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Education Entrepreneurship: Not So Easy ...

Singhal, Divya

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Education Entrepreneurship: Not So Easy (A)

Singhal, Divya

OB-1147 | Published February 28, 2010 | 4 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

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This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values. An entrepreneur deals with various forms of corruption over his ten year journey to open a business school. Many of the issues relate to the exploitation of political clout and bribery as he tries to secure land and obtain accreditation for the school. He tries to use networks to influence the outcome and is successful to a degree but finally resorts to a much more extreme solution. Deals with issues of bribery, political clout, power & influence, social entrepreneurship, utilizing networks, innovative solutions and ethics. The case works well in social entrepreneurship, strategy, organizational behavior, leadership, and non-profit management courses, as well as in stand-alone workshops.