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Cases by Lakshmi Appasamy

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Homage: Harnessing Technology to Tackle Singapore’s Ageing Challenges

Set in February 2018, the case follows Gillian Tee and Lily Phang, the co-founders of Homage, a Singapore-based tech startup providing on-demand home care service to the elderly. Homage was founded as a solution to the growing social problems caused by an ageing population—the proportion of...
S$6.00

Great Women: Integrating Micro-Entrepreneurs into the Regional Value Chain

The case, set in mid-2017, traces the evolution of a gender-responsive regional level multi-stakeholder platform called GREAT Women ASEAN, dedicated to the economic empowerment of women micro-producers. In 2008, Jeannie Javelosa (Jeannie) and her friends Regina Francisco and Pacita Juan, had set up...
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From Heart to Hands: Facilitating Employment for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities at MINDS (A) and (B)

Part A of the case, set in January 2017, delves into the concerns of Jeff Kwan, Director of Social Enterprises and Employment Development (SEED), over mission drift and talent conflict relating to the Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS), a non-profit organisation in...
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Cardpe: Assessing the Market Potential in a Dynamic Payments Ecosystem in India

Set in December 2016, the case follows Sumeet Mehta, CEO of Cardpe Services Private Ltd, a fintech startup established to tap into the gap that existed in the payments acceptance infrastructure in India. Cardpe was all set to launch a mobile Point-of-Sale (mPOS) device – a wireless handheld...
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Matrix Cellular: Tapping into Innovation to Disrupt a Regulated and Saturated Market

Set in July 2015, the case follows Matrix Cellular (International) Services (Matrix), a telecommunications company that forayed into the nascent cellular telephony market in India, as a retailer of mobile handsets, accessories and international SIM cards. The Managing Director and Chairman of the...
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Sisters in Solidarity: Breaking the Bondage of Marginalised Women in India

Set in November 2015, the case follows Sisters in Solidarity (SiS), a social enterprise established to emancipate marginalised women in Lucknow, India. SIS was an offshoot of Study Hall Education Foundation (SHEF), a non-profit organisation that promoted feminist pedagogy in the educational...
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Future For Children: A Social Enterprise Project In Transition

This case won the Inclusive Business Models category at the EFMD Case Writing Competition 2016.
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This case is set in January 2015 and follows Future for Children (FFC), a poverty eradication charity initiated by Swiss banker, Daniel Elber, in Muntigunung, Bali (Indonesia). FFC...
S$6.00

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