Rlabs : empowering unlikely innovators / Fran?ois Bonnici, Lameez Alexander, Marc Low.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonnici, Fran?ois, author.

Alexander, Lameez, author.

Low, Marc, author.

Series:

SAGE Knowledge. Cases.

SAGE Knowledge. Cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social responsibility of business--South Africa.

Social responsibility of business.

Rehabilitation centers--South Africa.

Rehabilitation centers.

Reconstructed Living Labs.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London : Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Reconstructed Living Labs (RLabs) is a non-profit social entrepreneurship venture based in Bridgetown, South Africa. It uses technology as a means to rehabilitate and educate community members - often recovering drug addicts, ex-gang members, and single mothers - and help set them on a path towards social re-integration. The case examines the operational, strategic and cultural choices which enabled RLabs to create and sustain a significant amount of innovation within an economically and socially disadvantaged community.Since its inception in 2007, RLabs has experienced rapid growth and expansion. Much of RLabs' growth has occurred organically in the absence of a definitive strategic plan. In 2013, the founder Marlon Parker was trying to decide how best to ensure sustainable growth without placing further strain on RLabs' limited financial and human resources.

Notes:

Originally published in Bonnici, F. Alexander, L. & Low, M. (2017). RLabs: Empowering unlikely innovators. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.

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ISBN:

9781526444998

OCLC:

1023546232

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