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Winning student start-ups target iPhone users and expectant moms
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One company puts safe hair care products in the hands of pregnant women. Another company lets iPhone users exchange information with each other through a simple fist bump. Founded by Chicago Booth students, each start-up won a $25,000 first prize in the largest Edward L. Kaplan, New Venture Challenge to date after the final competition at Harper Center.

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Africa and China depend on each other
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South Africa, the rest of Africa and China are depend on each other, says China expert at USB South Africa. The rest of Africa’s economies are dependent on that of China, while this Asian powerhouse is dependent on the supply of commodities from the continent both now and in the future.

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Social entrepreneurship an option in tough times

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How can social entrepreneurs build a sustainable business that will benefit the poor? Dr Elbé Coetzee and her son Will, a final year MBA student at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB), embarked on social entrepreneurship to grow a family business, Mogalakwena Craft Art (MCA), into a sustainable business over a period of 15 years.

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Shift your values in order to reach your business goals
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High performance organisation requires a value shift from an old economy with negative patterns of leadership to positive leadership and high performance cultures. This, according to Christo Nel, director of The Village of Leadership Consultancy and senior lecturer extraordinaire at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB).

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Coaching intervention boosts Toyota Malawi operations
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In a bid to deliver value-for-money cars to the market, Toyota famously designed the world-celebrated Lean manufacturing principles. Now, to stave off the effects of the economic recession, Toyota Tsusho Africa’s Automotive division has adopted integral coaching techniques to enhance company leadership.

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