Fall 2011 TIF Awards

• Jay Friedlander (Entrepreneurship). "Waste as a Resource": sustainability case on the use of solid waste as a source of innovation.  $5,000 faculty stipend + expenses.
• Wendy Jeffus (Finance). "Trump in Scotland": teaching note for a case written prior to arrival at Babson. $500 faculty stipend.
• Robert Caspe (Entrepreneurship & Marketing) and Bonnie Reese (graduate student and company founder). "Radius Tracking System": case describing a Babson start-up providing RFID technology for tracking hotel linens. $5,000 faculty stipend + expenses.
• Erik Noyes (Entrepreneurship) and Ruth Gilleran (TOIM). "Makerbot: Challenges in Building a New Industry": case on the future strategy of Makerbot, a 3-D printing company, whose business model relies heavily on open innovation platforms and crowdsourcing. $5,000 faculty stipend + expenses.
• Sal Parise (TOIM), PJ Guinan (TOIM), and Elaina Crosina (MBA grad & Director of Alumni Networks). "Booz Allen Hamilton: Social and Beyond": case examining the motivation, implementation, and impacts of Booz Allen's Enterprise Collaboration system on various stakeholders. $5,000 faculty stipend.
• Cristiano Busco (Accounting) and Elena Giovannoni (University of Siena). "When Creativity Meets Performance Measurement Systems: The Case of Monnalisa": case exploring the relationship between creativity and performance measurement systems at Monnalisa, a SMB Italian firm that markets children's clothing and accessories. $5,000 faculty stipend + expenses.