Sowers Action was founded as a non-spiritual, non-political and not for profit charity in September 1992. Its main aim was to improve the level of education in remote areas of China by subsidizing poverty stricken pupils, assembling safe school premises and accentuating the qualifications of the teachers. The organization implement a trade model that led it in its startup period to a swift success. Seldom has a similar organization in Hong Kong grown at such a fast pace and to such a scale.
What distinguished Sowers Action from its peers and what were the major factors that drove its early accomplishment? This is a case about entrepreneurship and the general management, planning to introduce the theory of entrepreneurial processes, entrepreneurship and dynamics, and critical factors work together to lead to a successful start up phase. Additionally, it sheds light on direction and operation of social enterprises.
Sowers Action (A) The First Ten Yards case study solution
PUBLICATION DATE: August 18, 2009 PRODUCT #: HKU868-HCB-ENG
This is just an excerpt. This case is about LEADERSHIP & MANAGING PEOPLE
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