Philadelphia Green Economy Case Competition
Case Background
Over the last four decades, Philadelphia has lost over 400,000 manufacturing jobs. These quality jobs helped make Philadelphia a world-class city of neighborhoods and homeowners. Today, Philadelphia’s city government, the Sustainable Business Network, and leaders from all parts of the city are joining forces to develop a new sustainable economy based on green collar jobs that will help Philadelphia remain a great place to live and work. The Philadelphia Green Economy case competition will ask participants to develop strategies to grow triple bottom line businesses in Philadelphia, particularly related to access to capital. Cities nationwide have struggled to come up with creative solutions to providing capital to triple bottom line businesses that may not be appropriate for venture capital or other lending. The strategies developed by participating teams will be used by the Sustainable Business Network to support the work of the Funding subcommittee on the Philadelphia Green Economy Taskforce.
Case Guidelines
Teams of 2 to 6 participants, from undergraduate, graduate and professional backgrounds were invited to present their cases. Teams submitted their research and were asked to present at the 2008 Net Impact North America Conference.
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The top three to five teams were asked to give a ten-minute powerpoint presentation to our panel of judges on Saturday, November 15, 2008. The winning teams were announced on Saturday evening, November 15, 2008.
First Prize: $5,000.
Second Prize: $1,000.
Prizes sponsored by St. Joseph’s University and the Arrupe Center for Business Ethics.
For any questions regarding the case, please contact 2008NICaseComp@gmail.com.
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