Alleviating Poverty through Business Strategy

edited by Charles Wankel

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

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Year of publication:	2008
Other Persons:	Wankel, Charles (ed.)
Publisher:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan
Subject:	Sozialwirtschaft \| Social economy \| Armutsbekämpfung \| Poverty reduction \| Armut \| Poverty \| Subsistenzwirtschaft \| Subsistence economy \| Unternehmensgründung \| Business start-up \| Selbsthilfe \| Self help \| Entwicklungsländer \| Developing countries \| Unternehmen \| Soziale Verantwortung \| Bekämpfung
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com]

Extent:	Online-Ressource (256 p, online resource)
Series:	SpringerLink / Bücher Springer eBook Collection / Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Sammelwerk ; Collection of articles of several authors
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Cover; Table of Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; One: Introduction: A Variety of Approaches to Alleviating Poverty through Business Strategy; Two: The End of Foreign Aid as We Know It: The Profitable Alleviation of Poverty in a Globalized Economy; Three: Innovative Business Approaches and Poverty: Toward a First Evaluation; Four: Information and Communication Technology for Poverty Alleviation through Education and Healthcare-The India Experience Five: A Collaborative-Systemic Strategy Addressing the Dynamics of Poverty in Guatemala: Converting Seeming Impossibilities into Strategic ProbabilitiesSix: In Search of Sustainable Social Mission Ventures to Alleviate Poverty; Seven: Scrutinizing the Link between Poverty and Business Strategy: What Can We Learn from the Case of Shuttle Traders in Laleli, Istanbul?; Eight: Alleviating Poverty Using Microfranchising Models: Case Studies and a Critique; Nine: Using Business to Create a More Vibrant Craft Sector; Ten: Doing Well by Doing Good-Strategizing for the Bottom of the Pyramid in India Eleven: Marketing in Subsistence MarketplacesList of Contributors; Index
ISBN:	978-0-230-61206-8 ; 978-1-349-54001-3
Other identifiers:	10.1057/9780230612068 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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