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Grains for good : choosing between two business models / Elizabeth A. McCrea, Gladys M. Torres-Baumgarten.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCrea, Elizabeth A., author.
- Torres-Baumgarten, Gladys, author.
- Series:
- SAGE Business Cases.
- SAGE Business Cases
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Community Foodbank of New Jersey--Case studies.
- Community Foodbank of New Jersey.
- Food banks--Management--Case studies.
- Food banks.
- Nonprofit organizations--Management--Case studies.
- Nonprofit organizations.
- Social entrepreneurship--Case studies.
- Social entrepreneurship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Grains for Good
- Place of Publication:
- London : NeilsonJournals Publishing, 2017.
- Summary:
- The Community FoodBank of NJ (CFBNJ) was a $100 million charitable organization that distributed over 44 million pounds of food each year through its partner organizations like food pantries, soup kitchens and the like. Its mission was to "fight hunger and poverty in New Jersey [USA] by assisting those in need and seeking long term solutions." In a time of governmental cutbacks and shrinking private donations, the nonprofit sought new sources of revenue. One idea was to leverage perishable bakery donations and an in-house commercial kitchen, by creating and marketing an up-scale bagel crisp. After product development and market testing, the resulting business plan won a "Break the Gala Addiction" cash prize from the Prudential Foundation to further the social entrepreneurship effort. Now the organization needs to decide if it should use its scarce resources to scale the business internally—to maximize job creation, leverage existing facilities and capture all the revenue, or if it should outsource production and distribution for a percentage of sales so that it can focus on other efforts more tightly aligned to its mission. Students are encouraged to use ethical frameworks to think through the nonprofit's dilemma.
- Notes:
- Originally Published InMcCrea, E. A., & Torres-Baumgarten, G. (2017). Grains for good: Choosing between two business models. Journal of Business Ethics Education, 14(1), 331–344. JBEE14-0CS5.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on XML content.
- ISBN:
- 1-5297-0801-X
- 9781529708011
- OCLC:
- 1141326813
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