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Titolo |
Alleviating poverty through business strategy / / edited by Charles Wankel |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-349-54001-3 |
1-281-97690-3 |
9786611976903 |
0-230-61206-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social entrepreneurship |
Poverty - Developing countries |
Poverty - Prevention |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 Ozlem Oz -- 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 |
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bottom of the pyramid in India / Wolfgang Amann and Shiban Khan -- Marketing in subsistence marketplaces / Madhu Viswanathan, Srinivas Sridharan, and Robin Ritchie. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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