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Author Dalglish, Carol

Title Entrepreneurship at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Published Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction to the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP); Introduction; The Bottom of the Pyramid; Being Part of the Global Economy; The Geography and Nature of the BoP; Case Study: Despertai Mozambique (Awaken Mozambique); Conclusions; 2 What is Poverty?; Introduction; Types of Poverty; The Faces of Poverty -- Fast Facts (Millennium Project); Causes of Poverty; Case Study: National Geographic -- The Future of Food; Conclusions; 3 Entrepreneurship; Introduction
Definitions of EntrepreneurshipAspects of Entrepreneurship Theory; The Role of Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial Actors; Who Encourages and Supports Local Micro-Entrepreneurs?; Case Study: COOPI (Paraguay); Case Study: LaBL (India); Case Study: IKEA (Pakistan); 4 Factors Impacting Entrepreneurial Success; Introduction; Enablers of and Barriers to Micro-Entrepreneurial Activity at the BoP; Case Study: Reuters Market Light (India); Case Study: African Agricultural Growth Corridors (Mozambique/Tanzania); Case Study: Community Health Delivery (Uganda)
Case Study: System of Rice Intensification (Madagascar/India)Case Study: Despertai Mozambique (Awaken Mozambique); 5 The Informal Sector; Introduction; What Does the Term Mean?; Why the Informal Sector Exists and What the Future Holds; Case Study: Ghana (Based on the Work of Obeng-Odoom); Profiling the Informal Sector Entrepreneur; The Role of the Informal Sector in Poor Developing Countries; The Strengths and Limitations of the Informal Sector as a Context for Entrepreneurship; Case Study: Despertai Mozambique (Awaken Mozambique); Conclusions; 6 Micro-Credit; Introduction
The History of Micro-CreditThe Case For Micro-Credit; The Case Against Micro-Credit; Case Study: Despertai Mozambique (Awaken Mozambique); Conclusions; 7 Models to Support Entrepreneurial Activities in Developing Countries: Community Development; Introduction; Member-Based Associations and Worker-Owned Cooperatives; Case Study: International Potato Center (CIP) and the Papa Andina Initiative (Peru); MBOPs as Interlocutors for Innovation; Case Study: The Maize Storage Project (Togo); Community-Driven Development (CDD) Approach
Case Study: Gunung Kidul Agricultural Development Project (Indonesia)Conclusions; 8 Models to Support Entrepreneurship Activities in Developing Countries: The Role of Large Corporations; Introduction; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Role of Multinational Corporations; Case Study: MNC Processes -- Development of CSR in Angola; Case Study: The Tata Group (India); Conclusions; 9 Models to Support Entrepreneurship Activities in Developing Countries: The Role of Aid Agencies and Non-Government Organisations (NGOs); What Is Aid?; Benefits of Aid; Downside of Aid; Aid and Entrepreneurship
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Subject Entrepreneurship -- Developing countries
Informal sector (Economics) -- Developing countries
New business enterprises -- Developing countries
Poverty -- Developing countries
Small business -- Developing countries
Entrepreneurship
Informal sector (Economics)
New business enterprises
Poverty
Small business
Developing countries
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1317539850
9781317539858