Vehicle For Change

  1. How do social enterprises/entrepreneurs like VFC differ from both NGOs and for-profit businesses?
  2. How to the strategic goals for VFC and Freedom Wheels (FW) differ and how are they similar?
  3. What marketing actions/tactics can VFC use to grow?
  4. Visit VFCs website and evaluate their success metrics. How would you measure success for VFC? And
    FW?
  5. What would be the impact, measured in terms of the number of families that will forego receiving vehicle
    awards, of a decision to grow FW earnings by allowing it to retain (a) 30% of its net income; (b) 70% of its net
    income? What percent of its profits should FW be authorized to retain and why? Explain your thinking.
    Hint for Q5: From Ex 2, you can get FW's net income (revenue-expenses). If FW retains, say 30% of this, that
    is how much less VFC will get from FW. From Ex 1 you know what VFC's expenses per awarded vehicle are.
    Using these 2 numbers, you can estimate how many fewer cars VFC will be able to award (will have to forego

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