03478nam 2200649 a 450 991045261650332120200520144314.01-78402-614-X1-60994-078-4(CKB)2550000001064975(EBL)1189350(OCoLC)851157320(SSID)ssj0000916675(PQKBManifestationID)11526352(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000916675(PQKBWorkID)10876729(PQKB)11033937(MiAaPQ)EBC1189350(CaSebORM)9781609940775(Au-PeEL)EBL1189350(CaPaEBR)ebr10723612(CaONFJC)MIL499958(EXLCZ)99255000000106497520130423d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe business solution to poverty[electronic resource] designing products and services for three billion new customers /Paul Polak and Mal Warwick1st ed.San Francisco Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.20131 online resource (265 p.)A BK currents book The business solution to poverty Description based upon print version of record.1-60994-077-6 1-299-68708-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- Introduction: eight keys to ending poverty -- Only business can end poverty -- "The poor are very different from you and me" -- What is poverty? -- What can government and philanthropy do? -- Why business is best equipped to fight global poverty -- Zero-based design and the bottom billions -- What to do before you launch your business -- The ruthless pursuit of affordability -- Zero-based design in practice : low-cost drip irrigation -- Design for the market -- Zero-based design in practice : a cautionary tale -- Design for scale -- Zero-based design in practice: safe drinking water for small villages -- Design for delivery the last 500 feet -- Building a mission-driven global business -- Opportunities abound -- It's your turn now -- Resources : takeaways and what we say to critics -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- Index.How can the world's nearly 3 billion who live on 2 a day or less be lifted out of poverty? Paul Polak (bestselling author of Out of Poverty) and the organizations he has founded have pioneered methods that have already helped nearly 20 million of the world's poorest people to get out of poverty without charitable or government handouts. Now Polak teams with social entrepreneur and author Mal Warwick (bestselling author of Values-Driven Business) to reveal the keys for entrepreneurs, businesses, and others to replicate this success and expand its scale to include hundreds of millions of the poPovertySocial responsibility of businessIndustrial managementSocial aspectsElectronic books.Poverty.Social responsibility of business.Industrial managementSocial aspects.658.5/038Polak Paul862828Warwick Mal859072MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452616503321The business solution to poverty1926192UNINA