Tag: Business and Society
Exploring business with a social conscience
Through academic research, rich programming, and a focus on increasing prosperity where markets are ineffective, SE@G is making an impact. Wesley Longhofer, assistant professor...
Goizueta gives boost to women coffee growers
When you brew your morning coffee, chances are those beans passed through the hands of a number of women before they reached your cup....
Panel highlights firm’s business, social mission
Mergers happen all the time, but rarely are they as notable as when Atlanta’s First Step Staffing acquired LGS Staffing in December 2015. At...
Partners, including Goizueta work to fight diet-related disease
A cross-functional, intra-organizational team made up of Emory faculty, staff and students, a local grocery chain, and a health care clinic has received an award of $25,000 from General Electric to fight diet-related disease.
Accelerator program seeks entrepreneurs for 2017 program
Now through Nov. 14, The Start:Micro-Entrepreneur Accelerator Program (Start:ME) will recruit promising entrepreneurs in and around Clarkston and East Lake for its 2017 programs....
Goizueta adds more key thought leaders
In recent years, under faculty leadership, Goizueta has undertaken wholesale curriculum updates designed to provide more industry-specific and contemporary coursework. Meet some of the new -- and very well-connected -- faculty in the classroom.
Female coffee farmers earn less than men despite comparable quality
Data tracked by Social Enterprise @ Goizueta's Transparent Trade Coffee initiative shows some interesting insights between male and female growers.
SE@G releases update to specialty coffee index
The Specialty Coffee Retail Price Index (SCRPI)* is being developed by researchers at Social Enterprise @ Goizueta to track the retail specialty coffee prices.
Accelerators bring growth to entrepreneurs
Today’s entrepreneurs are constantly required to find new ways to stay competitive. Many business owners turn to accelerator programs designed to stimulate rapid growth...
Start:ME Accelerator announces financial awards to local entrepreneurs
ATLANTA – Social Enterprise @ Goizueta (SE@G) at Emory University teamed with Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE), East Lake Foundation and Friends of Refugees...
Emory Impact Investing Group gains momentum
A passionate band of Emory students is changing Atlanta, one small business loan at a time.
Nineteen students, from Goizueta and everywhere else on campus,...
Social Enterprise takes it to the farm
Social Enterprise @ Goizueta (SE@G) hosted specialty coffee growers from around the world and local farmers from Georgia for an evening of excellent food and drinks and once-in-a-lifetime conversations on farmer prosperity April 12 at Love is Love Farm at Gaia Gardens.
