Alleviating poverty through business strategy / / edited by Charles Wankel

• Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.5/570684
• Soggetto topico: Social entrepreneurship; Poverty - Developing countries; Poverty - Prevention
• Altri autori: WankelCharles
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 bottom of the pyramid in India / Wolfgang Amann and Shiban Khan -- Marketing in subsistence marketplaces / Madhu Viswanathan, Srinivas Sridharan, and Robin Ritchie.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Alleviating Poverty through Business Strategy
• ISBN: 1-349-54001-3; 1-281-97690-3; 9786611976903; 0-230-61206-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825220703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II