| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 246 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction : a variety of approaches to alleviating poverty through business strategy / Charles Wankel -- The end of foreign aid as we know it : the profitable alleviation of poverty in a globalized economy / Scott Kelley, Patricia H. Werhane, and Laura P. Hartman -- Innovative business approaches and poverty : toward a first evaluation / Emmanuel Raufflet, Alain Berranger, and Alam Aguilar-Platas -- Information and communication technology for poverty alleviation through education and healthcare--the India experience / Nilay M. Yajnik -- A collaborative-systemic strategy addressing the dynamics of poverty in Guatemala : converting seeming impossibilities into strategic probabilities / James L. Ritchie-Dunham -- In search of sustainable social mission ventures to alleviate poverty / Shelby McIntyre, Albert Bruno, and Patrick Guerra -- Scrutinizing the link between poverty and business strategy : what can we learn from the case of shuttle traders in Laleli, Istanbul? / Mine Eder and Özlem Öz -- Alleviating poverty using microfranchising models : case studies and a critique / Lisa Jones Christensen -- Using business to create a more vibrant craft sector / Jan Hack Katz -- Doing well by doing good--strategizing for the bottom of the pyramid in India / Wolfgang Amann and Shiban Khan -- Marketing in subsistence marketplaces / Madhu Viswanathan, Srinivas Sridharan, and Robin Ritchie |
| Summary |
There is a growing realization that business development is the most effective weapon in fighting world poverty. How the for-profit model can be harnessed to provide the poor with a share in the world_s prosperity is discussed through actual cases, and nested in innovative theories of business, social sciences, and philosophy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social entrepreneurship -- Case studies
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Poverty -- Developing countries -- Case studies
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Poverty -- Prevention.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness.
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Poverty
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Poverty -- Prevention
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Social entrepreneurship
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Socialt företagande -- fallstudier.
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Fattigdom -- U-länder -- fallstudeir.
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Socialtjänst.
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Developing countries
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wankel, Charles
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| ISBN |
9780230612068 |
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0230612067 |
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9781403984500 |
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1403984506 |
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1281976903 |
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9781281976901 |
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9781349540013 |
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1349540013 |
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