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Rounded Rectangle: Philosophy

Rounded Rectangle: Partners

Rounded Rectangle: Publications Who we are: We are a group of professors who are dedicated to improving the lives of the very poor by bringing modern management methods/practices to NGOs and micro-entrepreneurs themselves. Our experience and research provides a knowledge base in a number of areas including: strategic management, supply-chain/operations management, organization behavior, and management information systems.

Jerry Gosen David Munro  Sameer Prasad Jasmine Tata
strategic management management information systems supply-chain/operations management organization behavior

Our philosophy:  At this juncture in our careers' we are devoting our energies and ideas to the betterment of the least fortunate.  As management professor we have been able to support corporations in improving their internal efficiencies and overall profitability by providing an up to date management methods. We believe that such methods can be used effectively to help support organizations run more effectively and even help struggling entrepreneurs grow and thrive.

Faculty Projects: 

Disaster relief, recovery and reconstruction Micro-entrepreneur  supply chain Training program

Student projects: 

Poverty and disaster  presentation following by a demonstration excel based decision support system and how to use it. Information systems for disaster relief

Publications: (copies available upon request).

    Strategic Planning for International Disaster Relief Logistics

    Micro-enterprise Operations

    Micro-Credit Programs, Social Capital, and Micro-Business Performance

    A Lean Diet for Small Manufactures

    Social capital, Collaborative Exchange and Microenterprise Performance: the Role of Gender

    Creating Comparative Advantage for Micro-Enterprises through E-Governance

Partners: We have been fortunate to work with a diverse set of organizations including:

    NGOs: India Development Services, Working Womens' Forum,

    International agency: World Bank

    Academic Centers: BHU, Gannon Center & GBRC.

Contact information:

Sameer Prasad, Project Coordinator

Management Department, 800 West Main Street, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Whitewater, WI 53190, USA.

Fax: 1-262-472-4863.

Email: prasads@uww.edu (please put micro in the header of the email).