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Fair Trade Venture Takes Top Global Social Venture Competition Prize.
AScribe Business & Economics News Service, April, 2005
Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
BERKELEY, Calif., April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- World of Good, a venture that promotes employment through fair trade with disadvantaged communities in developing countries while also working to support fair labor practices and encourage local economic development has won first place in the 2005 Finals of the Global Social Venture Competition, held at the University of California, Berkeley on April 15. The business plan for World of Good was presented by a team of current and former Haas School of Business students.
The venture emerged as the winner from a finals field of nine teams drawn from business schools from around the world. Second place went to a health-technology venture submitted by a Columbia...
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