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‘Means-Focused’ training more effective at identifying innovative opportunities

April 10, 2017SIRLab Team

A recent study undertaken by the SIRLab team in partnership with Canadian Feed the Children’s MILEAR project in northern Ethiopia suggests that a ‘Means-Focused’ approach is more effective than an ‘End-Focused’ approach to training rural entrepreneurs to identify more novel… Continue Reading →

Research Workshop at Goodwill Industries

August 6, 2016SIRLab Team
Goodwill Industries Workshop Visit

The 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), a five day conference of the largest network of business scholars, is currently taking place in Anaheim, California. Within the conference, there are a number of professional development workshops (PDWs),… Continue Reading →

Tanzania Workshop & New Projects!

August 3, 2016SIRLab Team
SIRLab Tanzania Kilimanjaro

Last week was a busy one for SIRLab! A group of 9 SIRLab scholars traveled to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to participate in a research and publication workshop at the University of Dar es Salaam Business School (UDBS), as well… Continue Reading →

Tanzania, Workshop

Update: ‘Flat’ Committees Going Well

May 5, 2016SIRLab Team
Soap Cooperative Ghana

To briefly summarize, this SIRLab project investigates whether hierarchical or flat governance structures lead to more sustainable use of shared assets and group buy-in among income generating cooperatives. (For more details on the research question and the two governance structures, check out our last… Continue Reading →

Ghana, Governance

Update: Peace Pledge Spillover

May 4, 2016SIRLab Team
Bajani Peace Pledge Poster

As a short recap of this project (our last update can be found here), a team of SIRLab researchers is partnering with the Canadian Cooperative Association and their implementing partner, SEND Ghana, to test two peace pledges for mitigating conflict… Continue Reading →

Conflict Management, Ghana, Regulatory Focus Theory

Tanzania Visit Recap

February 15, 2016SIRLab Team
UDBS SIRLab Scholar Partner

Last week, members of the SIRLab Team returned from Dar es Salaam, a trip that marked the beginning of research projects across Tanzania for 2016 and 2017. Specifically, the SIRLab Team met with several organizations addressing issues of poverty across the country,… Continue Reading →

Tanzania

Off to Tanzania & Kenya!

January 27, 2016SIRLab Team

SIRLab is excited to announce new research projects in Tanzania and Kenya for 2016! Members of the network will be traveling to Dar es Salaam, the Kilimanjaro Region, and Nairobi, over the next two weeks, to meet with 10 different… Continue Reading →

Kenya, Tanzania

Project Update: Peace Pledges in Action

January 12, 2016SIRLab Team
SIRLab Project Update for Peace Pledge Project in Ghana

Happy 2016 from the SIRLab team to all of you!   SIRLab’s project in Ghana involving the “peace pledges” has nearly reached all 80 communities identified by the partnering development organization and the data collection process is in the early… Continue Reading →

Conflict Management, Contracts, Ghana, Regulatory Focus Theory

Project Update: Governing Women’s Cooperatives

October 2, 2015SIRLab Team
Women's Cooperative Meeting in Ghana

What is the best way to both encourage involvement and efficiently govern a women’s cooperative? SIRLab is currently tackling this question through a pilot study in 46 communities across Ghana. One of our partnering development organizations is seeking to develop new… Continue Reading →

Collective Action Theory, Cooperatives, Ghana, Governance

Project Update: “Peace Pledges” Go Live!

October 2, 2015SIRLab Team
Community Meeting in Ghana

SIRLab is excited to announce that another project has moved to the implementation phase in 80 communities across Ghana! In this particular project, the partnering development organization is working to form producer cooperatives as a way to both generate economic… Continue Reading →

Conflict Management, Contracts, Ghana, Regulatory Focus Theory

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Welcome to SIRLab!

The Social Innovation Research Lab (SIRLab) is an international network of management scholars who are both leading experts in their respective fields, and who share a passion for market-based solutions to poverty alleviation. SIRLab works directly with both non-profit and for-profit organizations to help them design and pilot test potential solutions to their most pressing development challenges.

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  • ‘Means-Focused’ training more effective at identifying innovative opportunities April 10, 2017
  • Research Workshop at Goodwill Industries August 6, 2016
  • Tanzania Workshop & New Projects! August 3, 2016

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