LEADER 03478nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910452616503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78402-614-X 010 $a1-60994-078-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000001064975 035 $a(EBL)1189350 035 $a(OCoLC)851157320 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000916675 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11526352 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000916675 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10876729 035 $a(PQKB)11033937 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1189350 035 $a(CaSebORM)9781609940775 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1189350 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10723612 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL499958 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001064975 100 $a20130423d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe business solution to poverty$b[electronic resource] $edesigning products and services for three billion new customers /$fPaul Polak and Mal Warwick 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSan Francisco $cBerrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 225 0 $aA BK currents book The business solution to poverty 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60994-077-6 311 $a1-299-68708-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- 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. 330 $aHow 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 po 606 $aPoverty 606 $aSocial responsibility of business 606 $aIndustrial management$xSocial aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPoverty. 615 0$aSocial responsibility of business. 615 0$aIndustrial management$xSocial aspects. 676 $a658.5/038 700 $aPolak$b Paul$0862828 701 $aWarwick$b Mal$0859072 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452616503321 996 $aThe business solution to poverty$91926192 997 $aUNINA