools in the United States to provide education analytics and personalized education planning. Founded in 2012 by Rob Simms, the current President and CTO, ReadWrite Digital built, developed, and launched two unique products, Integrator and Analytics, providing an end-to-end solution for data collection from disparate systems creating rich analytics for student performance in one place. Learn more Published Research Social Entrepreneurship New Case - RVA Works: Empowering Entrepreneurs for Big Change Authors: Bala Mulloth, Dale Fickett RVA Works (a shortening of Richmond, Virginia Works) is a public charity, which has demonstrated superior efficacy in educational programming for entrepreneurship. Since 2014, their work has primarily focused on providing pathways to business ownership for ethnic minorities, women, and lower-income people. Learn more Published Research Social Entrepreneurship Exploring Social Business Pathways: Green Map System as a Case in Point Authors: Bala Mulloth Social entrepreneurship holds promise as a way for organizations to create value for both individuals and communities. The objective of this paper is to observe and analyze the ways Green Map System, a not-for-profit social venture, supports sustainable community development and local leadership by sharing tools, icons, and technology for mapping eco-sites around the world. The role of technology and digital networks, as well as the impact of global linkages, is also observed and emphasized. Learn more Published Research Defense Technological Innovation: Issues and Challenges in an Era of Converging Technologies Authors: Bharat Rao, Adam Jay Harrison, Bala Mulloth Bala Mulloth and co-authors Bharat Rao and Adam Jay Harrison explore defense technological innovation in this new release in the New Horizons Innovation Management series. Learn more Published Research National Security Innovation Tradecraft: Sustaining Technological Advantage in the Future Army Authors: Bala Mulloth, Adam Jay Harrison, Bharat Rao For more than three years, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has been improving how it innovates in the face of rapid technological change. Dozens of departmental, service, and agency initiatives have emerged to address different aspects of the innovation problem. Learn more Published Research Social Entrepreneurship Charlottesville Works: Harnessing Social Networks to Promote Employment and Fight Poverty Authors: Bala Mulloth, Stefano Rumi Ridge Schuyler believed that social networks were a unique and innovative way to fight poverty through sustainable employment opportunities. This case study describes how Ridge scaled up Charlottesville Works locally around a formalized social network model that connects unemployed individuals living under the federal poverty line to promising jobs through word-of-mouth, at little cost. Learn more Published Research Social Entrepreneurship iThrive Games: Championing Responsible Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in Games Authors: Bala Mulloth, Susan E. Rivers This case aims to study the growth, evolution, and social innovation of iThrive Games, a socially minded initiative that aims to create meaningful opportunities using technology for teens to enhance the knowledge, mindsets, and skills they need to thrive through development and across the continuum of mental disorder to wellness. iThrive’s focus has been on creating “meaningful games” that is, games that promote health and well-being of teen players. Learn more Published Research Social Entrepreneurship The University of Virginia Pay-for-Success Lab: Jump-Starting University-Based Pay-for-Success Research Labs Authors: Bala Mulloth, Stefano Rumi This case study gives an overview of the creation of the Pay-for-Success (PFS) Lab at the University of Virginia (UVA). It promotes discussion of how other university institutions can scale up their own research labs with a limited budget, and also introduces students to the PFS concept and the role university research institutions can play in the social impact process. Learn more Published Research Revitalizing the Yamuna River: Social Entrepreneurship Approaches Authors: Bala Mulloth, Bharat Rao New Delhi, India’s capital city, with a population of almost twenty-two million faces a daunting challenge: Its sacred river, the Yamuna, is one of the most polluted in the world. In fact, within the city limits, the Yamuna is primarily constituted by treated and untreated sewage and other toxic effluents. The water is rendered “dead” with zero oxygen, thus posing serious health hazards to the citizens of New Delhi. Might there be a way to cleanup and revitalize the river plain using social entrepreneurial approaches? Learn more Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page Next ›
Published Research Rebecca’s Natural Food: Sparking Small Business and Local Community Involvement in Charlottesville Authors: Bala Mulloth This case study analyzes the growth, evolution, and innovation of Rebecca’s Natural Food, a socially minded grocer that provides locally sourced, sustainable, and healthy products for the public. Founded in 1987 by Norman Dill, the organization’s mission was to orchestrate a movement championing the need for healthy, sustainable, anti-hormone, fresh local food. Learn more
Published Research Social Entrepreneurship New Case - Takeout 25: A Community-Driven Entrepreneurial Initiative in Oak Park, Illinois Authors: Bala Mulloth, Ariel Watt In this case, Batten Assistant Professor Bala Mulloth and MPP student Ariel Watt study the growth, evolution, and innovation of Takeout 25, a socially minded initiative that helped revitalize Oak Park’s restaurant industry and local economy in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The brainchild of Ravi Parakkat, an Oak Park citizen and village trustee, Takeout 25’s mission was to orchestrate a movement championing the need for financially viable, community-oriented solutions to keep residents safe while allowing restaurants to prosper. Learn more
Published Research Social Entrepreneurship New Case - Culinary Concepts AB and the Employment Crisis in Food and Beverage in Charlottesville Authors: Bala Mulloth, Antwon Brinson Antwon Brinson believes in the power of culinary arts to bring about systemic social change. This case study addresses how Antwon’s social venture, Culinary Concepts AB (CCAB), approached the employment crisis felt throughout the food and beverage industry, by teaching life skills through culinary arts. Learn more
Published Research Education New Case - ReadWrite Digital: Improving Student Outcomes Through Educational Innovation Authors: Bala Mulloth, William Carden, Elizabeth Carden ReadWrite Digital is an education technology startup that offers software to K–12 schools in the United States to provide education analytics and personalized education planning. Founded in 2012 by Rob Simms, the current President and CTO, ReadWrite Digital built, developed, and launched two unique products, Integrator and Analytics, providing an end-to-end solution for data collection from disparate systems creating rich analytics for student performance in one place. Learn more
Published Research Social Entrepreneurship New Case - RVA Works: Empowering Entrepreneurs for Big Change Authors: Bala Mulloth, Dale Fickett RVA Works (a shortening of Richmond, Virginia Works) is a public charity, which has demonstrated superior efficacy in educational programming for entrepreneurship. Since 2014, their work has primarily focused on providing pathways to business ownership for ethnic minorities, women, and lower-income people. Learn more
Published Research Social Entrepreneurship Exploring Social Business Pathways: Green Map System as a Case in Point Authors: Bala Mulloth Social entrepreneurship holds promise as a way for organizations to create value for both individuals and communities. The objective of this paper is to observe and analyze the ways Green Map System, a not-for-profit social venture, supports sustainable community development and local leadership by sharing tools, icons, and technology for mapping eco-sites around the world. The role of technology and digital networks, as well as the impact of global linkages, is also observed and emphasized. Learn more
Published Research Defense Technological Innovation: Issues and Challenges in an Era of Converging Technologies Authors: Bharat Rao, Adam Jay Harrison, Bala Mulloth Bala Mulloth and co-authors Bharat Rao and Adam Jay Harrison explore defense technological innovation in this new release in the New Horizons Innovation Management series. Learn more
Published Research National Security Innovation Tradecraft: Sustaining Technological Advantage in the Future Army Authors: Bala Mulloth, Adam Jay Harrison, Bharat Rao For more than three years, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has been improving how it innovates in the face of rapid technological change. Dozens of departmental, service, and agency initiatives have emerged to address different aspects of the innovation problem. Learn more
Published Research Social Entrepreneurship Charlottesville Works: Harnessing Social Networks to Promote Employment and Fight Poverty Authors: Bala Mulloth, Stefano Rumi Ridge Schuyler believed that social networks were a unique and innovative way to fight poverty through sustainable employment opportunities. This case study describes how Ridge scaled up Charlottesville Works locally around a formalized social network model that connects unemployed individuals living under the federal poverty line to promising jobs through word-of-mouth, at little cost. Learn more
Published Research Social Entrepreneurship iThrive Games: Championing Responsible Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in Games Authors: Bala Mulloth, Susan E. Rivers This case aims to study the growth, evolution, and social innovation of iThrive Games, a socially minded initiative that aims to create meaningful opportunities using technology for teens to enhance the knowledge, mindsets, and skills they need to thrive through development and across the continuum of mental disorder to wellness. iThrive’s focus has been on creating “meaningful games” that is, games that promote health and well-being of teen players. Learn more
Published Research Social Entrepreneurship The University of Virginia Pay-for-Success Lab: Jump-Starting University-Based Pay-for-Success Research Labs Authors: Bala Mulloth, Stefano Rumi This case study gives an overview of the creation of the Pay-for-Success (PFS) Lab at the University of Virginia (UVA). It promotes discussion of how other university institutions can scale up their own research labs with a limited budget, and also introduces students to the PFS concept and the role university research institutions can play in the social impact process. Learn more
Published Research Revitalizing the Yamuna River: Social Entrepreneurship Approaches Authors: Bala Mulloth, Bharat Rao New Delhi, India’s capital city, with a population of almost twenty-two million faces a daunting challenge: Its sacred river, the Yamuna, is one of the most polluted in the world. In fact, within the city limits, the Yamuna is primarily constituted by treated and untreated sewage and other toxic effluents. The water is rendered “dead” with zero oxygen, thus posing serious health hazards to the citizens of New Delhi. Might there be a way to cleanup and revitalize the river plain using social entrepreneurial approaches? Learn more