{"642220":{"#nid":"642220","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Business, Environment, and Society Speaker Series: Karthik Ramachandran, Associate Professor, Georgia Tech (Virtual) ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Can Nonprofits Achieve More by Doing Less?\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business (\u0026ldquo;Center\u0026rdquo;) invites you to the next talk in our Business, Environment, and Society Speaker Series. The event is open to the public.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECenter-affiliated faculty member \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/shadow\/sustainability\/karthik-ramachandran.html\u0022\u003EKarthik Ramachandran\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rsquo;s sustainable business research interests include innovation, social impact, and the socially useful design of products and services. His talk will focus on how non-profit organizations are finding innovative ways to maximize their impact despite severe constraints. Ramachandran will share insights from two recent papers he has co-authored: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3684891\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;Partial Completion as a Nonprofit Strategy\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3022265\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;Doing Less to Do More? Optimal Service Portfolio of Non-Profits That Serve Distressed Individuals.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ray-c-anderson-center-for-sustainable-business\/sustainable-business-insights-research-briefs\/posts\/how-can-nonprofit-organizations-maximize-social-impact-for-distressed-individuals.html\u0022\u003EThe latter article was highlighted\u003C\/a\u003E in our \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ray-c-anderson-center-for-sustainable-business\/sustainable-business-insights-research-briefs\/index.html\u0022\u003ESustainable Business Insights\u003C\/a\u003E series of research briefs for practitioners.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERamachandran will present his talk, engage in a Q\u0026amp;A with Center Faculty Director Beril Toktay, and take questions from the audience.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker Bio\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKarthik Ramachandran is an associate professor of operations management at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business. His areas of interest include new product development, operations strategy, and behavioral operations. His research has appeared in journals such as Management Science, Manufacturing \u0026amp; Service Operations Management, Production \u0026amp; Operations Management, and IIE Transactions. At Georgia Tech, he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in new product development, collaborative innovation, and global product strategies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is a Scheller Charge app affiliated event.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/register\/vydkwrgt\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERSVP to Attend\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDue to current distance-learning circumstances, this event will be hosted virtually. The virtual platform will be BlueJeans. Please see below for instructions to download this software and join the meeting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/support.bluejeans.com\/s\/article\/BlueJeans-App-for-Mac-OS-Windows-and-Linux?r=4\u0026amp;ui-force-components-controllers-recordGlobalValueProvider.RecordGvp.getRecord=1\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstructions for BlueJeans on a MacBook\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/support.bluejeans.com\/s\/article\/Joining-a-meeting-from-your-computer\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstructions to join BlueJeans\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ray-c-anderson-center-for-sustainable-business\/index.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERay C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business\u003C\/a\u003E was founded in 2013 to act as a catalyst and connector, bringing together students, research faculty, companies, and entrepreneurs to create an environment where business-driven solutions to sustainability challenges can take shape and thrive. 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