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IPSS addresses faculty at University of Oregon. October 2008. Profs. Christian Seelos and Johanna Mair presented their research on "Innovative business models in the context of deep poverty" to faculty members from a number of different departments at the University of Oregon. Seelos and Mair followed an invitation from the faculty of the Lundquist College of Business, Mike Russo, Lundquist Professor of Sustainable Management and Head of Department of Management and Alan Meyer, Thomas C. Stewart Distinguished Professor. The seminar took place in the new Lillis Business Complex, which houses the second-largest photo-voltaic array in the State of Oregon and is recognized as the most environmentally friendly business school facility in the country.

IPSS seminars in Colombia. September 2008. IPSS Director Christian Seelos presented his research on innovative approaches to regional development to executives in Caragena and Bogota, Colombia. He was invited by INALDE Business School of the Universidad de la Sabana to share his insights with leading executives of the major Colombian companies as well as with senior staff from the public sector.

IPSS at the first pan-Canadian PhD Sustainability Academy. September 2008. The Richard Ivey School of Business, in London and Ontario, Canada, hosted the first pan-Canadian PhD Sustainability Academy. The Academy brings together world-class academics and senior business leaders who are pushing the frontiers of sustainability practice to create a high impact forum for developing tomorrow’s thought leaders. The PhD Sustainability Academy seeks to promote high-impact scholarship in sustainability, with a focus on multidisciplinary thinking and practice. The doctoral academy featured three distinguished guest academics - Dirk Matten (Schulich School of Business, York University), Andy Hoffman (Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the School of Natural Resources & Environment, University of Michigan) and Christian Seelos (IESE, University of Navarra). More information

Prof. Christian Seelos speaks about his Gold Prize winning paper: Corporate Strategy and Market Creation in Context of Deep Poverty.
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> Hope for sustainable development: How social entrepreneurs make it happen.
Seelos, Ch. and Mair, J.

> The unfinished business of economic development: Wanted - new solutions. 
Seelos, Ch. 

> Social entrepreneurship: Seeing institutional voids as spaces of opportunity.
Mair, J., Martí, I. and Ganly, K.

> Entrepreneurship for social impact: Encouraging market access in rural Bangladesh.
Mair, J. and Martí, I.

> How social entrepreneurs enable human, social, and economic development.
Seelos, C.; Mair, J.

> Profitable business models and market creation in the context of deep poverty: A strategic view.
Seelos, C.; Mair, J.

> The Sekem initiative: A holistic vision to develop people.
Mair, J; Seelos, C.